The Family in Luzern for the day. Charlie's hair is so curly here! Mine is out of control. Will someone please send me some frizz-ease;)

Ella watching the boats and running through the park.

Today we went to Luzern, a beautiful city on lake Lucern with mountains all around - about 15 minutes from us. We didnt realize we were so close to a big city and I imagine I will be coming here much more often while we are in our temp housing and living so close.

Getting Gelato, Charlie climbed onto the counter! Ella in the Luzern city church.


Feeding the Swans, they were very "friendly" trying to get food from anyone they could.

I think Luzern is considered a large city in Switzerland and was really hopping for a Sunday! Usually on Sunday, especially in the small towns there is not much (if anything) open. But in the larger towns there are lots of restuarants, coffee shops and gifts shops open. There was even a Starbucks! Yeah for me. The weather was cloudy but warm. It was just so beautiful even for a cloudy day.

This bridge I am standing in front of is constructed of all wood and goes over the entire river to take you to the other side - the amazing thing about it is it has flowers along both sides the entire length of the bridge. The top of the bridge has moss growing on it that was lime green. It was quite spectacular.

We walked on it and the kids had fun running along it. Every one here stares at us, we arent sure if its because our kids are crazy or our teeth are so white. haha I think that is how most people here know if you are from the US if you have white, straight teeth. I think people here just stare more in general though. There are no "personal space" issues - they just stand close and dont mind looking at you even if you know they are looking at you - they just keep looking. I should just stare at them back and see what happens.

Me and Ella on the bridge. Ryan trying to control the kids as they try to jump into the river to "get" the swans.

We had lunch at a little Irish Pub on the water and the guys there spoke Engligh and were really funny. There was a sign up in there that says "better start drinking now to beat the Christmas rush". The kids had fun playing in the bathroom of all places because it was so little and different. The smallest things amuse them, which is nice for us. Ella was entranced by a snail this morning outside on our patio and played with it for about an hour.