Simply Sofie

We went to Zurich on Monday, November 20, 2006. We left the house at past 12 nn after we had our lunch. We left Weggis with the boat at 1:12 pm via Lucerne instead of Rotkreuz. We left Lucerne at 2:10 pm and arrived at the Zurich Main or Central Railway Station just 4 minutes before 3:00 pm.

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Today, November 19, 2006, at already past 12:00 nn, we went up to Mount Pilatus via Kriens with the aerial panoramic gondola and cable car. We can also go up to Mount Pilatus via Alpnachstad with the steepest cogwheel railway in the world but we opted for the cable car.

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Yesterday, November 16, 2006, we went to Neuhausen in Schaffhausen to see “Der Rheinfall”. Rheinfall is the largest waterfall in Europe. The Rhine Falls are the largest plain waterfalls in Europe. Rheinfall and Rhine Falls are one and the same. Rheinfall, in German language, is singular and masculine unlike the Rhine Falls.

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The night before yesterday, Erich thought of going to the Swiss Italian speaking part as it was reported that it would be foggy here in Weggis. It turned out that the weather forecast yesterday morning, November 15, 2006, was that, it would be foggy too at the area near Lago Maggiore.

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