Date of Visit: 26 - 28 December 2011
After an extremely long train ride, 9 hours, Ben and I finally reached the Swiss city of Lucern. The main focus of this trip was actually to visit Mount Titlis in the town of Engelberg, about an hour away from Lucern. However, since we were staying in Lucern, we did not want to waste the opportunity to explore the town.
Lucern is not a very big town, which can be explored easily within a day. It's a charming old town built beside a river. We simply followed the recommended route printed on the tourist brochure and we sort of finished looking at all the sights in about 2 hours. Of course, we did not set foot into any museums or churches.
It was also the first time in Europe that I ice-skated. I don't remember it being so difficult, but it was! I cannot really balance and it really hurts and strain my calves. And I got laughed at by little kids when I fell :( I think they even took a video of me, damn those little devils!
Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, the main purpose of the trip was to go up Mount Titlis. And in order to get up, we had to buy a ski pass, which cost about 80Fr, but it covered all the ski lifts and cable cars on the mountain.
But the mountain range is beautiful. The view is simply stunning.
As we weren't skiing, we had to find other stuff to do. Luckily for us, there are other things to do too, like this noob slope which we can slide down with a slide. It's only about 100meters long, but it was really really very fun.
We also built a snowman on top of the mountain. It's not as easy as we thought it would be. Our hands were freezing so badly.
We also made snow angels on the thick snow. We literally just sank into the snow the moment we lie down.
And finally, we tried tobogganing down a very long track. The track was a little overused, so the ride was very bumpy. In any case, it was really fun going down the slope.
On the last day, Ben went paragliding. I was quite broke by then already, so I did not want to spend 170Fr on the flight. We had to travel by car to a mountain where Ben and the instructor went up using a private cable car. After waiting for a while, I finally saw Ben flying. The entire flight was about 15-20 minutes, but I'm sure the view and experience is awesome.
Mount Titlis, and the Alps in general, is really beautiful. I really love the snow mountains. Furthermore, the weather in the days we went there was perfect. Clear blue skies really make everything look so much better. I will definitely want to visit a ski mountain again in the future.
After an extremely long train ride, 9 hours, Ben and I finally reached the Swiss city of Lucern. The main focus of this trip was actually to visit Mount Titlis in the town of Engelberg, about an hour away from Lucern. However, since we were staying in Lucern, we did not want to waste the opportunity to explore the town.
Lucern is not a very big town, which can be explored easily within a day. It's a charming old town built beside a river. We simply followed the recommended route printed on the tourist brochure and we sort of finished looking at all the sights in about 2 hours. Of course, we did not set foot into any museums or churches.
It was also the first time in Europe that I ice-skated. I don't remember it being so difficult, but it was! I cannot really balance and it really hurts and strain my calves. And I got laughed at by little kids when I fell :( I think they even took a video of me, damn those little devils!
Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, the main purpose of the trip was to go up Mount Titlis. And in order to get up, we had to buy a ski pass, which cost about 80Fr, but it covered all the ski lifts and cable cars on the mountain.
But the mountain range is beautiful. The view is simply stunning.
As we weren't skiing, we had to find other stuff to do. Luckily for us, there are other things to do too, like this noob slope which we can slide down with a slide. It's only about 100meters long, but it was really really very fun.
We also built a snowman on top of the mountain. It's not as easy as we thought it would be. Our hands were freezing so badly.
We also made snow angels on the thick snow. We literally just sank into the snow the moment we lie down.
And finally, we tried tobogganing down a very long track. The track was a little overused, so the ride was very bumpy. In any case, it was really fun going down the slope.
On the last day, Ben went paragliding. I was quite broke by then already, so I did not want to spend 170Fr on the flight. We had to travel by car to a mountain where Ben and the instructor went up using a private cable car. After waiting for a while, I finally saw Ben flying. The entire flight was about 15-20 minutes, but I'm sure the view and experience is awesome.
Mount Titlis, and the Alps in general, is really beautiful. I really love the snow mountains. Furthermore, the weather in the days we went there was perfect. Clear blue skies really make everything look so much better. I will definitely want to visit a ski mountain again in the future.
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