Hyatt Adventures

Today we decided to go to the top of Mount Pilatus and see the views of the Swiss Alps from there.

Afterwards we walked around the town of Lucerne for a few hours. It was a beautiful, quaint town right on the lake.

An interesting fact we learned about Switzerland:

It is well known that Switzerland is known for being the worlds most neutral country. However, the country is also very prepared for times of war. They have a very unique defense strategy. Almost every road, highway, and tunnel along the Swiss border is rigged to implode and stop invaders from advancing into the country. There are about 3000 points of destruction. Fuses are built into every bridge and when a highway crosses a railroad, a segment of the bridge is set up to fall onto the railroad. Switzerland also has over 300,000 shelters and a law states that every new building must have a bomb shelter. These shelters are enough to house all of the 8 million Swiss people and 1 million more. Along the Alps, the insides of mountains were carved out to create these bunkers and supply storage spaces while their exterior slopes were rigged to trigger landslides. These regulations came into effect during the Cold War. While many of these defenses were hidden below the ground or tucked into the structural supports of the infrastructure, architecture also played an important role in Swiss defense. Across the countryside, many structures that look like quaint barns or homes were designed to house everything from bunkers to anti-aircraft guns. Makes me wonder now how many we may have seen on our drives!