As I set out to Fluelen it started raining. I got my bike on the small boat and we left Fluelen at 12:12. Tugged through the green waters of the Lake, with rain falling outside. Changed boats at Brunnen, and I left my ski jacket on the small boat. Nobody's perfect!
Arrived in Luzern at 5 pm, rain still falling. Checked in at Mr. Birnstiel's house, left a number. I went back to the station and called it. Got another number. After an hour I got through to Hans Peter Tschupp, who invited me home. That night we went to a con
cert at the Kunsthaus, on the shore of Lake Lucerne.
[The concert was Ludwig van Beethoven's Ouverture zum Trauerspiel, and the Mass in C Minor op 86. The director was Eduard Muri, with Solists Josefine Hocher, Elanor-Jans-Ulmi, Peter Sigrist, and Eduard Stocker. I remember how much I enjoyed the concert, and felt I was royalty. Earlier in the day, losing my jacket, and being in the rain, I remember I was feeling a lot more like a peasant! Years later, while stationed in England, I would return here, and remember it as one of the most inspiring evenings of my four month trip]
Expenses: Boat $2.00
Candy .25
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