6/28 - 6/29/2008 Luzerne, Switzerland
After a queasy drive through the Swiss Alps, we finally arrived in Luzerne. What a beautiful country! What an un-beautiful smell however: the cows made me wish for Chino, CA!
The people here are very friendly. And since Switzerland is the land of neutrality, why not? War (the band) had it right: Why Can't We Be Friends? And/ or lovers for that matter?
All around us love was in the air. This is a romantic and friendly city. I don’t know if its the chocolates, the
semi-nude lake front, or something in the water: folks are loving it here and it shows.My first taste of this new kind of friendship occurred in the Mens side of the public showers at our camp. There I was shaving and in walks a woman, who proceeds to knock on the shower door of her male friend and walks right in. She proceeded to do some humming, and well, I don;t know what was going on in there. Okay, then!
Every where you looked folks were sharing a kiss,
sharing a bench, or as I just mentioned sharing a shower. Heck, event the kids stopped fighting and shared a dance. 
We found a much needed change of pace here in Luzerne. We were able to leave the Beast at the campsite and walk to our festivities. And festivities we found in the Luzerne Yodeling Festival that was going on.
http://www.luzern.org/en/navpage-FestivalLU-MusicFestivalLU-202085.html
I think there was something like 2,000 yodelers, and 10,000 spectators over the weekend. But if you’re going to get serenaded, what better place than Luzerne? And we’re not talking "serenading a cow type" of yodeling either. These folks could sing like and angelic choir and often did in the streets as they practiced for their competitions.
In the end we had a wonderful two days here
and finished Day Two with a day at the lake, followed by an authentic dinner in the old part of town.
Tomorrow we head for Dijon on our way to Paris, the true city of love!
Hugs and Kisses,
Gabe
More Germany & Austria photos go to my Flickr page.
1 comment:
looks like you are all enjoying the trip. I heard a great SuperTramp song yesterday and thought about Gabe and his rediculous notion that dirt, breeze and flame was a better group. Anyway, when is Gabe going to post the pictures from the nude beach??? Stay safe! Im looking forward to hearing all about your trip.
Roger
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