{"id":10609,"date":"2018-01-20T23:32:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T07:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=10609"},"modified":"2018-01-24T10:13:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T18:13:16","slug":"mt-rigi-and-lucerne-switzerland-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=10609","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Rigi and Lucerne, Switzerland – Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 3 was my last full day in Switzerland and I decided to head out for another day trip south.<\/p>\n

I started by taking the train to Mt Rigi which is a mountain high up in the Swiss Alps and well above the snowline. I took a conventional train most of the way, but then transferred to a small cog style rail car for the steep ascent up the mountain. The grade is so steep that in addition to the 2 normal rails the train rides on, there is a \u201ccog\u201d or gear which meshes with a 3rd rail\u00a0to keep the train from slipping as it climbs (there is a picture that shows how the cog system works).<\/span><\/p>\n

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After Mt. Rigi I took another train to Lucerne. Lucerne was a classic European old town with lots of winding streets and little shops to check out. I found the Victorinox outlet store here (they make the classic \u201cSwiss Army\u201d knife) and picked up a couple of souvenirs here. I bought Kenzie her first knife and had it engraved with her name, as well as a couple of other neat finds.<\/p>\n

On the train back I ended up in what was apparently the “kids car” on the train. It was a double decker rail car, and the whole top level was seating for families and a kids play area. I only got 1 picture of a small part of it (didn’t want to be that weird guy taking pictures of other peoples kids) but there were a bunch of different play structures. How cool to play on the slide while watching the Swiss Alps go by!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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