I was in Lucerne (Luzern) over a decade ago. Then, the famous medieval covered bridge across from very modern railway station smelled from urine and was being rebuilt after yet another fire. The bridge has been rebuilt so many times I doubt any of it is authentic, but the modern but grand train station is. We took the spectacular Brunig line, one of the steepest "main line" train lines in the world, which reaches a gradient of 14% with the help of occasional rack assist. The visit included a visit to the Swiss Transport Museum, a very modern facility dedicated to trains, trolley cars, boats, aircraft, and probably go carts and roller skates, as long as they have that white cross on a red background on them. Or is it a white cross on a red background. Whatever.
At any rate the museum affords a total experience, meaning that there are lots of things for young undisciplined children to do. Of course, they Swiss have no undisciplined children. Even on a sunny (for Switzerland) Sunday, the kids were quiet and well behaved. Some where dressed like Heidi, but not in a storybook sort of way. The traffic medium in the street in front of the museum was appropriated gardened. Actually, all of the country is full of flowers, lace curtains, and wooden gnomes or carvings of dogs squatting with a red diagonal line through them. I believe that's the country's symbol. See, I'm observant of everything.
We returned via a lake boat on the lake to the pier right in front of the chalet that is our hotel, but three of us elected to stay on the boat, the modestly decorated "Jungfrau", as it went a couple of miles up the canal that connects the two lakes. (The town between them is called, "Interlaken". See?) We walked back. A very nice day.
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