Lucerne Day 1
I arrived pretty late in the afternoon due to a meeting in Brussels. I rented a car in Zurich in order to make a quick drive to Lucerne and catch some of the late sessions on the conference I was attending.
I asked for a navigation not that I could not find from Zurich to Lucerne but to have the freedom and the possibility to arrive at the hotel fast. First issue was that the previous user had been from Barcelona or somewhere else in Catalonia because the machine setting was in Catalan! It took me some time to find the set-up changes that I needed and I am truly sorry that the next used will find the setting in Danish!
To arrive at the hotel turned out to be much more complicated than I had imagined.
I quickly left my stuff in the very nice hotel room, after having an extremely pleasant check-in with a receptionist names Silke! I had on my way in seen the KKL where the conference was situated so I had to cross the water again; this time but foot.
I managed to get the last out of the conference and met some of my colleagues and we decided to grab a beer or to and get something to eat later. We crossed the water again to find a cafe or a bar where we could sit in the sun and enjoy the fabulous view of the Lucerne Lake.
We managed to get some seats in front of Rathaus Brauerei and some large examples of their brewery products. We enjoyed them and our own company so long that we had to have the last beer indoor. After having seen their beautiful copper brew kettles we decided to look for another place with a different kind of ambiance.
5 minutes walk from the Rathaus we found the Brasserie Bodu situated at the Kornmarkt. The brasserie was mostly a restaurant but we decided to stay in the bar and have some Weiss beer which one of the colleagues liked. Well we all liked them but he was particular keen on them. We had a fun conversation with the Portuguese waitress and we enjoyed fully the stay.
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Lucerne might be the most visited Swiss city but as in all other cities in Switzerland the night life sucks; I know it is a blunt statement but having travelled a lot in the country, visited a lot of cities and spend some time searching for a nightlife; my conclusion is that I surrender to my bed every time still full with energy.
After having had a good night out in town until midnight, we were a couple of guys that wanted something to eat. After being turned down numerous times, we had to satisfy with Burger King!!!. In most other cities I know you always have places where you can get descent food after midnight.
When we entered, we were naturally the only persons in the place and we were very hungry after walking around for more than an hour in our search. My friends were much hungrier than me and they went for XXXL burgers, which I never had heard about before in Europe; but I am not a burger bar person. The burgers were huge; almost like a house with several floors. I had never seen anything so grouse.
My friends were full quickly because they could not handle these enormous monsters of a burger; I guess that the eyes had gone wild when they ordered.
Otherwise the girl behind the counter was very sweet and helpful. We got what wanted and were ready for further hours in the non-existing night life of Lucerne.
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