Our last full day, and the first (only!) day we had shitty weather.
Our train pass expired yesterday, so excursions far afield were out of the question. We were debating between staying in Lucerne all day, or just going to Zürich (under an hour away). We were hesitating because the forecast was not just bad, but full of warnings! Winds up to 150kph, Wind Waring level 3, stay away from trees due to falling branches... if we go somewhere, what if a tree falls on the train tracks and we can't get back?
After much hemming and hawing, we decided to chance it.
We arrived a little after 10, and so far the weather was just drizzly, but the peak badness was predicted from about 11AM to 1PM.
Step 1 upon arrival was to get a picture of the Blue Angel so we could tease Heidi with it. She HAAAAAAAAAAATES it! (and... I forgot to send it to her!)
We had a drizzly walk around town, only sometimes needing the umbrellas.
Knowing the next 2 hours would not be nice, we thought we'd kill the time with a little lake cruise.
It was a flop. The windows were all fogged up and we were at the mercy of those with window seats to wipe down the windows so we could see something! I myself got up a few times to wipe over their heads.
To add insult to injury, despite the promise of food on the information board, there was none. Zilch. Probably because it was so late in the season, they used a smaller boat. Ah well. At least we stayed dry and missed the peak of the bad weather.
The rain was done after the "cruise" so the umbrellas were stowed for the rest of the day, but the wind was still strong so the hoods stayed up for a while.
We wandered around for a while looking for a place for lunch, but we didn't want much because we had a feast planned for supper and I was saving the stomach space! We had simple sandwiches, but I didn't pass up the chance to have an Aperol Spritz.
By about 3PM we headed back to Lucerne were the blue skies were coming back. It was nice enough to sit outside for a while and enjoy the view of the Old Bridge one last time (the wind however did eventually force us inside for round 2)
Supper that night was our highly anticipated meal at "The Old Swiss House". We discovered this place in 2011 and now no trip to Lucerne is complete without a meal here - this would be our 3rd time.
What made this visit extra special, was that it was the last one of the trip, and I always like to end my vacations with something special, and we also declared it our anniversary meal (22 years).
Their specially is Wienerschnitzel made table-side served with pasta topped with breadcrumbs. It's phenomenal... and so is the amount of butter they use! YOWZA!
We can't wait for our next visit!!!!
And so, another perfect vacation comes to an end. Back to real life now, but with a train-load of happy memories.
