Lovely Luzern

We didn't see much of Luzern today.  Everything in old town was closed, which made us not want to spend much time there.  But we saw enough there and on our way to the lido to decide that Luzern is the prettiest city we've seen here.  It reminded us of France. We want to go back very soon.

It's a little like Paris: iron balconies, art nouveau statue, street cafe, and a pharmacy.

The main reason for our trip was to see the lido.  Biggish playground, large kiddie pool (absolutely freezing!), and a sandy beach.  T and L were only interested in the playground, which had a little zip line.  L spent some time in the pool, but it really was too cold.  The girls swam in the lake and enjoyed the novelty of a sandy beach with a snowy mountain view.  There was also a high dive there. Even R didn't have the nerve to go off the highest level.

T on the zip line

When we got home S and I went to meet an English speaking girl who is in S's class and her family.  She and S got along very well, which made S much less nervous about school.  The girl's father is from Malta.  I'd never met anyone from Malta before, which he says is very common for him. So far here I have met people from Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein, UK, Malta, and Canada.  It might be interesting to keep track. S is already planning to have her friend over for lunch.

Oh- we have found a chocolate place to compete with Sprungli.  In terms of just regular mixed chocolates (like the Sprungli tin I got) we think we might prefer Läderach.  This is the cabruca truffle.