Rain and Trains

Last Friday was the 1st of May holiday so we had a 3 day weekend. Unfortunately the weather was miserable, so we had to postpone our BBQ in the garden until Saturday, when there was an interval in the rain. On Sunday we decided that if it was going to be a wet weekend, we needed to go somewhere. So early in the morning, after enjoying a Starbuck's coffee, we boarded the train and headed to Luzern to visit the Swiss transport museum. It is a lot like other transport museums, but smaller. There were some cool mountain trains, and Ilona was delighted to see all the aeroplanes, running around shouting 'airplane' 'airplane' 'airplane' just like Benny shouts 'spaceship' in the Lego movie. So a good afternoon's entertainment, and then we headed back on the train with the playground on the top deck, which excites all children.

Ilona awaiting the BBQ

At Starbucks

On the train. Note rain on the window

On a boat at the museum

Daytrippers

Everywhere in Switzerland is one hour away from Zurich by train, so on Saturday we took a day trip to Luzern. It seems to be becoming winter, so we dressed up warm.

Luzern is right at the Alps, a holiday destination for rich British tourists in the olden days. From the station the mountains loom imperiously

And the city is small, but exactly what you would expect for a gateway to the Swiss mountains (i.e. picturesque and absolutely packed with tourists)

Unfortunately it was also raining so we had to purchase Bluet an umbrella (she refused to go anywhere in the rain without)

From our guide book we found the Natural History museum

And let the kids run/crawl wild

Then after all that exertion Bluet stopped for some ice cream

Before walking up the side of a mountain to the city walls

Then (and you won't believe this, but it is true) we discovered that Swiss trains have playgrounds on them. This went down very well