Snow, Scenery and Rides - Swiss Alps: Mount Titlis via Interlaken
We were in Switzerland for more than over a month and it was definitely time to pay a visit to the renowned Swiss Alps. This world-renowned range of mountains, famous for the absolute beauty they are, should be first on any itinerary for a visit to the region. So we noticed the delay we had already incurred in planning a trip there and we were determined to correct it as soon as possible. We chose a beautiful peak over 3000 meters above the sea-level amidst the Alps – Mount Titlis . As planned the three of us - DU, Akhil and me - embarked on our journey 22nd of June 2008. We took a Bahn (train) from the Zurich central station for Engelberg. Geography is one of the factors that unite the world in some form or the other – every hill station you visit, there always is a base station from where the climb for the mountain begins and this base for Titlis was a small scenic town called Engelberg. We reached the town well before noon after having an early (very) start to the day to ensure we h...