Lucerne is a city of 2 halves the old and the new. It sits on the edge of Lake Lucerne. Both old and new buildings are multi storey surrounding the lake. Turrets are common in the old area and thre is a suprising amount of grassed and forested areas on the hills surrounding the lake. An old stone wall with 7 towers marks the perimeter of the old town, and there are lots of bridges across the river leading into the lake. Today was our day on foot to have a look ar...

For our 12 days in Switzerland we have a Swiss Travel Pass that allows us 8 days of unlimited travel and discounts to some attractions. Today was one of our planned travel days with a ferry across the lake and a train ride up Mt Rigi which is 1899m high. We had a lovely day for it - though we found the light to be quite hazy over the lake.The train ride up was steep - the trains have an extra cog wheel underneath that works like a gear wheel keeping the train loc...