Here are Little Geek Girl and Nai-Nai in the fun seats in the back of the Cobra style trams. Nai-Nai is trying out her German looking at one of the free newspapers.
We arrived at the station and purchased Railaway tickets that combined the train ticket and entrance to the museum. Here are Nai-Nai and LGG and LGG's donut on the train for Luzern.
It's a pretty ride from Zürich, with stops in Thalwil, Baar, Zug, Rotkreuz and then Luzern. Nai-Nai enjoyed the view of the countryside and towns. As we were getting closer to Luzern I noticed that there was more blue sky and less rain, so we decided to take a walk through the town before going to the museum.
From the Luzern train station we walked towards and across the Chapel Bridge. A lot of the normal panels were covered with different panels, I believe in preparation for the Fasnacht (Swiss Mardi Gras) celebration which starts on February 19. On the other side of the river we had lovely views of Pilatus (Dragon Mountain). We then strolled through the town and up towards the Lion Monument. We then walked towards the lake and caught a bus to the Swiss Transport Museum.
After lunch we wandered throught the flight portion of the museum. LGG's favorite part was a suspended ring that multiple people could lie on and look down at video that simulated paragliding. She also enjoyed the space flight portion of the museum. There were lots of interactive exhibits.
My favorite part was Swiss Arena -- a composite aerial photo of Switzerland at 1:20,000 scale. Here's LGG pointing out our neighborhood.
Being able to "walk" on Switzerland was fun.
After Swiss Arena we continued on to the road transport and rail transport sections and then the museum closed. The museum also has a planetarium and an IMAX theater so it would be no problem to spend the whole day there.
We took the bus back to the main station and the train back to Zürich, where Zürich Daddy Geek met us and we went out to dinner. After we got home, ZDG and LGG headed off to gecko-sit for some friends who went skiing during the ski holiday. LGG loved it when the geckos chomped down on their crickets, but she also decided that she wouldn't go the next time if it was raining (wise choice, my dear).
Today we had a little bit of everything weather-wise. Rain, snow, and sunshine. One of the cleaning companies was going to come by this morning for a pre-clean survey and LGG had a occupational therapy appointment this afternoon, so we decided today was a good day to catch up on laundry and rest. Especially because tomorrow we're going to Zermatt!
1 comment:
I hope you enjoyed the Swiss Transport museum. I was amazed how interesting and enjoyable it was ... me not being a museum lover :)
Post a Comment