Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Switzerland: Luzern (or Lucerne) and Brittnau




Playing 'snow ball' at the mountain side of Brittnau
Bhante's friend, Franck's house at Brittnau, a lovely and
cosy little house
Warm and cold; inside and outside ...
窗里窗外 ... 感受各一
Brittnau, typical village of Switzerland.
Walking around mountain side to keep warm

Stream with crystal clear water - Brittnau

Food store at Brittnau

Brittnau (above), is a village town with population of about 3600, about 45 minutes drive from Lucern. This is a very quiet and remote part of Switzerland typical country side village. Living here made you 'experienced' the real life of typical Swiss life style.

Lucern (below), a city in north central of Switzerland, has been voted as the fifth most popular tourist destination in the world in 2010. The city with about 76,000 in population. The Chapel Bridge is the famous landmark of the city which was built in 14th century.

Luzern city

Luzern lake in winter time

Reuss river sits on the city, and supplies water to Lake Lucern
Makes the city more scenic and beautiful.

Looking across the river, enjoy the beautiful view of city
But also had to withstand the severe winter climate
(-15 degree C at that time)

The Chapel Bridge and Water Tower built in 14th century
The bridge served as a rampart (a defensive wall for a castle)
as well as part of town fortification.

Typical little shop of Luzern ...

Look at this ... you know how cold the weather was!

Tea shop at Lucern

Franck, Bhante and Brigitte, at Chapel Bridge

Luzern old town

天下沒有不散的因緣
Time to go, to another town, Brugg. At railway station, Sasha (RHS)
going back to his home in Germany, time to say goodbye.
Coming, going, arriving, departing, not only in travel
but also in life ... that is part of life, to witness change.
Just enjoy that moment as much as possible,
may be in your whole life, you will never come back
or meet again, who knows? Only uncertainty is real...
Left behind is memory and delusion. Only this
brief moment is real ... Sigh!

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