Sarnen - Family heritage

The weather in Lucerne and surrounds still terrible today and the trip up to Mt Pilatus cancelled due to ice on the tracks so we set off by train to Sarnen where my Great Great Grandfather, Otto Carisch was born.

It's obviously changed considerably since the early 1800s but still, the views up the hills must have been very much as it was in his day.

There was a street market on in the town square. Mostly edible items.

We walked what seemed miles in one direction looking for Sarnensee (the lake) before we found we were walking in the wrong direction. We had intended doing a cruise on the lake but when we did find it, the weather was not great for the views.

We headed back to Hergiswill to do a tour of the glass factory. Peter made me play on one of the water cannons. The things one does as a tourist!

Hopefully tomorrow the weather will be fine enough for the Mt Pilatus trip, if not, perhaps a cruise on Lake Lucerne.

We feel absolutely no guilt at all with all the delights we are sampling because we sure are walking off the calories!

So glad I did all that extra walking with Carolyn and Tayla to get the legs used to all this work.