I'm in Europe for my second time this summer with my uncle Saagar. We arrived in Switzerland about 2 days ago landing in Zürich and taking the IR train directly to Luzern. Luzern has been pretty chill so far. The bus station which brings us downtown is only about a 5 minute walk from our hostel. We had some authentic swiss fondue for dinner last night. At sunset, we walked across the famous chapelle bridge. Incredibly here in Luzern, all bus and train fares are free- they don't check your ticket. Probably because the country is so damn rich and the standard of living is so high. People even leave their scooters, mopads, and bikes unlocked on the streets without any theft problems. Anyway, after getting comfortable around the city, today we ventured to Mount Pilatis. The mountain has the steepest cograil system in Europe that brings you to the summit at 7,000 ft. Feeling confident in our young, brawny, brown bodies, we hiked up to 4,500 ft. The trail became incredibly difficult as we reached the halfway stop, and further climbing gear was required. People admired and complimented us for our impressive 4500 feat once we were tired and decided to catch a cog to the summit. At the summit we enjoyed the cool air and had a well deserved victory lunch. We came back later that day seriously energy depleted. Now, we're just chilling in the common room charging our laptops and surfing the web. Seriously, the swiss frank is really freaking expensive. I wanted to eat dinner at our hostel and the dude charged 15.5 franks just for 2 slices of pizza and salad. They won't even let us play pool without dropping 7 franks for a half hour. All in all, a solid day. We will head to Bern tomorrow. On a side note, we saw some more attractive women. But hopefully, we will catch some more dimes as we progress on our swiss journey.
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