Luzern...the most photographed city in Switzerland?

In a bid to see as much of our adopted country as we can, we recently jumped on one of Switzerland's very efficient trains and headed to Luzern, apparently Switzerland's most photographed city.

A highlight in Luzern is a very sad piece of rock, the Dying Lion.....

....which is a memorial to 600 Louis XVI soldiers from the Swiss guard, who perished defending the Palais des Tuileries in Paris during the revolution in 1792. Those who survived the initial attack were arrested and later guillotined. Very tragic and a fitting memorial.

It was a chilly but sunny day and we enjoyed taking in the delights of the old town.

It reminded us of Geneva, with it's magnificent buildings and hotels on the waterfront.

and the trains in Switzerland make it so easy. Even if the car was in the shop for service!