Our first stop in Lake Lucerne was at the famous Lion stone sculpture made in honor of the heroic Swiss Guards of Louis XVI, which Rick Steve's warned us all about.  They said that it's one of the easiest places to take coaches, so tour groups are always here looking around in awe, haha.  We looked at the Lion and heard the story of the person who constructed the lion made the outline in the shape of a pig because he wasn't paid for his work.  Payback.

The Lion Sculpture with a Pig outline if you look closely!

Cuckcoo clocks are a popular Switzerland attraction!

After the Lion they dropped off those that didn't go on the optional tours (Paul and I).  We were dropped off in the city by the expensive watch shop.  It was pretty early in the morning so nothing was really open, McDonald's wasn't even open.  We wandering up and down the streets and made our way into the grocery store.  We did some damage at the grocery store and bought bread, jam, lunch meat and the whole works.  We propped up to sit down inside the grocery store to indulge, but turns out we were sitting in a restaurant and were asked to leave because there was no picnicking, Whoop!

Moments before getting the boot...

The rest of the day we did some souvenir shopping and then went into Starbucks to get some free internet.  We had to book our hotels for the last few nights in Paris, so we spend a decent amount of time trying to find a reasonable hotel. After hotel searching and hitting up the grocery store again, we walked up the wooden bridge.

We really enjoyed our long day in Lake Lucerne even though we skipped the boat ride and adventure up to the top of Mount Titlis.  It was a good day to relax and not feel so touristy.  Everyone in Switzerland was so nice and hospitable as well, we felt very safe and weren't in constant fear of getting ripped off by pick pockets and the like.