Today we went to one of our closest mountains, Mt Rigi, near Lake Lucerne. Using the Roche GA (Generale Abonnement - a Season Ticket for the whole of Switzerland, available for 25CHF on a Sunday - and it was First Class!) card we travelled on the train to Luzern and then took the boat across the lake to Weggis. From here there is great cable car journey up to 1450m (Rigi Kaltbad) - the walk to the top then takes a further hour. There are also cog railway lines up each side of the mountain (see photo) but we left them alone and took a long two and a half hour walk back down to the lake. On the way we listened to the sounds of clanging cow bells! Once at the lake (this time at Vitznau) we caught the boat back to Luzern, on the way catching a huge thunderstorm!
Monday, 2 July 2007
Off to the Mountains
Today we went to one of our closest mountains, Mt Rigi, near Lake Lucerne. Using the Roche GA (Generale Abonnement - a Season Ticket for the whole of Switzerland, available for 25CHF on a Sunday - and it was First Class!) card we travelled on the train to Luzern and then took the boat across the lake to Weggis. From here there is great cable car journey up to 1450m (Rigi Kaltbad) - the walk to the top then takes a further hour. There are also cog railway lines up each side of the mountain (see photo) but we left them alone and took a long two and a half hour walk back down to the lake. On the way we listened to the sounds of clanging cow bells! Once at the lake (this time at Vitznau) we caught the boat back to Luzern, on the way catching a huge thunderstorm!
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