Day 6- Lake Lucerne & The Alps! (Part I)

These next couple of posts will be very picture-heavy... we saw some amazing things. Just my words cannot explain their beauty! Also, I will split this day into two blogs because there was so much to cover!

We had another busy day ahead with 3 outings back-to-back! The town we were staying in was Lucerne, Switzerland and the main part of town was around Lake Lucerne. So, what better way to see the beauty around us? A cruise of the lake! It was a cool morning with clear skies, so we had great views of the Alps that surrounded us.

(I had lost my sunglasses... )

The water comes down from melted snow in the mountains and it was SO clear. Pictures just don't do it justice... but to give you an idea of just how clear and clean it is, the water is considered to be "drinking quality" straight from the lake!!

After the cruise, we joined Bogi and walked to the Lion Monument. When she first told us about it, I wasn't all THAT excited about it... a lion sculpted into the side of a large rock. Yay. But when you get there, it really is quite amazing. There is a hush that falls over a crowd when you arrive. It is a dying lion and it is so moving and sad. It is meant to memorialize all of the Swiss Guards and Officers that died during the French Revolution, trying to protect King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

The Swiss saying on the monument translates to "To The Loyalty and Bravery of the Swiss". Below the lion are the Greek numbers DCCLX and CCCL which indicate that 760 soldiers died and 350 that survived.

After ducking into a souvenir shop to buy some sunglasses, we all loaded up on the bus to head into the mountains. When we were first deciding on our honeymoon, this next outing was one of the things that sold us on our tour. We were heading into the Swiss Alps and to Mount Titlis and going to the top!!