Dachau was an experience. There is a lot of information about the camp with pictures of the inmates and their living conditions. The camp was very large, at 1 time holding 63,000 prisoners. There were rows of huts, each hut having sleeping areas, lounge / dining room, bath and toilet areas. They must have held 3 - 400 people per hut, and the were about 34 huts on the site we visited. The administration buildings are now a museum with lots of information. It is now compulsory for school children to visit at least 1 such camp and there were 4 or 5 groups there while we were there. Although the punishments and daily life was really hard, the prisoners looked in better condition than the photos we saw at the River Kwai site in Thailand. The food rations were decreased in 1942, but so many more were then unable to work so they were increased again in 1943. That camp wasn't an extermination camp, but many people died there, and disease was rife too. We then travelled on to Lucerne, calling into Liechtenstein for a photo on route. The scenery has changed to high mountains and large lakes. We are staying in a small town about 1/2 hour from Lucerne, right on the lakes edge. It is very beautiful. Last evening we went to a Swiss dinner with music, dancing and yodelling. The musical group played Swiss instruments like spoons, a saw, a broom and they blew the long alpine horns. They are about 6 feet long and make many different sounds. The audience were invited to try their skills. It was a fun evening. Today we went to the top of Mt Pilatus, 2500 meteres high, in cable cars. The scenery stretches for miles in all directions - snowy mountains to the south, Lake Lucerne to the east with lots of small communities around the shores and Lucerne to the north. We could see and hear the cows (with their bells) on the hillsides. There were a few wild gouts too. We came down by cog railway - some of the grades as much as 48%. But beautiful views. We then had rides in horse carriages through some real Swiss country to coffee and cake at a country house. Later in Lucerne we had free time until we caught a boat for a scenic ride across the lake to our hotel.