Left the hotel early. Nice owners gave us a sack lunch since we missed breakfast. Since no one was up we let ourselves out and locked the door behind us, and left the key in the flower pot. Beautiful day not a cloud in the sky.
The ticket machine in Seefeld only took 10 Euro bills and less. This made up my mind if I should buy the ticket to Switzerland or the one to Innsbruck. Bought the train ticket to Innsbruck since I had enough small change to cover it. At Innsbruck the main train station was open and got the Swiss pass setup.
| Long train ride to Zurich. View out of the train window |  |
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Had nice seats in second class, nearly had the entire passenger car to ourselves. When we entered Switzerland we decided to move to first class. As we walked back through the train the sections kept getting more full. I kept bumping people with the suitcases as we walked down the aisle. I do not think they appreciated our passing. Once we arrived at the first class coach we were a bit disappointed. There were one or two tour groups that completely filled the back 2 first class cars. No seats. One and a half more hours to Zurich. We started to make our way back through the second class cars. Luckily there were 2 open seats in the dining car. We took them and enjoyed our ride to Zurich. We had to make up time so the train was traveling 100mph at one point. |
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Time for lunch. |
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Zurich train transfer was very easy. The next transfer was also easy. Met nice lady on the train to Fluelen. She told us how to pronounce the name correctly, told us a little about the country side we were going through and some sites to see. She also told us how to get to the boat when we got off the train. Made it to the boat on time. |
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| Long boat ride. Town and church on the lakeshore |
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| Very Long boat ride. Mountains and another church on the lakeshore |
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| Some other boats |  |
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I had no idea so many people got on the boat during the ride. Only had 10 minutes to catch our connecting train in Luzern and waited on the boat for 5 minutes to get off. Had no idea where the train station was, Diane saw it and we headed for it. I think we saw the train pulling out as we arrived at the gate. Next train is in an hour. Time to look for food. Since we had time we looked at every possibility. Ended up with sausage on a roll. It was actually good. Got on the train an hour later and another tour group joined us in the rail car. |
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By the time we got to Interlaken it was pouring rain. Not great weather for hiking. |
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Now that’s a snow blower |
| By the time we got to Murren at 8pm the rain had stopped enough to walk to Denise’s without getting soaked. Went to bed. | |