Locarno

The weather forecast was dreadful cold, rain and wind so Richard thought the best bet was to use our rail passes to go as far south as we could get and visit Locarno near Italy for the day. It was an excellent idea. Malcolm loved the journey and when we arrived the sun was shining and the lake was blue. After lunch eaten outside with a view of the lake,we went on the funicular railway and a cable car where we had wonderful views of Locano. Reluctantly we had to leave to catch our train back to Luzern. Malcolm tried to make a case for mountain goats having legs of different lengths to stop them falling off the mountains... . After passing through a tunnel we emerged into a raging snow storm much to our horror and returned to a wet and cold Luzern. A fondue seemed like a good idea so we started with a vodka and potato one ( not sure we liked it) followed by a wonderful chocolate one which we loved . Well we were in Switzerland.