Wednesdaz 27 April
Last night I managed to get a blog done in the hotel computer, same tonight but the letters are in different places as everything is Swiss. Did not realise that languages have letters at different places. We were up early as usual and as per usual (so Norton like) we left for the station easly, so caught the early train.As we moved into the countryside the much larger canals which were lined with lovely trees ran alongside the train line and we could see the container barges, plus side canals where stationary boats for residents are tied up. We saw our first ma collapsable bike - it reduced down to the wheels depth which folded back over each other and the seat was twisted down and the bar was the carrying handle. The man in the suit must have assembled at the other end and went on his way.
For some unknown reason after leaving Anaheim the first 4 carriages had to vacate towards the back of the train. Not easy moving with suitcase at 220 km per hour. We appear to have had a glich in the system. Changed trains at Frankfurt and had to stand until Mannehim. New train and another change at Basel and arrived at Lucern 4pm - even though we have had supper I still feel the rocking of the train. Weird. It has been a long day but have arrived at a really nice room - the hotel is part of Best Western and is very spacious. Have to change some money tomorrow as Switzerland only deal in Franks, not Euros like the rest of the Euro system.