Luzern

We spent the better part of Sunday in Luzern, a city we have visited once or twice before.

Lakefront downtown

Arch

The very famous bridge and water tower

The bridge used to be decorated with dozens of 17th or

18th century Renaissance-style paintings, depicting the

city's history; beheading was a favorite theme...

But in 1993, they had a fire, and many were destroyed

Including this one

We had planned on visiting the Rosengart Collection

Our strategy in visiting less well-known museums,

particularly those featuring 20th century work, is to visit

the gift store first, check out the post-cards, and then

decide whether there was anything we had to see...

especially @ $17 per person

The Rosengart Collection lost out

So we visited the bahnhof shopping mall, the culture center,

and

Just sat in the park by the lake

And admired the view