Day 4-6 of the European Sampler

We are now on our way to switzerland....sceneries changing...hills come to view!!

As we make our way to Lucerne, it becomes hilly and mountains are visible. Didn't see much as i was sleeping in the bus...very typical of me to be sleeping in a moving vehicle...I'm sure my sister can agree with me!

Arrived at the hotel just in time for dinner and a stroll around the area after that. Being the summer, the sun sets very late, so when its around 9+ the sun will only start setting. The hotel that we were staying overlooks Mount Pilatus and it was really beautiful.

The next day, we went to the Lion Monument, which was done to remember the Swiss soldiers that died during the French Revolution guarding Louis the-dunno-number-what, King of France. It was such as sad monument as the face of the Lion was so sad, it was already near death, looking all defeated.

After the monument, we were brought to this small town to look at some Swiss knives and watches. World famous right? yeah, but they are not cheap, especially the watches... the knives were still okay but the watches...hmmm....no money how to buy?

Finishing to what was suppose to be shopping, we went on a additional excursion on a river cruise, which allowed us to see all the beautiful sceneries. It was so beautiful that it made you wanna go " The hills are alive, with the sound of music, the songs they've sung for a thousand years"...seriously...no kidding!! I know i might not be in the correct country being that the movie was filmed in Austria, but I definitely had that feeling.

Going up Mount Titlis was next in the additional excursion. We were expecting that it was going to be cold (Switzerland immediately sounds cold to you, what more up in the mountian full of ice), equipped with our winter jackets, we went up the mount by cable car. We went on the cable car that was the world first rotating cable car. The floor of the cable car turns, which allows you to see 360 degrees of the mountain, which was good, because they squeeze as many people in the cable car as possible that you are not able to move so the cable car moving was the only thing that allowed you to see the whole view.

When at the top, it was warm!! the only thing that was cold was the snow/ice that was there. Still a lot of snow for snow fights and also snow man but who wants to do that when you have this amazing view right in front of you? You felt like you were on top of the world and it was so breath-taking. You really felt that you were on top of the world because you were so high that clouds were below you! The summer sun made it warm enough to sit out the bench to have lunch, which was so relaxing. Makes you wish that you had a house there for the summer, because I dont think that you'd wanna stay there during the winter (chills down my spine just thinking about the winter there).

Headed back into town again after that to do more shopping. Went around town and in the end managed to buy a Swatch watch, that was the only swiss watch that was affordable and Dad bought it for me! Thanks Dad...I've NEVER had a branded watch in my life (you all must go like, you're kidding right?), so I was really happy and I love my watch very much!!

This ended the day and everyone headed back to the hotel. Some headed to a folklore dinner to hear some yoddling but we stayed in and had an early night for we were heading to Paris in the morning!!!