Blogs from Lucerne, North-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 16

I have moved on from Zürich after a lovely stay. After my last entry I continued around Zürich to the sites I had not yet seen. I started at Fraumünster church, which was begun in the late 7th century and now contains five large stained glass windows by Chagall; they were absolutely stunning. Then I went to the top of one of the towers at Grossmünster church where I got the most beutiful panoramic view of the city. This was followed bz going to St. Peter-Kirsche, which was begun around 1100 and has the largest clock-face in all of Europe. That was all of the churches I could take at that point, so I took the ferry as a sort of boat tour around Lake Zürich for a couple of hours. Of course there was more ... read more

Today we took on the mountains of Switzerland! Actually first off we went and dropped the car at Mercedes so they could have a look over it. They said it was fine, so then we were on our way... First off we headed to Mt titlis which is one of the highest in the aquas alps. Found our way without getting lost and boarded the first cable car which was a closed in one that just had the two of us.. Mum did well with the heights, I naturally loved it! About half way up the mountain we switched to a masive cable car that held loads of people... We got crammed in, not so much fun, but pretty views... From there it was into the rotair! The rotair is a revolving cable car that turns ... read more

Tuesday 27th The package we purchased for Switzerland gives us hotel bookings for every night, a booked ticket on the Glacier Express and 5 days of first class train travel on the Swiss domestic train network. This does not resemble the Melbourne network, as none of the Swiss cities have an extensive sprawl of suburbs. The network has more in common with our country train network, the stations are usually a minimum of 20-30 minutes apart (however the rolling stock are of a much better standard, comfort wise than the Melbourne). This means we can leave a city whenever it suits us, providing we are at the correct hotel that evening. We decide on an early departure from Geneva; first test for the Stephens Removalist Company is to move the baggage convoy onto the train to ... read more

We went on a walking tour today around the market district of Lake Como. We went to an old church, and walked on some wooden bridges that were built in the middle ages. Then went up to the top of Mt. Pilatus and had a snowball fight. After that we came back into the city and had free time for a couple of hours and bought some souvenirs and went to a cafe to get ice cream. It's not as cold as I thought it would be, the highs have been around 50 except for on top of the mountain where it was probably in the upper 30's. Tomorrow we are going on a cruise on Lake Como and then taking a bus to Milan.... read more

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