Destination Switzerland - The Alps

by Nancy
(NY)

We were traveling in Switzerland with friends and wanted to have a nice day trip from our hotel in Kussnacht am Rigi. There was a trail nearby up to a castle associated with the William Tell story, but we were wary of what this might entail in the Alps.

We asked our hotelier and he assured us that we shouldn’t worry, that the trail was flat and we would have not problems.

That’s when we learned that everything is relative. What is "flat" to a native Swiss is definitely not flat to some older couples from the plains of the Midwest.

We persevered, making it up to the castle, across the hills, past many cows and to a surprise view of an artist’s sculpture garden.

Our reward at the end of the trail was the Wilhelm Tell Kappelle "a chapel to his bravery" a great outdoor exhibit about the William Tell story and an inn with a wonderful menu to accommodate the appetites we worked up on our trek.


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