{"id":9844,"date":"2021-08-03T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9844"},"modified":"2021-08-03T14:31:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:31:56","slug":"mount-pilatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9844","title":{"rendered":"Mount Pilatus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our Swiss paella was a big success last night. I’ve never seen fillet steak or tuna in a paella before, but all the other traditional ingredients were there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This morning we were up early. We want to get the first steamer to a place called Alpnachstadt. It\u2019s very pleasant. We enjoyed coffee on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is our objective. Pilatus is the highest mountain in the Luzern area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Alpnachstadt, we board a cogwheel train. This thing is the steepest railway in the world, and the trains climb up impossibly steep slopes in convoys of 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the top we have lunch, and then there’s a bit more climbing to do to get to the very top. It was pretty cold up there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A cable car takes us back down the other side of the mountain to a place called Fr\u00e4km\u00fcntegg. Views back to Luzern and the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Fr\u00e4km\u00fcntegg we catch a gondola down to a suburb of Luzern called Kriens, and then it\u2019s back to the city centre by bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were very lucky with the weather – the forecast was poor and it started to rain not long after we got back. A great day out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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