Switzerland
		A beautiful place...
		Festivals were on in Lucerne.  Note the balloons and the crowds
					In 1792, when--after trying to escape the French Revolution--King Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and their children were hauled back to the Tuileries Palace in Paris. A mob of working-class Parisians stormed the palace in search of aristocratic blood. More than 700 Swiss officers and soldiers died while defending the palace. The Lion Monument  honours these guards
		Another cruise.  Very beautiful... The photo doesn't do justice.
					The revolving cable car.  Sort of a sardine can.  Didn't revolve enough to cause motion sickness. YAY.
		The view looking down to Engelburg from the gondola
		Heidi from the Alps told us about the monastery. Apparently, the first monks arrived in the valley around 1120. Up until 1798, when French troops arrived in force, the monastery ruled the whole valley, which was independent of the Swiss Confederation and answered only to the Pope. The Revolution changed all that. The Rococo church, dating from 1730, is stunning!
					Another view looking down...
					Streets in Engelburg, Sunday afternoon.