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We left Newark Monday evening and arrived in Zurich on Tuesday Morning
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Our coach pulls out of the Zurich Airport
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Our tour manager, Marian, gives us our first introduction to the Alpine country
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Half-timbered property
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Arriving in Luzern
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Residential Balconies
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I don't know what it says, but I was not sure if we were being welcomed or warned
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Lucerne Apartments
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Looking out over Lake Lucern
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Palm trees in Switzerland
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Fancy metalwork
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As you leave the train station, this arch welcomes you
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Since our hotel rooms were not ready, we dropped off our carryons and started to explore the neighborhood on foot
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The Chapel Bridge as we saw it by foot. It serves as the city's symbol and as one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions.
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The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the River Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel
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It is hard to pick just one photo from the bridge the crosses the Reuss River where it meets Lake Lucerne
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Hotels along Lake Lucern
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In Luzern, you look up a lot
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Tuesday is market day along the Reuss River
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Flowers for sale
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These tomatoes look a lot like pumpkins
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Fresh produce
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Looking up to Rathaus Square where we would visit the next day
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Just ducky
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The Kapellbrücke is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe.
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The tower of the Chapel bridge once served as a prison
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The bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire and subsequently restored.
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The Swiss flag is square, not rectangular
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The Jesuit Church in Lucerne
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Along the River Reusse
