This morning we woke up to a rainy day. The sun was trying to peek through the clouds. We had our breakfast at the hotel and then loaded onto the coach, off to Switzerland today.
Two hours into our drive we arrived at the Black Forest in Germany. We were up in the mountains, surrounded by beautiful trees. So the rain we had earlier today has now changed to snow. We were able to get off the bus at the Black Forest to take pictures and do a little shopping. The Black Forest is known for it's wood craftsmanship, especially cuckoo clocks. Apparently in this town most of the people are farmers and since they can't farm in the winter months, they carve wood into clocks and other gadgets. There were some beautiful clocks.
Back on the bus and head for Switzerland. Our next stop around noon was at Rhine Falls, Switzerland. It was snowing at Rhine Falls when we first got off the bus, but then the sun came out. The falls were beautiful.
After the falls, we were back on the bus to Lucerne, Switzerland. We will stay two nights in Lucerne. When we arrived, Elzo took us into town right away to get us familiar with the area.
We saw a cool Lion carved in the side of a stone mountain. We then walked across a bridge on the way to our hotel. There was a stone tower next to the bridge, the lower half of the tower was in the water. Apparently, the tower used to be a prison and they would put prisoners in the bottom of the tower who were "bad". We finished our walk and ended at the hotel. Checked in and had dinner as a group tonight at the hotel. Did a little shopping and then turned in for the evening.
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