Our tour guide from yesterday, Yvette, walked us across the bridge to the ferry dock where we met our tour guide for today, Jutta.
There we boarded the ferry and crossed ‘The Lake of the Four Cantons’. Only in english is it known as Lake Lucerne.
Lake Lucerne has a few arms and only at one point can you see all four parts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Lucerne
After a few stops, it is a ferry after all, we made it to our final stop: Vitznau
This is where we board the first cogwheel train in Europe, and the longest continuously running one. So much so, that when they needed new cars they had to custom build them to fit the cogs in the tracks.
We went all the way up into the clouds to the top of Mount Rigi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigi
It took us about 50 minutes to make it to the top with the train. Prior to the train Queen Victoria was carried up. No idea how long that took.
It was fun being on top of the mountain. It was a lot colder and the wind blew snow around.
Then we descended to Station 7 where we had a wonderful, and warm, lunch. We even had ‘Swiss Coffee’ afterwards. Now that will warm you.
We descended down a different track back to the lake.
