Hello, friends, readers and fellow bloggers. It’s been a while since my last post and I am so happy I have some time on my hands to “revive” my blog. So many things happened this last year – getting engaged, getting a cat, getting married and travelling to my dream destination. Today, I am going to tell you about my journey in one of the most beautiful countries I’ve ever been to. Those of you who follow me and have read my bucketlist section (you can find it here – Bucketlist ), know that on the top of my list is Switzerland.

My husband and I had the same dream – to visit Switzerland. So, when we started talking about our honeymoon, we didn’t even think twice about the destination. Our first and only choice was this sweet, little and picturesque country. We managed to visit Lucerne, Bern, Zurich, Geneva, Vevey and Montreux, as well as Milan and Venice in Italy. My first post about this journey (as the title suggests) is Lucerne. Our trip actually began in Venice, but I’ll tell you all about it in another post. Lucerne is a small city in central Switzerland and is the capital of the canton of Lucerne.

We got off the bus near the famous Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), which is one of the main sights in the city. The bridge itself was very charming. I have a soft spot for bridges, as you may know from my first ever post here (Golden Gate Bridge). The small Water Tower (Wasserturm), the beautiful flowers and all of the different paintings on the ceiling made it look like it was taken out of a fairytale. Interesting fact is that originally the bridge had 158 paintings, but most of them were destroyed in a fire in 1993, and only 30 of them were fully restored. The wooden bridge was built in 1333 and is the oldest covered bridge in Europe.

  

Since, river Reuss runs through the city, it is no wonder that there are a lot of bridges across it. We cross the river for a second time on a bridge that is very close to the Chapel Bridge and offers an outstanding view of it. From there we find our way to the center of the Old Town and made a stroll through its narrow and charming streets. The center is very compact, with cozy coffee shops here and there, small buildings with an amazing architecture and one of the city’s clock towers.

  

We reached the second covered bridge in Lucerne (there was a third one, which was demolished in the 19^th century). Now we were on the Spreuer Bridge (Spreuerbrücke, also known as Mühlenbrücke). It also had a few painting on the ceiling and offered a great view of the Old Town, from a different angle. We crossed it and made our way back to the Chapel Bridge and saw a castle in the distance, which I later found out was a hotel.

Our last stop for the day was the Jesuit Church overlooking the river. It is a Catholic church and it is also the first large baroque church in the country that is situated north of the Alps. We didn’t really have time to go inside, so we took a few pictures and we made our way to the bus, but not before we caught a glimpse of Lake Lucerne – calm and vast.

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