Arrived in Lucerne

One last breakfast at Beausite, then we got packed up. Drizzling slightly on our way to the train, but so much easier heading down hill with all our stuff! We actually arrived just in time to catch the 1030 train but decided to wait for the 11 we'd planned to catch since the train was so packed and it would've left us with a half hour wait for the train to Lucerne anyway. Sunday must be a big day to leave as the train was packed with people with lots of luggage. We stood on the train to Lauterbrunnen and then hopped on another really busy train to Interlaken. We ended up standing in sort of a luggage area between cars, but it worked out because it wasn't so hot and crowded! In Interlaken we caught the train to Lucerne and got seats for us and our luggage. Almost 2 hours on this train. Lauren nursed and slept for the first half. She did great once she woke up until there was about 20 minutes left... then we just plied her with Cheerios and bounced around as I counted the minutes left. Once we were walking again she was great. Found the hotel and got checked in about 2pm. Lauren was so happy to be down on the floor and free to play. Very modern boutique hotel, affiliated with Marriott, but pretty funky. There are remote controlled room darkening shades built into the windows (reminds me of that scene in The Holiday when Kate Winslett discovers that Cameron Diaz' bedroom has them) so we've darkened the room and J & L are napping while I blog. Hopefully they wake up soon... I'm starving! We'll walk a bit and get dinner at 6 when places open the kitchens. All shops closed on Sunday, so we'll just get the lay of the land and then explore more tomorrow.

It's weird to be back in a decent sized city; even the 5 blocks we walked from the train station to here felt so different than our home in the mountains for the last week! I loved taking the trains everywhere but I think Lauren will be happy not to have to get back on a train until we head to the airport on Wednesday.

walking to the train station

the girls walking to the train

luggage

cloudy look into the valley on the train to Lauterbrunnen

Lauren's pack n play at The Hotel... with her own duvet, robe, and slippers

bathroom (with L'occitane toiletries)

bedroom

happy girl

Comments

Christy said…

Awww - looks like such a fun trip! What a cozy sleeping spot for Lauren!

September 11, 2017 at 9:21 AM

Mike (Papa) said…

love the duvet, robe and slippers! made me lol!

September 11, 2017 at 7:06 PM

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