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Bern, Montreux & Lucerne

September 27th 2016 with @tamingthetides and @hulahooch

This was the day that Amber, Kristi and I took advantage of the deal that the Swiss Railways had on a day pass for groups, so we were able to take the train anywhere for one full day. And to be perfectly honest, it was quite a struggle deciding where to go.

First we went to the capital city of Switzerland - Bern. Due to its political importance, Bern is full of fancy buildings for the Parliament and embassies of other countries, plus it’s got this one fancy cathedral and other old, yet beautiful houses. You can’t really go anywhere in this city without seeing bears, since that’s the official symbol of the town. They even have real live bears living in a downtown enclosure!

The next stop was Montreux, where we planned on taking a ferry to the famous Chateau de Chillon. We ended up not taking the ferry nor making it to the castle because there was an absolute downpour of rain, but we did at least get to see the statue of Freddie Mercury and the giant Lake Geneva surrounded by the Alps. More importantly, this was the girls’ first time in a French speaking part of the world, which was cool, because me and Amber had French together back in high school.

The last stop on our train adventure was in the city of Lucerne, which is another Swiss city surrounded by a lake and moutains, but is probably most known for the old wooden bridge called Käppelsbrucke. Although we just barely missed sunset, we did see the sky turn beautifully blue during twilight. It was impossible for the two to get me to move away from the famous spot by the bridge, so after Amber and Kristi helped me out a bit by throwing some baguette crumbs into the river in order to lure the swans to right spot, they went out to explore the rest of the city while I stayed and took more pics. And before finally going home, we finished off the day by enjoying some delicious gelato by the river and taking some long exposure pics. If you ever get a chance, definitely visit Lucerne and walk across the old bridge and check out at all the paintings underneath the roof.