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遊客來去匆匆，但是雄獅卻是永恒的。站立在同一個地點，聆聽著同一個故事，同樣為瑞士勇士所感動，在不同的時間軸上，從前是七歲的兒子，現在是十二歲的女兒。這是著名的獅子紀念碑，曾被馬克·吐溫稱為世界上最哀傷、最感人的石雕。
我又一次來到了盧森，登上了世界上最美麗的覆頂木橋：卡貝爾橋。女兒可興奮了，趴在花橋邊上，睜著好奇的眼睛欣賞著盧森，欣賞著湖邊巴洛克式的古城。
如果說在蘇伊士時女兒情迷天鵝，那麽現在她就是情癡天鵝了。天鵝是上帝的尤物，純白聖潔，有天鵝的地方就是天堂了。
天堂中的鴨子也夠神氣的，亮麗的羽毛梳理得整整齊齊。
一隻天鵝轉過頭來，“小妹妹，不要光顧旁觀啊，領略一下天鵝的風姿。”
“怎麽？”女兒不理解。
天鵝盯著她的腳看，“你的腳不能隻站著，你得驕傲地提起來，象天鵝那樣的優雅。”
女兒疑惑著，然後猛然醒悟，“就像那樣！”
她也提起了腳。
天鵝讚許地點點頭，“有點像了。”
盧森的另一景是阿爾卑斯的火龍峰，上山的時候坐著齒輪火車，一輪一輪，沿著斜坡上的軌道上爬。
途中看到美麗的湖泊。
起伏的山巒。
山頂則是大雪覆蓋的觀景台。
我們先吃了午飯，然後在觀景台上打雪仗。
女兒覺得不過癮，想要爬上山頂的小坡。天寒地凍，坡高路滑，我本來是準備打退堂鼓的，但是看到了積雪之中的小野花，我心底裏的豪情被激發起來。“好，我們比賽，看誰先上火龍峰的尖頂！”
六月裏大雪紛飛，多穿了衣服還是不夠。女兒用背包來擋寒，我們一步一哆嗦地登上了頂峰。
雖然白茫茫的一片，四周的能見度很低。但是我們自豪，我們興奮，永遠記住了這一時刻，記住了山頂那隻歡快跳躍的小胖鳥，以及山頂尖至高無上的黑色十字架。
時間永遠不夠用，又到了下山的時候。
下山的路分成了兩段，先是一群人擠進籠子一樣的電梯，來到了半山腰的遊樂場。
我好想走一走吊橋，滑一段下山的吊索，可是沒有時間啦，我們按著導遊的要求上了吊籠。
沒有了風，沒有了雪，又見到了青翠的山巒、城市的煙火，最後降落到一片綠油油的草地。經曆了幾千米高度的變遷，經曆了夏冬的再交替，真讓人產生一種天上人間的幻覺。
晚上我們在這家店吃了瑞士火鍋，奶酪火鍋香醇，牛肉火鍋鮮嫩，白魚火鍋味美，反正都好吃啦。進去的時候是白天，出來的時候卻是夜晚了。
我們穿越夜色中的都市，再一次來到覆頂木橋。木橋內亮著燈，照著三角形的油畫，顯現著別樣的韻味。
噢，美麗的不夜花橋，還有不睡的白天鵝。
我們累了，在夜色中酣睡了。
17 day trip – day 6
Old Town: four out of five
Today, I took a bus from Zurich to Lake Lucerne. (In German, it's Luzern instead of Lucerne.) I had A LOT of free time. One of the things I did was to explore the city of Lucerne, which is split into two parts: Old Town and New Town. In Old town, some of the buildings are 400 years old! Some of them have paintings on them, and even though the houses are old, the paint looks very fresh. Another thing I did was walk on a bridge. It's supposed to be the most beautiful bridge in the world, but I think that's because of the swans. There are even more swans in Lucerne than in Zurich. These swans are even vainer than the Zurich ones. These swans preen themselves constantly. There are also some Mallard Ducks in Lucerne. The ducks and the swans seem to sometimes wage war. A swan might force a duck away from a prime preening spot, but sometimes the huge swans are cowed into submission by the comparatively tiny ducks.
Pilatus Kulm part I: five out of five
At 11:30 AM, I went to a train to go up to Pilatus Kulm, a high mountain in Switzerland. This was no ordinary train, though. The mountain is very steep; at one point it's at a 48 ͦ angle from the ground. The train is built in such a way that even on the mountain, the seats form a right angle against the ground. Also, the train's coaches move separately, not as one train. During one part of the train ride, it even started snowing! The trip is supposed to about 40 minutes long, but it felt much shorter.
Pilatus Kulm part II: five out of five
Once the train trip ended, I discovered that there was a hotel near the top of the mountain! Inside it was very warm. I had a quick lunch of pasta. Then, I went outside the hotel and went up a short path to an old structure. There was one area that was over another, and I tested my theory about what would happen if a snowball fell from one place to another. Needless to say, it splatted on the ground and left a white mark. The mark of snow left on the ground looked like a water balloon had been tossed down. My mom kept on taking pictures, so I offered her a no-picture-taking therapy of covering her fingers with snow so that she wouldn't be able to take pictures. She declined.
Pilatus Kulm part III: five out of five
After that, I had to go back to Lucerne. I took a different way down than the one I'd taken up. First, I had to jam myself into a crowded cable car. I could barely see out of the windows with all of the people blocking me, so I decided to get closer. When I did, though, a fog rolled in so that I couldn't see anything. I'm very peeved at the fog. Next, I had to get on a gondola saw some silver cargo gondolas. My mom suggested getting on one of those, but being human cargo wasn't my ideal way of travel. I got on a red one instead. It was the type that skiers use to get up a mountain sometimes, except this time I was going down. The entire way down, I saw many, many big trees. When I came out, I was in Lucerne's New Town.
I would put in the average score, but for now, I'm too sleepy to. See you next time!
