The more money you paid, the higher in rank you went. Lots of money got you the part of an angel, for example. Each year at Carnival time, thousands gather for Mardi Gras with colorful masks and a few hundred bands. A canon booms to officially start the celebration. At the Carnival Fountain in the center of town, natural mountain spring water pours out, as clean and clear as any you'll find.
Time is honored and exalted here.
There are grandfather clocks, cuckoo clocks, digital clocks, clocks with sleek shapes and hands, clocks with time zones on them, clocks made of crystal, clocks with farmhouse scenes, clocks as a canvas for displaying time in every way you can image. Looming over Lucerne is the famous Mt. Pilatus, where Pontius Pilate is supposedly buried. Originally, the mountain was an omen of bad luck. To go there was to invite bad weather. They prayed all the way, hoping to calm the mountain's malevolent spirit.