Mt. Rigi Lucerne

Lucerne , Lucerne, Switzerland

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    I can not get enough!

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    3 November 2000

    Just when we thought we were at the end of our adventure we discovered Switzerland!! From the airport we go the the main train station directly underneath, leaving our bags at the airport for 5 Swiss franc. At the station we book a tour to Rigi which means we travel by train to Lucerne, from there we take a boat and then …

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    Switzerland and the Beautiful Swiss Alps

    ... and all the surroundings looked different in the mellow hues of the setting sun. The highlight of our time in Switzerland was an excursion to Mt. Pilatus. First, we took a boat ride on Lake Lucerne again, but this time in a different direction, so we ...

  • 2

    Tennis, baked beans and a visit from Swiss Anzac

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    ... looking so good now! Once we disembarked from the boat we went and found the cog wheel train to board to get to the top of Mt Rigi, apparently this was the first mountain cog wheel train in Europe. The train took us up and around the mountain and I was a ...

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    Swiss Day: Aug 1 !!!

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    ... Lugano (see upcoming journal entry for Lugano).  Lake Lucerne was a shimmering blue bowl of water and the sides of Mt Rigi were a velvety green.  We walked through pastures dotted with soft-eyed Swiss dairy cows, their bells jingling ...

  • 4

    Spectacular Mount Rigi

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    ... areas trying to get pictures and then walked up to the very top of the mountain. I can see why Queen Victoria loved the views from Mt Rigi so much. After soaking up the views and sunshine for a few more hours, we got the train back down about half way ...

  • 5

    Engelberg and Mount Brunni

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    ... weather was of course much better than down in the town or in Luzern. After the spectacular views we were able to see at Mt Rigi, Mt Brunni is a bit of a let down. The views are nice, just not spectacular. It was nice walking along some of the mountain ...

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    Up up in the clouds

    Ahhh, finally away from the big city! We really stayed in Mount Rigi Switzerland, but not at the bottom of the mountain, all the way up the top where there is a resort that is typically packed for the winter ski season. I could only imagine how cool this ...

  • 7

    Mt Rigi, Switzerland

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    Today we awoke and caught a ferry at 9:20, the first leg of out trip to My Rigi. The boat ride was about an hour long, followed by a trip on a cog train, climbing the 1600m to the top of the mountain. Initially it looked like there might not have been ...

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    Luzern and Mt Rigi : the queen of Swiss montains!

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    ... please can I have another pocket knife" Then I finally said it. so my dad finally took me to the victorinox store in Luzern switzerland. and I was looking for a pocket knife for so long and then I finally found the best one. this guy in the store said ...

  • 9

    Florence to Lucerne

    ... the city. It was chilly but absolutely breath taking there was a little haze but basically we could see all the alps including mt. Pilatus and mt. Rigi, the lake was as smooth as glass and the boat was exclusively ours - I could not get over the vistas ...

  • 10

    Mt Rigi

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    We set off after breakfast through Lucerne and headed for Mt Rigi. We grabbed a hot chocolate while we waited for the cog rail up the mountain. It was a beautiful ride up with amazing views out the window. We could see all over Lucerne and the lake, it ...