Lucerne Trip - Day 3

Today was to be taken at a more leisurely pace, given the exertions of the day before (no, not really!). After another fabulous breakfast we walked up Lowerstrasse to the Lion Monument. I was soothed by the peaceful setting by the pond in the shade although the lion was dying (we told James he was sleeping, so shhhhh!) and it is such an evocative sculpture.

We consulted the map and found the old city walls and towers. We could climb and walk the battlements which was tough going for little legs, but he was soon rewarded with a play at a little playground. And it was all downhill from there! After lunch in our room we all had a sleep and Martin went window-shopping briefly.

At 4pm the boys headed to the hotel pool and I went for a massage. Ja, this is my kind of holiday! I could hear James laughing and splashing and having fun. Feeling refreshed and somewhat rubbery, we decided to find some dinner. On the way we passed the pedal boat hire and thought it would be fun to go out on the lake. We pedalled along, past the hotel and moored boats and across the lake for an hour. I was thinking that by tomorrow my muscles would not be happy and the lovely massage undone, but that wasn't the case. We set James the task of spotting Pirates and other boats which he did and assured us that when he was a man he was going to have a turn pedalling. With pleasure!

On we went, but by now the restaurants in the Old Town were full and so were the hotel ones so we bought plates of food and cups of Heineken from the music festival and ate on the lawn between the hotel and lake. Very casual but fun and part of the atmosphere.

Photos are here.