16 Days Europe Tour – White Christmas Day 7 Lucerne – Engelberg - Interlaken
After breakfast at Astoria Hotel Lucerne, Switzerland, we started the day by taking an early morning walk around Lucerne. Ricky, our tour manager from Chan Brothers, brought us to the lake to feed the swans and seagulls. Check out the blog post on Lucerne Switzerland - Lucerne Tourist where you will be able to see the video on that interesting moment of Feeding Seagulls, so close with nature.
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| Breakfast in Hotel Astoria Lucerne |
We also managed to take some beautiful pictures of the Chapel Bridge, some interesting buildings as well and we finally ended at Bucherer and Gubelin, two of the famous watch shops in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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| Chapel Bridge, the oldest covered wooden bridge |
Holiday Travel Tips:-
As tourists, we were given a voucher for a free souvenir spoon at Bucherer’s as well as a chance to win a Rolex watch at Gubelin by guessing the 3 correct numbers, failing which you get a ‘gold bar’ comprising two pieces of chocolates which still makes you a winner.
After giving us some time to shop, we then met at the pre-arranged meeting point to visit the Lion Monument in Lucerne which is carved out of the cliff. Remarkable craftsmanship!
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| Lucerne Lion Monument |
Next, we began our ascent to Mount Titlis, our next adventure. Here we had our lunch at the restaurant before spending time playing in the snow and taking lots of photographs.
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| Mount Titlis |
Holiday Travel Tips:-
If you intend to visit Mt Titlis especially in winter, when temperatures could drop below 10 degrees Centigrade, do come prepared for the cold. It is good to wear a few layers …………… and also bring along your sunglasses as the sun can be very glaring up in the mountain.
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| View on the way up to Mount Titlis |
Check out Mount Titlis for more holiday travel tips and spectacular pictures.
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| Lindner Grand Hotel Beau Rivage |
After having fun on the mountain, we proceeded to Interlaken, a city between 2 lakes. Here we checked in for the night at Interlaken Lindner Grand Hotel Beau Rivage, a beautiful 5 star hotel in Interlaken. This lovely hotel was home for two nights. What good fortune!
After freshening up, we walked across town to Bebbi’s Restaurant to have fondue dinner. It was an interesting experience where we started off with salad, followed by bread dipped in cheese fondue, then meat and later fruits dipped in chocolate fondue.
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| Bebbi's Restaurant |
Again we experienced snowfall as we walked back to our hotel. This has been an extremely wonderful Europe vacation package and we have had the good fortune to have fun in the snow.
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