Luzern, Switzerland

After a 11 hour United flight from SFO to Frankfurt, Germany, my coworker and I land to find out that my connecting 2:15pm flight from Frankfurt to Zurich was canceled. Good thing we arrived early enough to quickly get onto the one leaving at 1:10pm. But that one was delayed and it was a bloody mess. By and by, we didn't leave Frankfurt until 2:30pm, which brings us back to almost the time of our original flight. We land in Zurich in 1/2 hour. We then had to carry all our luggage (heavy ones!) to the train station. By that time, we've met up with 2 more people who flew from Hamburg to Zurich and another 2 who took the Lufthansa flight from SFO. We all ended up at the same location, at the same time, taking the same train. It reminds me so much of Amazing Race, where 3 teams set out at different times and got onto different flights, but still back in the same game when at the train station.

We had to take a 1-hr long train from Zurich Airport to Luzern, where we will be staying 5 nights. Luzern is about 1 hour away from Basel, a city in Switzerland that attracts thousands of watch lovers, watch buyers, and watch makers with their Basel World Fair. The fair is what brought me to Switzerland. This fair is truly an amazing event. Very big scale! After a long day of meetings and a strained shoulder from carrying my bag filled with paperwork and reports, the first day is finally over! I have yet another full schedule of meetings tomorrow. Despite all this, I enjoyed a very nice authentic Swiss Fondue meal yesterday at this restaurant called Fritschi in Luzern. It was established in 1602!! Simply amazing! I really like Luzern. It's nice and quiet, and very picturesque. The population in this small town is 70,000 so there are less crowds and less traffic. But unfortunately I won't get a chance to explore this city!! The only thing I can, however, is to capture these pictures outside my hotel window. I have a corner suite in the hotel with a spectacular lake view. Here are 2 pics I took. Enjoy the beautiful Luzern.


Swiss Alps and Lake Luzern