Eurotrip Day 8 - Lichtenstein & Engelberg

(Part 8 of a series.)

We didn't have much time to visit the castle because we were only scheduled to take half a day in Lichtenstein, and the next destination is a bit far.

DK and I went forward and went to the Cathedral of St. Florin. I only took a photo of the facade. I have this personal choice of not taking photos inside churches or temples unless it's allowed. Maybe I'm also scared of taking a picture of something I don't want to be in my photo. LOL

Anyway, Lichtenstein offers an official entry stamp in the tourism center. By the term official, it isn't considered defacing your passport. It's like a souvenir for tourists because Lichtenstein doesn't have a big passport and immigration control center. Sadly, we weren't able to get ours because it was already closed by the time we got back from the cathedral... And yeah, we didn't know that the building we passed by earlier was where you get the stamp. That's sad, but it is what it is.

I did get a commemorative silver coin.

Mountain on the Chocolate Bar
We took the trip to Mt. Titlis. The main trivia for it is that it's the mountain that's on the side of the Toblerone chocolate box.

Side Story: Once you see the bear silhouette on the logo of Toblerone, you really can't unsee it.

We went to the ski resort. (Yeah, we have this thing about going to ski resorts and not skiing.) There's two parts to the cable car to the top of the mountain. For the first part there's the usual cable car that can hold up to eight people. The second part is a cable car that they call "a masterpiece of Swiss engineering". It's a big, round cable car that can hold up to a hundred people. Each car has a 360 degree view and rotates as it goes up the mountain.

The view is amazing. The passengers were actually cool about taking turns near the window and take photos. Some skiiers and snowboarders with their big equipment were also kind enough to keep to the center area.

The weather was cold but warm at the same time. There was little wind, too. But it was bright because of the snow.

Since it's at the top of the mountain we got the overpriced cup noodles, which apparently, is imported from Malaysia. We really weren't feeling hungry so that's what we got. I honestly can't remember what we ate for lunch other than getting some bread and coffee in Vaduz, Lichtenstein.

There's also this trivia about Mt. Titlis--it's a favorite destination for tourists from India because it was featured as the final scene of one famous movie with famous actors. I forgot the details, though.

It was a quick day, too. My eyes hurt from all the white.

Side trip: shopping
Since we're in Engelberg, we made the trip to Zurich for dinner and shopping. We went to the Zurich lion which I forgot the name of and it was really dark and luckily I got an okay picture.

We looked around for an open restaurant but work-like balance in Europe was better. Restaurants were closed by 7pm and we were there by 6:30pm so no one would accept us. We found a deli (is that what's it called?) where we bought a pasta and rice boxes. This is where it hit me that Europe is a different kind of world--there's no place inside the place where you can heat up the food boxes. I mean, why even sell food box when you have to heat it at home, right? We ate the food cold in the hotel room. Good thing it was cooked. And yes, did I mention it was rice? DK was so happy.

We bought some chocolates and DK bought me a tiny Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, which acted as my souvenir of visiting Switzerland at least once.

At this point, in the hotel room, it sunk in me. This is day 8. The next day would be the last day, and the last night.

--Raisondetroy