Day 8 in Lucerne

I am just getting back from a walk and an Easter service at the local church.  It was an interesting service, as it was all in German.  The priest did switch to English to welcome us and the entire congregation applauded us.  We then went to the community center for Easter eggs, coffee or tea.  We felt very welcomed.  After the service, Mrs. Mayer, Alyssa and myself walked up the hill to see the lights of the nearby cities over looking Lake Lucerne.  It was very beautiful.

During the day today we did a walking tour of Lucerne.  It is a very expensive city, even more so that Venice.  We did buy Swiss chocolate and a few Swiss army knives, but that was it.  Then the 13 of us went up Mt. Pilatus by was of cable cars.  We started at the bottom of the hill in little four person cars and then went through two checkpoints before getting on the larger 40-person cable car which brought us to the top.  There are two hotels up there and it's quite a view.

We spent an hour on the mountain walking around, watching hikers and other tourists.  We also watched a man cliff jump with a parisail.  I'm not sure if that is an accurate description.  I will be posting those pictures so you can decide what it is.   I'm pretty sure everyone is in love with our little Swiss village and we will miss it once we move on in the morning.

Tomorrow we take off at 8 am for Heidelberg, Germany.  This will be the last night for the school traveling with us from Rhode Island.  They will fly out Monday morning as we head to Strasbourg, Germany.  From there, we will catch a bullet train to Paris and will spend our last three days there.  We are pretty sure we will have free wifi from hear on out so I should be able to keep up with pictures and the blog.

Right now it is 11:30 pm and I have to be up early, so I'm sorry that no pictures will be posted or sent tonight.  I will do them tomorrow.  Everything is still going great and we are all still friends.  I have to say that I am really proud of our students.   Their parents should be proud of the way they are behaving on this trip.

The kids on their balcony at our Swiss village hotel in Emmetten.

The dying lion monument....I think I mentioned it in Day 9.

Getting ready to go up in the 4 person cable car.

All of us on top of Mount Pilatus.