Day 13 (a.m. in Lucerne and p.m. in Venice): Our day began at 7am. It was a scenic drive and we changed train which then took us up to Mt. Rigi, part of the Swiss Alps. It was about 1,700m above sea level. On the way up in the train, we saw sprinkle of snow, scattered across the mountain and all the trees were decorated with it. As we went higher, the mountain was fully covered with pure, white snow. We alighted from the train before reaching the summit as we...

Day 12: We set off for Lucerne as early as 7am. It was a very long drive from Paris. We stopped over at Auxerie for a 45 min break, had lunch near Montbeliard for another 45 min, and finally reached Lucerne at about 430pm. We were given around two hours to walk around the beautiful, cobblestoned streets of Lucerne. The shops were small but pretty; very different from the shopping experiences that we have had in Paris. In the span of the given hours, we manag...