We never realized how quickly our first week in Switzerland passed by……or may be I should be saying the working week!!
Time of Oesterfest and everyone in this part of world is with some or the other plans. So we had to have one. Even people in my office were concerned whether I am doing something over the weekend or I am spending my time only in Zurich.
So after a lot of contemplation and a lot of deliberation, first day (that was Friday) we decided to have a one day trip for first day as we got up a little late that day. Lusern came as one of the obvious choices as nothing much else could be found.
We left home somewhere about 12 and reached the Zurich main station. After some information from travel office at Zurich and gathering some pamphlets, we got ourselves a half tax ticket. With this pass you can buy all the tickets in half the price in Switzerland. This is nice system as trains, buses and boat travel is all integrated and is very nice.
After having this pass done, we proceeded to get ourselves a ticket for Lusern. We got a ticket and also met a person from Pune, India. Raghunandan Mone. And to our luck, he also knew German and French fluently. The train was at 13.04 and reached Lusern at about 1400 hours. Outside station was a inquiry counter for tourists and there we got to know that a boat ride was starting in 2 minutes. RUNNNN!!
We just made it on board. Half pass in action again!! We settled on front deck. Sunny and windy and scenery and nice company. Just the perfect start needed for first day and first tour.
The boat ride is amazing. The lake is surrounded by mountains either covered with ice or wit lush green grass. The scenic beauty is simply outstanding. This also happened to be my first test of Swiss countryside. It is an amazing experience to be on a boat in middle of a lake and being surrounded by mountains and ice and colours and Mother Nature!!
The ride was of 2 hours during which we experienced truly wonderful sights.
The ride finished at about 1615 and we had lot of time to explore the city of Lusern on foot. We had this map of Lusern in which all the tourists’ places are marked wonderfully. The details of the locations are mentioned to perfection and finding then with the help of a map is only child’s play. First it was a church, followed by a castle. Church was very beautiful from inside. Extremely quiet, very old and very well maintained. And then another star attraction - The walk on and around the fortification wall of the city. It is a beautiful experience for anyone who is not shy of walking. A total walk of about 6 to7 kilometers takes you around this wall. From the top of wall you get a wonderful overview of city of Lusern and the lake. Here unfortunately the battery of my camera got over but most of the pictures are available as we had 3 cameras between us. We walked and walked and walked and enjoyed every bit of it. (Here I forgot my umbrella in one of the tower on the wall and realized it when we had almost climbed down. So ran all the way up and got it back).
It was almost 7.15 and we decided to return. A train journey back to Zurich and time to bid farewells. We exchanged the contact numbers with Raghu and returned to the apartment.
A fantastic trip first up and time for three satisfied souls hit the beds!!
Time of Oesterfest and everyone in this part of world is with some or the other plans. So we had to have one. Even people in my office were concerned whether I am doing something over the weekend or I am spending my time only in Zurich.
So after a lot of contemplation and a lot of deliberation, first day (that was Friday) we decided to have a one day trip for first day as we got up a little late that day. Lusern came as one of the obvious choices as nothing much else could be found.
We left home somewhere about 12 and reached the Zurich main station. After some information from travel office at Zurich and gathering some pamphlets, we got ourselves a half tax ticket. With this pass you can buy all the tickets in half the price in Switzerland. This is nice system as trains, buses and boat travel is all integrated and is very nice.
After having this pass done, we proceeded to get ourselves a ticket for Lusern. We got a ticket and also met a person from Pune, India. Raghunandan Mone. And to our luck, he also knew German and French fluently. The train was at 13.04 and reached Lusern at about 1400 hours. Outside station was a inquiry counter for tourists and there we got to know that a boat ride was starting in 2 minutes. RUNNNN!!
We just made it on board. Half pass in action again!! We settled on front deck. Sunny and windy and scenery and nice company. Just the perfect start needed for first day and first tour.
The boat ride is amazing. The lake is surrounded by mountains either covered with ice or wit lush green grass. The scenic beauty is simply outstanding. This also happened to be my first test of Swiss countryside. It is an amazing experience to be on a boat in middle of a lake and being surrounded by mountains and ice and colours and Mother Nature!!
The ride was of 2 hours during which we experienced truly wonderful sights.
The ride finished at about 1615 and we had lot of time to explore the city of Lusern on foot. We had this map of Lusern in which all the tourists’ places are marked wonderfully. The details of the locations are mentioned to perfection and finding then with the help of a map is only child’s play. First it was a church, followed by a castle. Church was very beautiful from inside. Extremely quiet, very old and very well maintained. And then another star attraction - The walk on and around the fortification wall of the city. It is a beautiful experience for anyone who is not shy of walking. A total walk of about 6 to7 kilometers takes you around this wall. From the top of wall you get a wonderful overview of city of Lusern and the lake. Here unfortunately the battery of my camera got over but most of the pictures are available as we had 3 cameras between us. We walked and walked and walked and enjoyed every bit of it. (Here I forgot my umbrella in one of the tower on the wall and realized it when we had almost climbed down. So ran all the way up and got it back).
It was almost 7.15 and we decided to return. A train journey back to Zurich and time to bid farewells. We exchanged the contact numbers with Raghu and returned to the apartment.
A fantastic trip first up and time for three satisfied souls hit the beds!!
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