On Top Of The World

ZURICH held many little surprises for us when we arrived, not least of all catching up with Chris and Gwen and enjoying their great hospitality. The weather was another little 'surprise'....it was rubbish and we thought that we were going to miss out on our opportunity to experience Mount Rigi.

Mount Rigi, deep in the Swiss Alps and situated on the shores of Lake Lucerne is the home of the Vitznau-Rigi railway and cable car. The scenic location of Mount Rigi, made it an ideal place to construct a railway from Vitznau, on the shores of Lake Lucerne, to a point close to its summit. The railways goes up to a height of 1954m (6410ft) above sea-level. The train ride up offers some of the most amazing views of the Swiss Alps ever and left us all awe struck with its natural beauty.

Something to do with the altitude, but yodeling (or at least attempts) were heard from all over the hills....high on the hills. There was even an appearence from a lonely goat! What a perfect setting!

Pictures will be posted soon as we get to one that doesn't opperate (or attempt to) Windows Vista!