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description: "Five hours, six courses and a Chardonnay with side effects: our day aboard the historic steamship Gallia on Lake Lucerne."
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## Legends of Lake Lucerne: 5 Hours of Steam, Wine and Swell

There are invitations[*](#disclaimer) I don’t hesitate over for even two seconds. “A day on a steamship, including a look inside the engine room” – and I’m already half in the car before Katja has finished reading the sentence.

Lake Lucerne had invited us to “Legends of Lake Lucerne,” the exclusive experience aboard the steamship “Gallia”: five hours, six courses, a handful of legends and – a Chardonnay with side effects.