The Tiring But Charming City Center of Lucerne

Can you believe it that on one side of this lake is a very, very busy city?

Have you ever felt like walking along alleys of a city from the past? That's how I felt walking through alleys with rows of very old looking buildings in Lucerne. They are old by the way, they told me so .

You may say that it's just so EU but then I've been to other cities that are so modern, too, like Berlin and Antwerp, the modernization seems to be overtaking on the buildings in the city center there, too. Lucerne is very much the opposite. The apartment buildings there have much character, pretty much like those rows of houses in front of the canals in A-dam.

Yes, there are some that are modern, too but the old ones still dominate it like that school of music with much lattice below.

There were hotels in the middle of the road and sometimes between a fork and they'd make an inexperienced driver's head turn at the sight of it and hopefully they don't cause any accident. The details are just hard not to notice and I couldn't help but look left and right of me because every nook would always bring you something surprising.

Chic cars are parked here and there, they drive along the roads and sometimes would make their engines make much noise as if saying; "'am a sports car, give way.!" I can't count how much expensive cars I've seen on this city but there was plenty.

Anyhow, the well offs and the mass meet in this part of Switzerland and probably even dine among each other.

By the lake, there were plenty of people feeding the birds, mostly Asians. They seem to be so surprised that the birds are this tame and trusting to them. It's true, in my first year here, I couldn't believe my eyes seeing plenty of swans going after me because I was holding a bag while walking back home, passing through a mere. It was overwhelming. They would be turned into something grilled if they were in Asia. No geese would stand a chance but here they're all protected. Dare hurt any of them and you'd be fined hundreds of euro. I wonder if that's the same case in Lucerne.

Btw, too many Asians there! It felt like I was more of in Asia in the Himalayas really!

The crowd I had to go through was quite overwhelming, it triggered a migraine. It must be the noise of those bragging cars and the music at some places which seem to be holding a party here and there. Don't get me wrong, I like Lucerne it's very very charming but something about the city made me felt so tired.

How about you? Have you ever felt like you're walking in an old town in the past while visiting a place? Where? How else did that place make you feel?