Lovely Luzern

We woke to cloudy skies with blue but had no rain all day. That was a gift. We had a few things on our list to see today–we went back across the covered bridge (this time bedecked with begonias), went into the beautiful old cathedral –St Leodegar (Catholic). Aaron: “I think I’ve had about enough churches to last me awhile.” It was beautiful and a small choir was rehearsing in the organ loft. That was a treat.

St Leodegar’ Catholic church:

This door. WOW.

The children’s room:

Swiss knives on every corner.

Then we walked over to the Löwen Denkmal (Lion Memorial). Such a beautiful and peaceful place to think about those who have died. This one was created to honor Swiss mercenary soldiers who died in 1792 during the French Revolution. When the revolutionary masses attacked the royal Tuileries castle in Paris on August 10, 1792 the Swiss mercenary troops tried to defend the royal family and make sure the royals could escape.
760 were killed and the number of surviving soldiers was 350. Mark Twain, well known American author, called the Lion Monument “the saddest and most moving piece of rock in the world.”