Easter in Lucerne

This past weekend we took our first family trip out of town. We drove to Lucerne (aka Luzern) in the German speaking part of Switzerland. Our friends told us a lot of good things about Lucerne so we decided to see for ourselves. Plus it seemed like a safe choice for the first overnight trip with a new baby.

We packed like typical first time (American) parents and packed our car full - including the pack'n play for Katherine. Haha...
We stayed in a cute little Gasthaus hotel right in the Old Town 5 minutes from the lake and river front. We were able to get to all the restaurants and things to see in minutes. We brought our travel system and the first evening walked around with Katherine in it, but with so many streets paved with cobbles I just hated how the stroller was shaking and rattling her so the second day we switched to carrying her in the Baby Bjorn and it turned out to be the best decision ever. She was nice an toasty inside daddy's jacket and we were able to quickly get into places where a stroller would not have made it (like into old watch towers on the ancient city walls).

The only thing that turned out to be less than perfect was the weather. It was quite chilly when we go there on Friday and overnight it started raining pretty bad. And finally on Sunday the weather turned to a full on winter. Still we made the best of our time there and saw some cool things and ate some good food. And we definitely plan to go back when the weather is better and when she is a bit bigger.
Here are some pictures.

View of the city...

 Daddy with baby...

 Cool view

 Mount Pilatus. There is a luxury resort up on top and a scenic cogwheel railwaiy going up to the top. We want to come back and explore it in nicer weather

 Me

 Riverfront. The city is set up pretty similar to Geneva... lake and river and old town around...

 Kapelbruecke (chappel bridge) the longest wooden bridge in Europe.

 Cool buildings in Old Town

 Lion monument commemorating Swiss mercenary army which fought in Napoleonic wars...

 Tasty pub food

 Walking on the lakefront

And on Easter Sunday we woke up to this view from our hotel:

This is us on the way to church. Katherine did really good during Mass which is a shock. She is such a screamer.

And on the way back we drove through a full on blizzard. Crazy weather for April.

Can't wait to go back when the weather is nicer.