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- Jul 11, 2024
- ⛅ 73 °F
- Altitude: 6,480 ft
SwitzerlandObwaldenAlpnachAlpnachstadOberhaupt46°58’50” N 8°15’18” E
Mount Pilatus
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Today we said our goodbyes to Zurich so that we could continue on to the next leg of our journey in Lucerne.
Apparently jet leg was, in fact, not done with Laura and me, but caty managed to get a full night's sleep. We powered through and got the sleep that we could, before packing up so that our luggage could be transported to Lucerne.
After breakfast and a quick workout, we boarded our train for the ~60m ride to Lucerne. We had a big fancy dinner planned for the evening, and so we were determined to "eat like rabbits" until dinner time.
Since we caught one train earlier than needed, we used the extra time to drop off some a few of our backpacks at the hotel before catching our boat as the first part of the "Golden Pilatus" round trip tour. We stuck to the shady side of the boat to avoid roasting, which made it a pleasant, picturesque 90m ride to our dock at Alpnachstad. We boarded the cable car (originally built in 1889!), which took us up the hillside 7000 feet, at times at nearly a 50° slope.
We were above the clouds at the summit, which apparently fulfilled one of Caty's childhood dreams of "touching a cloud". Luckily they came in and out, so we were able to see the vistas periodically as we walked a few of the trails along the edge of the mountain.
We took the gondolas back down the other side of the mountain towards Lucerne, and made our way back to the hotel. On the journey down, we realized that A) our fancy dinner reservation was at a restaurant allll the way across the lake, and B) our luggage transfer was not slated to arrive until sometime between 6-9pm. This was not a good combination of factors.
Luckily, the restaurant was very accommodating and allowed us to push our reservation back to 8:30, and our luggage arrived closer to 6 than to 9. We scrambled to get changed, and then caught a sunset cruise across the lake to Vitznau. We made it on the boat right before it started to rain, which meant we got to enjoy a rainbow on the waiter when it cleared up and the sun came out.Read more
Traveler A rainbow just for you guys!
Traveler Magical and romantic! So happy for you three!