Up bright and early watching the sun flood the valley and listening to the cows with their bells we had a buffet breakfast with all the trimmings. Today is going to be a big day of traveling. After packing our bags, taking more photos and enjoying a lasting look at the gorgeous view we made the decent by cable car to Kriens. Now this was an experience. If you have a spare few minutes YouTube 'Mt Pilatus cable car' scariest, yet most fun cable car ride we've been ...

Following the storms from the night before we woke to find it cold, drizzling rain and no visibility at all. Not exactly the start to the day we were after. After enjoying a generous serving if breakfast the rain stopped and the clouds began to clear a little. We decided to pack some morning tea and head down the mountain a bit by foot to where the cows were grazing. The path down was a continuous zig-zag, not too steep, but on fairly loose gravel which made it ...

Bonjour and Guten Morgen from Switzerland! Breakfast in the hotel before setting out in search of a laundromat. Worse luck it was a public holiday today so everything is shut. We trekked back to the main centre of town and used Starbucks wifi to see if we could find any that would be open. After giving up and resolving to do the washing in the sink on pilatus we set out to explore Lucerne for a few hours before making our ascent. Of course bathing in more deodo...