Northern Italy and Switzerland: Lucerne and Iglu Dorf

(Note from Dad: I realized I uploaded the videos in Ashley's post about Zermatt in the wrong format so they probably didn't show very well. I've updated them so go check them out! Oh, and it seems the videos don't like to play on mobile devices so if you'd like to watch them, you'll need to be on a computer)

We left Zermatt and we went to Lucerne on the Glacier Express. That is a train where you look out the window because Mommy and Dada say there's a pretty view. It took five hours and we got to have a three course meal.

When we got there we walked over a bridge and down a couple streets to our apartment. The next day we went to the Transportation Museum. It sounds boring, but it's not. On our walk there we played at a park and we saw the harbor and a stone carving of a lion with an ouchy in his back.

When we arrived there, I saw a poster of some...

that's right... PANDAS!

AND this really big wheel that is used to dig tunnels that we recognized from a challenge on the Amazing Race.

We got to interact with stuff like peddling boats, marble mazes and riding old fashioned bicycles. We even watched Ashley and Dad do a crash test.

 Here's a video of our marble activity where we had to get a marble from one side to another using paper and wood blocks.

Also at the museum we did a chocolate adventure where we learned how chocolate is produced and got some free chocolate - YEAH! We also saw a video about PANDAS (as seen on the poster), and went to a planetarium because we're learning about the solar system right now in SCIENCE (spoken in your best Bill Nye voice).

On the way home it was a blizzard! Well not really, but it snowed like Elsa made it snow. We stopped by the wooden bridge and walked across. It was an old bridge that was made of wood. Then when crossed the bridge we got dinner and hot chocolate after.

The next day we took a train to Engelberg. We did a little skiing there. It was very very powdery and LOTS of snow. There was a lift that was shaped as a T and you grabbed hold of it and at the end you had to push it off of you and ski down the little hill and it was REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, hard.

Then we went to our Iglu Dorf. Yes, that's right we stayed in an IGLOO!

We walked around to the many rooms and peeked in and saw many sculptures on the wall like Falcor (in our room), mushrooms, Rapunzel's castle, Belle's rose, and we got to see a ice sculpture of Rapunzel's chameleon, Pascal.

At the Iglu we ate supper, then we went to the hot tub. It was quite an adventure. They told us to bring flip flops and bathing suit, which we did, and on the way to the hot tub we had to run through very deep snow and it was like someone was building an ice skating rink and you fell in it as they were freezing it. It was really, really COLD.

Here's a video Daddy took. It's a little dark, but you should watch it anyway.

After the hot tub, we went to bed. Here is a picture of me in my sleeping bag.

The sleeping bag was warm but going to the bathroom was cold. So when you needed to use the toilet you thought, "Oh, do I really have to go?" Overall, I had a fun time!

After breakfast that morning we did a little more skiing, then went back to our apartment and slept the night snuggled in our warm beds. They next morning we flew home.