From Lucerne to Lugano

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 This morning we checked our bags and backpacks for a boat ride to Fluelen, from which we’d take a panoramic train ride to Lugano in Italian-speaking Switzerland. The closer we came to Italy, (and I’m allowed to say this because I’m half Italian) the more out of control things seemed in […]

So what’s there to do in Lucerne?

Part II So there’s this lion carved into rock in Lucerne. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who died in 1792 during the French Revolution when they tried to help King Louis XVI. Designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn, it’s one of the most famous monuments in Switzerland, visited annually by […]

Writer’s Block

For the last three years, I’ve been having trouble writing. It seems I just can’t get that inspired about anything. It’s not that I don’t have ideas. I am having difficulty following through with other things besides writing, too, like working around my house, etc. Today I thought I would just write about a trip […]