Luzern: Day 2

We woke up on Friday to sun and blue sky, which was a pleasant change from the rain of Thursday.  We had a lot to see and do in Luzern during the day, as Saturday- our last day in Switzerland- would be spent on a tour of Mount Pilatus with Bob's mom who would arrive Friday night.

Mt. Pilatus

While it was still cool and the sun was shining (we were a little afraid the rain would come back...) we decided to spend some time outside walking the old city wall and climbing some old towers.

A view of the wall from one of the towers

Down from the wall, looking up at a tower

After the towers, we had some must-see sights to visit like the Dying Lion Monument.

Bob looking sad about the lion

We also saw a lot of souvenir stores.  The best one was this Swiss Cheese Store.

Here is another example of how expensive things were in Switzerland:

After sightseeing and taking a lunch break with some swans, 

we rented a paddle boat to go out on Lake Luzern.  It was beautiful.  Bob even went swimming!!  I guess it was really cold... Needless to say, I stayed on the boat... 

We had a couple more things to see before calling it a day.

Luzern's Glacier Garten was cool.  We saw lots of fossilized rocks and "rock mills," which are deep holes carved by water rushing around large round rocks.

We also saw the largest rolling ball clock in the world at a fancy watch store called Bucherer.

After a long day of sightseeing, we had burgers for dinner at a pub by the river with Bob's mom.  Here's a photo of the restaurant from across the river.

(it's the one with the green umbrellas)