Goose hunting or Switzerland in 52 hours
This is our third trip by car in Europe. We first set out a couple of years ago in Hungary, this trip was the second from Prague, the first was in the Czech Republic itself, Bavaria and Austria. I wanted to write after each run, but everything was sucked in by the routine And finally! I force myself
Briefly about the plans - the trip took place at the end of February, there was not much time, so we decided to act on the principle of "toward-Switzerland-somehow-something-falls-eye". So let's go!
Prague, the mother of Czech cities. The most beloved of European cities, it has been studied far and wide, already with closed eyes we find in it everything that is needed for life and pleasures. I will not stop in Prague, there is enough of it on the resource, we go to Ranwell car rental for a car - we took it there for the first time, on the recommendation of friends.
We take a white Polo on the machine, almost new - 2012.
Just in case, we beg for a navigator, although we prudently took it with us from home, stitched. They give it free of charge, as a load - a paper map of Europe. We move towards Pilsen, keeping in mind a more global goal - Munich, as a kind of middle point. Overnight stay is planned on the outskirts of Lucerne, the estimated mileage is 750 km. Go! To the border with Germany - a little over 120 km, then you can drive along the autobahn at the speed limit, which is very pleasing.
Suddenly - the first stop. And why don't we return from the autobahn under a sign with some ridiculous tower to personally examine it? We turn off - get acquainted, the city of Abensberg, the number of inhabitants is almost negligible, a little more than 12 thousand people. Like most cities in Bavaria, it has been known since ancient Roman times (under the name of Abuzina), the first mentions date back to the 1100s.
Like many German dwarf cities, it is almost deserted and perfectly clean, but there is something of its own - for example, a Gaudi-style brewery (which lured us from the path of the true autobahn), many street sculptures in the spirit of street art, and also some incomprehensible wooden architecture, which personally reminded me of my great-aunt's village near Tula.
Cathedral with solar panels in the form of a cross symbolizes a harmonious combination of tradition and innovation)
We ended up on the Munich Ring Road during the most rush hour - we had to hustle almost like Moscow for half an hour, going around this metropolis, which we visited last time - only because of the BMW plant. By the way, traffic jams will haunt us throughout the trip, they were in Lucerne, and in Zurich, and in the tunnel between Austria and Germany.
But here, by the way, and Austria, do not forget to buy a vignette - payment of roads.
I stick it on the glass, and literally in half an hour - the unfriendly faces of the traffic police peer into the face, or rather into the glass, to make sure that not a single fly slipped through the Austrian land without a ticket!
We refuel in Austria - on a 50-liter tank filled to capacity, we lasted 600 km. I will say right away that the magical Austrian gasoline was enough for the whole of Switzerland, for almost 700 km the gasoline gauge showed a full tank - thanks to Runwell for such a pacifying, almost Zen-Buddhist approach to equipping a car
There is a real border between Austria and Switzerland, cars with foreign plates (let me remind you, we have Czech ones) are stopped everywhere and people are closely peered, then they manipulate passports for a long time in the office, then they ask where you are going and think that you are carrying a lot, a lot of money - since you have a Russian passport and Swiss plans.
The darkness was thickening, I already wanted to throw the bones somewhere near one of the beautiful Swiss lakes, as planned, when suddenly our navigator, dear, began to stutter, goofy and stupid, and then completely said: “You have arrived at your destination” and announced boycott. How wonderful it was to know that we have another navigator, rental, Ranwell! True, that evening we did not manage to find the Russian language, we went with Czech comments, we had a lot of fun! Back off to the right! Back off to the left!
Hooray, they've arrived! The town, whose name has remained forever forgotten, located on the shores of Lake Lucerne at the foot of the Alps (we already saw this in the morning), met with deserted streets (it was around 10 p. m. ), smoky bars full of booze and absolutely no food and indecently large bills. Welcome, you are in Switzerland! Having somehow finished drinking to the hotel, we fell asleep without hind legs, having previously opened the windows and let in the fresh mountain-lake air.
