Today turned out to be one of my personal favorite days of the whole trip. This morning we left the hotel at 7:30 am in order to catch an early train to the town of Engelberg, about an hour away. From there we took a series of three gondolas up to the top of Mt. Titlis, a beautiful snow covered mountain in the Swiss Alps. When we arrived at the top of the mountain, we were super excited to discover that it was around 0’ Celsius and we were in the middle of a snowstorm! Since almost everyone in our group is from Texas, we are not even accustomed to seeing snow in the middle of winter, much less in June, so we had an absolute blast playing in the snow like little kids. We were able to sled down a large hill at slightly terrifying speeds, have snowball fights, and most importantly, take a group “whooping picture” on top of a Swiss Alp. It was such a fun morning, but when we decided to break for lunch we realized that our Texas version of snow clothes had not served us very well- our jeans were all completely soaked, our tennis shoes were squishy, and our hair looked like we had just gone swimming.
After having lunch inside the warming hut on top of the mountain and discovering how cold we really were after we stopped running around, a group of us, along with Dr. Chuck, decided to head back to Lucerne. Again we rode the three gondolas and the train back to our hotel, where I had one of the best hot showers of my life.
After recovering from the day’s adventures, a group of girls and I set out to find dinner and explore Lucerne. We ate at a place that served mostly Italian food and, although it was good, paid an exorbitant price for it. After dinner we patronized a few chocolate stores at which I may or may not have purchased some yummies for mom, dad, and Matt. ;)
We spent much of the rest of the evening walking around the city. Lucerne is a beautiful little town, complete with picturesque buildings and a river with swans swimming around. Then some girls came over to our room and we played the card game Apples to Apples, followed by an ice cream run to McDonalds.
I’m so exhausted from the day, so my plan for tonight is to get in bed early to rest up for my last full day in Europe... I can’t believe it’s already here!
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