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Trips to
Switzerland
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1985 - I first visited Switzerland during my Western Europe tour.2. 1999 - We visited Switzerland on our Western European tour during our first around-the-world trip. |
1985 photos
(A 13-week Melbourne - Bangkok - Hong Kong -Taipei - Japan - Trans Siberian Railway - UK - Athens -
Israel - Egypt - Western Europe - Singapore - Melbourne trip.)
On our Western European tour we passed through the edge of the Black Forest in Germany on to the Swiss border at Basel.
As it was a cloudy, hazy day we could not see much of the Black Forest.
Lucerne
Lucerne is in a very picturesque setting.
The Chapel Bridge in Lucerne.
The view from our hotel in Staus, a village near Lucerne.
The Dying Lion Monument at Lucerne.
It was carved by a Danish sculptor in 1821 and is in memory of the Swiss guards
who were murdered in Paris when they were guarding Marie Antoinette.
The house on Lake Lucerne where Wagner wrote some of his musical compositions.
Notice the covered freeway in the background.
One of the 4 separate cable car trips that it takes to get to the top of the 10,000 ft. Mt. Titlis.
A U-shaped valley near Lucerne.
From Lucerne we crossed intoThe Principality of Liechtenstein.
1999 Photos
In June-July-August-September-October 1999 we went on our first around the world trip.
(99-days - Melbourne - Bangkok - Frankfurt - Moscow - St. Petersburg - Stockholm - Helsinki - Copenhagen - Malaga - London -
Western Europe - UK - Egypt - Jordan - Israel - Greece - New York - Las Vegas - Melbourne).
Again on a Western European tour we passed through the edge of the Black Forest in Germany
on to the Swiss border at Basel and on to Lucerne.
Lucerne
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The Dying Lion Monument at Lucerne. It was carved by a Danish sculptor in 1821 and is in memory of the Swiss guards who were murdered in Paris when they were guarding Marie Antoinette. |
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Near our hotel (America City Hotel) in Brunnen, a village 30 km out of Lucerne.
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The America City Hotel at Brunnen. |
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The Chapel Bridge in Lucerne. It has been rebuilt in 1994 after the 1993 fire. A small original section remains. |
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Another view of the Chapel bridge in Lucerne. |
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The Chapel Bridge in Lucerne. |
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A fine display of flowers on the Chapel Bridge in Lucerne. |
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Glacial rocks in an excellent museum exhibit near the dying Lion Monument at Lucerne. |
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Dining on fondue at a Swiss cultural lunch and concert in Lucerne. Entertainment included alpen horn playing, yodeling, broomstick dancing, coin spinning in a dish, cow-bell and hammer dulcimer playing.
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Lake Lucerne. |
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Lake Lucerne. |
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The house on Lake Lucerne where Wagner wrote some of his musical compositions.
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A very exclusive hotel on the shores of Lake Lucerne. |
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Lake Lucerne.
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The electric train that we took to go to Mt. Rigi. It was formerly a cog railway. |
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Margaret enjoying the view as we ascended Mt. Rigi.
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There was no view from the top of Mt. Rigi. |
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A Swiss farm house near the rail line to Mt. Rigi. |
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The Mt. Rigi train.
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Overlooking Lucerne from the Mt. Rigi train. |
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These cows were wearing cow-bells.
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A Swiss rural scene near Lucerne. |
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From the cable car on the descent from Mt. Rigi.
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From the cable car on the descent from Mt. Rigi.
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