My good old journalist friend Eva Mackert shows me her original home town Lucerne. We arrive at the “new” train station, the old, beautiful one burnt down about 50 years ago in a catastrophic fire. The same disaster struck the 650 year old wooden Kappel bridge which has since been rebuilt as it was before. The famous Lion monument honors Swiss mercenaries that died for the French king during the French Revolution. Hans Fritschi, naturally, was more interested in the famous “Fritschi Father”, an important figure in the popular Lucerne carnival.