A Saturday Trip to Luzern

After seeing the famous wooden bridge of Luzern in countless travel brochures, Weiling and I took a 50-minute train to Luzern. Travelling around in Switzerland by train is so cheap, especially with a halbtax card that gives you a 50% discount on almost all non-air modes of transport in and from Switzerland.

Weiling made for me a cervela sandwich (cervela is the national sausage of Switzerland!) and for herself, a chicken-egg sandwich which tasted nicer than mine!

Of course, we had to satisfy one of Weiling's cravings (you know she's pregnant..) before we went up Mount Pilatus by cable car. This time, it was Ben and Jerry's ice cream in Cookie Dough flavor! And oh boy, the cable car journey was long.. Half an hour suspended in the air all the way from the base station to the top of Mount Pilatus with two stations in between. And the view was awesome! Too bad a couple queuing behind us decided to cram into a cable car with us, taking up precious space and oxygen.

Here's the view of Mount Pilatus from one of the cable car stations. There is still a long way to go up.. At this station, we have to get out of a small cable car, and get into a bigger gondola, which at that time, was filled with so many Italian schoolgirls chattering loudly.

It's very common to see kids everywhere outside in Switzerland, and here, there was quite a number of parents carrying toddlers in specially-designed backpacks, and these kids looked to be enjoying themselves so much. I want to get one for Gaby!

And here, we are on top of Mount Pilatus. You can see the beautiful Swiss Alps in the background.

There is a route of caverns carved out of the mountain-top; this route gives a wonderful view of what is down there.

And halfway during our time up on the top, the mountain suddenly got enveloped in thick clouds which accompanied us on our gondola ride all the way down. Lucky we were there at the right time to take in all the views!

After taking the cable car all the way down to the base, we stopped by a Korean restaurant nearby for lunch. Weiling had her beef bulgogi while I had my kimchi soup with tofu and stewed pork.. Shiok! And I had my beer which bees kept being attracted to. Bees here are really irritating; they love to fly super close to your faces. And the flies love to do kamikaze flights right into your faces too! And oh yes, one alcoholic bee decided to dive straight into my beer. And after scooping out the bee, Weiling put a napkin on top of my beer to deter similarly-minded bees.

Finally, here's a picture of Weiling in front of the famous wooden bridge which didn't look that impressive at all.. And oh yes, Weiling took a similar photo at the same spot when she was a young kid..

And as usual on each of our trips, we did a bit of shopping...

A Mammut backpack for Weiling to carry Gaby's things while she's pushing around the stroller! Mammut is a Swiss brand..

A soft-toy fridge magnet to add to my collection (unfortunately our fridge here has a wooden panel on the front, meaning I can't stick any magnet on it), and a pair of cute cute soft-base shoes for Gaby!