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Stack at 10,000 Feet
Warning: this entry will include the words "amazing", "incredible", "spectacular" and "splendifferous" many times, as well as others to that effect, because that's exactly what this part of Switzerland is. It is just beautiful.
We trained straight from Munich, through Zurich to Lucerne a few days ago and spent just one night and most of …
Journey to Interlaken
Today we left with Renee for her 10:15 am class. She showed us her school very briefly. It is a modern school, built in the last three years, that doesn’t fit very well with the rest of the picturesque town. Lisa and I took the 10:55am train from Lucerne to Interlaken. We used our last Eurail pass for this trip because it makes more sense to buy the one-way ticket to Zurich tomorrow and use the Eurail for the round-trip today. The perk ...
Lucerne
... from where the waves moved the loose sand when Switzerland was coastal.
The next part was the Glacier Museum. It has an exhibit with short films about the formation and movement of glaciers, with pictures and models of Switzerland’s famous glaciers. There were also exhibits on fossils an ice age man in Switzerland. The other part of the museum is in Amrein-Troller’s house, built in 1874. Its rooms are decorated in the style of the time, with ...
First Swiss Alp Hike
... the pass. In most cases, we can make much better time hiking down than hiking up. This is not one of those cases. The trail is steep and with the weight of our packs, we have to watch our step most of the way down. The trail would be even more difficult if it wasn't for our hiking poles. We soon make it to the hut at Blackenalp where we can use restrooms, fill up with cold water, and share a beer. They have some rooms and make their own cheese here, and as we ...
Engelberg and Titlis, Swiss Alps
... then into the river. The water was warm enough to swim in, which surprised me. To jump into the current would mean a hell of a hike back to where you started, and you would have to endure the whole drying of your clothes thing, which we didn’t really have time enough to do. Carpe diem my butt, we had places to go. But I really wanted to jump in.
We looked at the castle, which was perched on a massive rock above the town, with no discernible way to get ...