Andreas and Claudia Käch-Schaffhauser

And then the impossible happens: there, in the carnival throng at the Schweizerhof, you meet your Andreas. He is wearing a dark blue roll-neck pullover and a blazer and simply having a drink at the bar. You speak together in English and joke that he has come as secret agent James Bond. In your subsequent early correspondence, you call each other «JJ» and «Bond».

In the meantime, you have returned to Spain, while he lives in Lucerne. Many emails and a few dates later, you return for good to Switzerland; you travel to Argentina together, and before long you and Andy are living together.

Five-and-a-half years pass. It is September 24, 2009. You and «James Bond» are still happily united – in fact, you are expecting your first child. You have just moved into a suite at the Schweizerhof because tomorrow is your civil wedding day – what more appropriate place to stay than where it all began?

You start the day of your wedding with a divine breakfast in the Schweizerhof dining room before making your way to the Town Hall for the civil ceremony.

The aunt who prophesied your destiny is your witness. After the ceremony and drinks by the River Reuss, you return to the Schweizerhof for a festive lunch with a small number of invited guests.

The evening is a different matter: you start with a large reception at the Herren zu Schützen guild house, followed by a wedding cake, more drinks and swinging piano music at the Schweizerhof Bar. Luckily for you, all you have to do after the party is get into the lift.

Your children still like to be told how mummy and daddy met and married in the beautiful, big white house – the Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern. Mia then always says: