{"id":9238,"date":"2019-11-25T07:48:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T07:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=9238"},"modified":"2019-11-25T07:48:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T07:48:04","slug":"traveling-the-rhine-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/2019\/11\/25\/traveling-the-rhine-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling the Rhine (continued)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our last day in Lucern we checked out of our hotel and then walked round the old town (altstaedt) to do some shopping.  By 1500 we boarded busses for the 90-minute drive to Basel, where we boarded out boat, the Viking Sigyn, unpacked, received the introductory briefing by Andrew our program director, and had dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_6930-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9228\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption>A view of downtown Lucern.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_6927-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9229\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption>A view of the shopping area in the old town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_6922-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9232\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption>The lion statue carved into rock to honor the Swiss soldiers who served the French during the Thirty Years War.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_6934-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9233\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption>At one point we stopped to get a small bag of roasted chestnuts.  The weather was cold, and the nuts were welcome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_6932-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9235\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption>One of the many churches in downtown Lucern.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_6925-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9237\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption>Candy and Nicole with their loot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_6935-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9234\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption>We had a nice lunch in a restaurant that specialized in local Swiss beers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMGP7392-678x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9236\" width=\"339\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption>A humorous store window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_6936-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9230\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption>Boarding our home for the next week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_6937-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9231\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption>Our state room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our last day in Lucern we checked out of our hotel and then walked round the old town (altstaedt) to do some shopping. 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