Switzerland Trip Part 2 - Luzern & Pilatus

Today, we were planning to visit another city near Zurich - Luzern. Also, we would visit Pilatus.

Pilatus Kulm

We started our day around 10am and took the train from Zurich Central Station. We had booked the ticket in advance to get the discount for "super saver ticket" - It's better for you to check on SBB website or from the apps and book in advance to get promotional ticket price.

The trip to Luzern took around an hour, and we enjoyed the scenery during our journey. By the time we arrived and out from Luzern train station, we could see the famous wooden bridge on the left side. We walked around the city and visited St. Leger Church. There was a mass when we went there, and we stayed there for a moment to enjoy the voice of the church's choir.

St. Leger Church

The surrounding around the church

Inside the church

Not many attractions to see around the city, hence we went back to the central station to go to Pilatus. Yet, we went to the wooden bridge first and took some photos there.

Kapellbrücke or Wooden Bridge

Around the wooden bridge

We took the wrong direction at the beginning to Pilatus. Therefore, we needed to change our bus again. From the bus station, we continued by walking to the gondola or cable car station. It was cloudy and foggy at that time, and we were surprised with the price since it is expensive, CHF 57.60 per person. However, since we were already there, we decided to buy the ticket to the peak of the hill.

My friend and I were a little bit scared since the weather was not clear and foggy. From the cable car, we could see the neighborhood from the top. I was wondering how it feels to live on a hill full of fog. After around 10 minutes, we were surprised since suddenly it was sunny with blue sky and we saw that we just passed through the mist. It was lovely, especially after we passed the first stop (Krienseregg). There, the land was covered in snow, and we could see a restaurant, playground, and many people played snow sliding and tracking. The journey to the next stop (Fräkmuntegg) took around 15 minutes, but we experienced our cable car stopped before we arrived. A bit scary, because it kept swinging due to the wind. Luckily, it worked again, and we arrived at the next station.

Foggy way to the top

The sun was suddenly appearing

It gets brighter and brighter 

The next gondola was bigger than the previous one, and there were more people inside. The scenery was so beautiful, and we could see the Alps from there. It took another 10 minutes to the top. Surprisingly, the weather was warmer compared to the lower altitude even though it was full of snow there, maybe since we were closer to the sun :p

Bigger Gondola

We climbed to the higher place to have a better view. It was a bit slippery when we went up. Hence we needed to be careful, same as on the way back.

Go to the higher place

We went down and had some time to play and took pics around Frakmuntegg stop. When we went ow, the view changed again when we were getting lower and lower, no more blue-sky and sun and it turned into another cloudy and foggy area.

From Sunny...

  

To Foggy...

We were so hungry since we hadn't had our lunch. So, we bought Burger King at the train station before we went back to Zurich.

There was a funny story on the train. We had not booked the ticket ever since we wanted to catch up the train we just jumped to the train as soon as we could. Then we booked the ticket on the train, HOWEVER, we could not buy the ticket because the transaction was always failed. Scary... since we were afraid the ticket checker would come. Luckily, he/she did not come, so we jumped off as soon as we reached the first station - Zug station. From there, we bought the ticket from the ticket machine and safely arrived at our hotel :)

Lesson learned from this trip: better for you to plan your trip and book the ticket in advance. Moreover, you can travel without any worry and stress and if you are lucky, you can find some ticket promotions.

please check my video about this trip: https://youtu.be/GwlPYvO1n7A