4 Destinations, 4 Days - Part 3

Now this was a fun day! We got up early to catch the 06:45 train (we missed the bus that we were supposed to catch to get to the train station which was my fault, but thankfully the swiss public transport app on my iphone quickly found us another route which got us to the station at the same time!) and picked up fresh coffee and pastries before getting on the train. We then enjoyed a very pleasant and scenic journey to Lucern (2 hours) where we changed trains for Engelberg (1 hour). When we arrived in Engelberg, we were greeted by the sound of the cow bells as the cows made their way up the mountain to graze - this is quite a Swiss sight to witness! We walked for a few minutes before beginning our 45 minute journey up to the top of Mt Titlis which would require a ride in a cable car and then a revolving cable car to take us 3000m high!

The scenery was spectacular and interesting because of the contrast of the seasons - spring flowers, green summer trees and winter snow! The temperature was in the mid-20s at the bottom of the mountain, and -4 at the top. Terri has never seen snow, and it was so wonderful to see her joy and anticipation! Once we arrived at the top we layered up with all our warm clothes and caught the "Ice Flyer" - a ski chair lift that takes you to the Glacier Park. Here we snow tubed and rode the toboggans, fell in the snow, laughed and got wet - but it was totally worth it! We then had some delicious pizza overlooking the spectacular view before beginning our 4 hour train trip back to Lausanne - needless to say we both slept on the train on our way home! We finished off the day in Lausanne with dinner with some of my lovely friends at one of my favourite restaurants - Cafe Simplon.