Europe Trip: Day 8: Luzern, Engelberg, Mt.Titlis

Next morning we checked out of our hotel (actually, a student hostel) in Luzern and headed to Mt. Titlis. The train journey to Engelberg (the stop before the climb to Mt. Titlis) was quite breathtaking and we were witness to some beautiful Swiss countryside. Picture perfect stuff. It’s almost as if God took his (or her) own sweet time to craft this country.

On reaching Engelberg, we took a couple of mountain gondola (ropeway trolleys) to reach the final stop. Here we boarded the Rotair, the world’s only Rotating trolley. The view outside the moving Rotair was spectacular, and you could hear the twinkling of cow bells from hundred of metres away.


Once we got off the Rotair, we took a snow ski flyer to go the next stop. Now finally, after some many trains, trolleys, ski flyers, we reached our destination – Mt.Titlis, at an altitude of 10,600 feet.

We did this really exciting thing called ‘snow tubing’ here. You basically sit in a circular snow tube (more like a tub, actually) and race down a steep snow slope with sharp bends. Exhilarating, heart-stopping stuff! K and I freaked out completely.

We also realized how popular Switzerland is for Indian tourists. Not only do you see many Indians (especially honeymoon couples) in trains and on roads, Indian-ness is also reflected elsewhere. So, you get local food customizations like the tandoori vegetarian pizza at the restaurant on Mt. Titlis. The music playing inside the Rotair was from “1942, A Love Story” and believe it or not, safety instructions were also mentioned in Hindi alongside other European languages.
Mr. Shahrukh Khan, your movies and songs probably have a lot to do with this, you know.