Drug stores in the US brag about being founded
in 1987...
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...somehow I think the Swiss have us beat.
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We lucked into the Saturday market on the
waterfront, just in time for breakfast.
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Like Starbucks, they're everywhere. I didn't
ask why he thought they were banned in Germany.
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There were even more cool cars out than I see
in Palo Alto
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The patron saint of Lucerne. He was blinded by
the drill he holds in his left hand.
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"...the Lion of Lucerne is the most mournful
and moving piece of stone in the world." — Mark Twain.
Dedicated to Swiss mercenaries who died defending Marie-Antoinette.
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The original old wall of Lucerne
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The Spreuerbrücke bridge, with paintings about the plague.
All living things that fly or leap
Or crawl or swim or run or creep
Fear Death, yet can they find no spot
In all the world where Death is not.
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Can you find me?
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The water is so fresh people fill their
waterbottles in the fountains here.
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The Kapellbrücke. Dating from the 1300's,
it's the oldest bridge in Europe. Much of it burned and was rebuilt in 1993.
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The paintings in the Kapellbrücke are
much more cheerful.
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