09/19/19 Thursday

After a somewhat restless and jet laggy night, I was able to get up at a reasonable hour and following advice of the hotel, catch a boat across the lake to where a cog railway runs up Mt. Riggi. The boat ride was beautiful and took about an hour, then, the cog railway went up so steeply, it really surprised me. Unfortunately the top was in a cloud, so there was not much to see, but I walked about halfway down and caught a different funicular down to the lake. The Swiss had it timed so that you had just enough time to walk from the funicular to the arriving boat. Amazingly, you could do it all with one ticket, and my half price pass made it fairly reasonable. All in all a solid first day, and a good get to know the Lucerne area. I’m sitting on the rooftop of the Monopol hotel, which has a nice bar and a great view of the city as I write this.

That building in the middle is my hotel, the Royal Hotel.Lots of cows, and cow bells, and Manure smells!Funiclar descent gets your attention!

Here’s the boat pulling up.