Welcome To Picturesque Switzerland - Day 6

And what a warm welcome it was. Much different than Italy, Switzerland is more mountain-y and with all the lakes at the base. And with regulations regarding buildings, the land has maintained it’s natural looking beauty.

We stopped in Lugano, which is a small city right on the edge of a lake. The water has this beautiful greenish color to it. And with the mountain and houses along the mountainside in the background, the view was amazing. We stopped to see the lion monument that was etched into the side of a rock in honor and memory of the Swiss soldiers that had died protecting the King and Marie Antoinette during the French uprising.

Then off to Lucern. Took a quick walk around the city before heading off to the Swiss Yodeling show. The food was pretty good, and the show was even more entertaining than I could have imagined. A few parts included calling people up on stage to try out either playing the horn or yodeling or chugging some beer. Don’t ask me why, but somehow my table started chanting my name to go play the horn. Oh, lucky me…

It was a lot harder than it looked. Apparently there must be something in the Aussies that enable them to play the horn cause about three of them got it off the first try. I managed a weak and pathetic sound, but hey it was still something!

This was on the walk back to the hotel. It was a gorgeous night for a stroll. We are staying here tomorrow, and hopefully as long as the morning is clear enough, we are off to the top of Mt. Pilatus and then a relaxing short cruise around Lake Lucern.

P.S. I will upload the pictures later and send a message on Facebook when I have done that because as of now, I've been sitting here for over an hour staring at this page to load and I'm losing my patience and my sleep. Good night for now, hopefully tomorrow brings another post and some pictures :)