Olga in Switzerland

This spring, Olga came to visit for a week. She took a few days to go to Paris and spent some time going to nearby areas (Chateau de Chillon, Lausanne, Gruyeres with all three of us) but one day, we took the train to Luzern to have a real Oksana and Olga adventure. We left really early as it is a 3-hour trip to Luzern.

Once in Luzern, we did the walking tour, seeing all the bridges, clock towers, and the lion monument.

We then had lunch by the lake and decided to take the boat across to the lake to where there is a cog rail up to Mt. Pilatus. 

The day was just beautiful and the cog rail was really cool. Mt. Pilatus is quite a ways up and even in mid-May there was snow on the ground. 

As seen here, we were not quite prepared for such cold weather but there were some blankets up on top so we were able to keep warm while we looked out on the view. 

To get back down, there are two sets of cable cars. We stopped between the two and "hiked" a bit which involved taking "The Sound of Music"-inspired prancing pictures.

After we got back to Luzern, we took a train to Bern (halfway back to where we live) and explored a bit and had Raclette dinner there. A very delightful and Swiss day that involved many forms of transportation, nature, and weather.