The next morning we had a surprise - we met with the symbol of our trip - the Swiss swan.
We have a goal! I can only say that in two days more than a hundred photographs of these beautiful, fat, stupid birds have accumulated on the camera's memory card ...But first, a couple of shots against the backdrop of foggy mountains.
Embankment. An impudent goose lies right on the roadway and all cars, including Mercedes, carefully go around it. We could not stand it, we wanted to enter into a conflict with him, but the local ladies looked at us SO much that we pretended to love swans very much and went home - towards Lucerne.
“Stoooop! - we said to ourselves, seeing a secondary path in front of us, leaving like a snake somewhere over the hill. And they turned to her. And 15 minutes later, here it is! Snow to the waist! ! ! Unbelievable, below plus seven!
However, 20 kilometers - and we are in Lucerne. Photo near the transport museum. This photo is for desktop.
If anyone liked it, I'll send it in high resolution I have it)
Lucerne is wonderful. The fog has cleared, the sun paints the paved roads, stone towers, ideal houses with a gentle light...
The famous Lucerne wooden bridge from the inside is a work of art, of course!
And this man on the egg is none other than the coat of arms of Lucerne. hmm)
There are enough of ours everywhere, so Comrade Sokolov decided to open a jewelry store in Lucerne
Well, the day is short in February, you have to go wherever your eyes look, look for an overnight stay ...Eyes suddenly caught on the name Thun - about a hundred kilometers from Lucerne. The map promised a picturesque road - past the Brienne and Tun lakes, past the snow-capped mountains ...In general, we are going!
A lovely town - a lake pier lined with dozens of yachts, a bamboo forest on a hillock.
The three main Swiss "giants" - Mö nch, Eiger and Jungfrau, as well as closer ones - the pyramidal Niesen (Niesen, 2362 m) and Stockhorn (Stockhorn, 2190 m) with a flat top create a unique panorama around. And the main decoration of the city itself is the castle, proudly sitting on a rocky ledge in the center of the old city.
“Ridiculously hunched over, with a sad face, the dog poops ... ” (c) The hostess with a bag at the ready.
In general and in general, Thun was not particularly impressed, although there are some amazing moments there - on the main street, sidewalks are arranged right on the roof of buildings, you can go down below, or you can walk right on these roofs without realizing that this is the second floor. Let's go to Zurich!
To be in Switzerland and not visit Zurich? Silly and impossible! But what should ordinary tourists do in this pretentious wealthy city? Don't turn Verta in your hands!
In general, a sightseeing walk around the city would have been rather short due to non-super-flying weather, but two rolls for 5 francs were bought specifically to continue our swan epic, so we got to know Zurich from this quite unusual side.
Again our girls are opening a store in Switzerland.
Swans are much dumber than seagulls. For food, they lose their mind and will.
Seagulls look quite aggressive. They are ready for anything for food, but they do not lose their mind and will.
We left Zurich around 4pm. We drove slowly, with a stop at the German-Czech border and dinner. And at 11 p. m. we were already in Prague, dismantling the Polo trunk, stuffed with Swiss sweets and Bavarian beer.
Perhaps someone will find the budget of the trip interesting:
- car rental 3 days + delivery at an after hours (in Prague it is very busy with parking lots, it's easier to rent a car for money than to wait for the morning): 160 euros with a 15 percent discount for regular customers.
The site of the distributor, suddenly someone will be interested - www. runwellrentacar. com.
- gasoline. We refueled in three countries, the total amount with an error of 10 euros is around 155 euros.
- hotels. Two nights in Switzerland cost 210 euros.
- food. We had breakfast at the hotel, had a snack of coffee and cakes during the day, a full dinner. Approximately 180 euros for two.
- chocolate souvenirs for Czech friends and acquaintances and for Russian relatives - 80 euros.
