Okay, so I know that I said this would be a four part series of posts, BUT after editing photos for day 2, I realized how much we actually did, and that putting everything from day 2 into one post would make for a VERY long post. So I am going to split day 2 into two posts!
To start our day, Dan and I headed downstairs to breakfast at Les Artistes. I loved the amount of unique breakfast options offered! My breakfast plate was rather small, but everything was so rich that I filled up quite quickly!
Dan’s breakfast made for a much prettier picture :P The soup in the bowl was said to be geared towards the asian tourists. I didn’t taste the soup, but Dan wasn’t a fan. However, the roasted vegetables, potato cakes and the freshly sliced salami were fantastic!
Shortly after breakfast our group met in the lobby and we were off on our walking tour!
CHOCOLATE & WINE TASTING!!!
This was so fun and all of the chocolate was smooth and decadent, and the wine was phenomenal! :D The two paired perfectly and I enjoyed every second I got to spend tasting! If anyone needs a professional chocolate taster, I’m your girl! :P
The building that we tasted the wine and chocolate in was built in 1540 and the architecture was so beautiful.
The above picture was the staircase in the building and the picture below is of the ceiling in one of the rooms. The black circles are marble, I believe, but I could be completely wrong on that one. Nonetheless, they were gorgeous.
I was very impressed with the buildings we saw in Luzern. Most of them were built hundreds of years ago, but they are so strong and beautiful. It is clear that they were carefully built with high quality materials, and that they were made to last centuries. I love that everything seems so personal. All of the buildings are unique. These days it seems like most buildings look the same and are lacking character, unlike the beautiful buildings of Luzern.
The following three photos are of a gorgeous church we explored during our walking tour.
The following two photos show the Kapellbrucke (Chapel Bridge) and the water tower. This historic bridge was built in 1333; however, it was destroyed by a fire in 1993 and was rebuilt in 1994.
The bridge is unique because it contains a number of original paintings dating back to the 17th century. Unfortunately, a number of the paintings were also destroyed during the August 1993 fire, and since only originals are allowed to be displayed, only a few paintings remain displayed on the bridge.
The above photo is simply a really cool piece of architecture that I snapped a photo of.
And below is just a random piece of awesome art by a clothing store :P
We thought the door handles being in the middle of the door was really strange! :P I feel like you wouldn’t know which way to push or pull the door!?
The above picture is of Restauant Fritschi. We didn’t eat there, but the painting on the building had a very Mardi Gras-esque feel.
Following the walking tour, our group headed over to 1871 for lunch. Our wonderful travel agent, Louise, sent us a menu the week before our trip and had us select our lunch option.
Dan and I both chose the same salad and entrée.
To start, we opted for the delicious tomato salad with buffalo mozzarella and fried eggplant with basilica pesto, herbs, sea salt and reduced Aceto Balsamico.
And for our main dish we both chose the Lucerne Puff Pastry, a flaky puff pastry with veal ragout, Chugeli, champignon (mushroom) with apple cream sauce, rice, peas and carrots.
We also had A LOT of wine. The servers would refill your glass after you drank about half, so you basically always had a full glass of wine in your hand, or at least no less than half of a glass :D Which was pretty amazing, especially since the wine was delicious.
