The Gloom Begins

The Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal), a stone carving of a dying lion, Lucerne, Switzerland

No mood to write. Also no time. Last week there was a spate of staff transfers out from this Project (Big Boss’s surprise instruction!), but I’m not one of them. Which means my workload just increased triple-fold! Damn!

Now, back to my 2015 Europe trip posts. After enjoying a few days of wonderful weather in Switzerland, we had no choice but to face the gloomy rain and clouds for the remainder one week of our trip. (Yeah, checked the weather forecast a week before we flew off, and found that there’s just no escape on the second week of our trip. Europe sucks big time that way!)

Well, what the heck! We made the best out of it. First stop in the rain, Lucerne!


Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge) in gloomy weather, Luzern, Switzerland




More views of the gloom around Kapellbrücke




We at at the Kapellbrücke, Luzern




Don’t fret, you can still feed the swans if it rains

Lucerne (or Luzern in German, Lucerne is actually the French spelling) is the only city in Switzerland that I visited a second time. On my first Switzerland trip in 1994, my friends and I visited Zürich, Lucerne, Bern, Basel and Geneva. Of that, my favourite was Lucerne, and that’s why I’m back, with the family!


The River Reuss, from the Spreuerbrücke, Luzern, Switzerland


A walk around town - Hirschenplatz, Luzern

Here’s a small guide on what to do if the weather during your Europe trip sucks: -

Skip the countryside, see the towns instead – a no-brainer, unless you like to see fog, soaking wet fields, grey skies and rising river water. The towns on the other hand, contain historical landmarks, museums, shops, restaurants, opera halls, etc where you don’t need the sun to be shining to enjoy! Bring an umbrella.

Visit museums, palaces & churches – What the heck, it’s indoors! It’ll frequently be an architectural wonder. And it’ll contain a whole lot of treasures. (The Europeans know how to value ancient artefacts, unlike those idiots at ISIS).

Go shopping – the streets and squares of the old towns are usually pretty charming to explore, shop and eat! (...If you have money).

That’s it.


Outskirts of Lucerne. Bye-bye, heading to the east. Originally planned to go thru Klausen Pass, to Liechtenstein, and then onwards to Germany, but decided to give Klausen Pass a miss due to the rain! Luckily, …or we’d be bloody tired when we reached our next hotel in Füssen!