This time, Hong Tao did not return empty-handed, he was annoyed by visiting clothing stores, but he was not annoyed at all by visiting watch stores and Swiss Army knife shops. The Swiss watches here are not cheaper than those in China at all, so Hong Tao didn't make a move, but Hong Tao still bought a few Swiss army knives. Although the price is not cheap, almost 100 francs or 700 yuan a piece, but the Swiss Army knife here can be customized on the spot, that is, the word or pattern you want is engraved on the knife body to become the first Swiss Army knife, and the price is also acceptable.

When you are tired of walking, just find a table by the river and sit down to rest, no matter whether you buy other people's drinks or meals, no one will come to coax you. Another thing that is particularly good is that there are no mosquitoes on the water's edge, so you can chat quietly or enjoy the night view without having to dance all the time.

Early the next morning, the trio set off again with backpacks, this time through the entire city of Zurich to the southernmost pier, where today they were ready to take a free ride on a yacht on Lake Zurich and take a big circle around Lake Zurich.

Lake Zurich is located in the southernmost part of the city of Zurich, and the Limmat River flows into the lake from here. It is almost 40 kilometers long, and at its narrowest point it is just over 3 kilometers, starting from the city of Zurich and continuing to the southeast, like a crescent moon. It is also the deepest lake in Switzerland, with a maximum depth of more than 140 meters.

Yesterday, because it was late in the evening, Hong Tao didn't have time to carefully observe the whole picture of the following city, and now standing on the pier and looking back, it is really beautiful. The whole of Zurich is a bit like the terrain of Guizhou, China, everywhere is green, and the mountains are not too high, but there is no flat land with ups and downs, and the mouth of the Limmat River is slightly flat.

"What does that brand mean? Parking fee for 15 minutes for a franc? While waiting for the yacht on the dock, Wang Jian found a sign in the parking lot next to him, which said German, French and Italian, and the kid is now learning German again. So no matter where you go, you have to ask questions when you see a place where there is writing.

"Well, the level of consumption in Switzerland is very high, do you see these yachts, the rent of the dock alone costs 50,000 francs a year, not counting the cost of maintenance, this is the city of the rich." Pan knows a lot about this place, and it is estimated that she has come here a lot.

This Swissyouthpass is really worth it, and the 68 francs yacht fee is not paid for a penny with this pass. The yacht is not big, with just over 30 seats. And it took less than half of the people to set off.

After leaving the Zurich quay, the scenery on both sides of Lake Zurich is not long gone, full of vineyards and small port villages. The water is very clear, there are a lot of water birds, and there are a lot of white swans, but I didn't see any fishermen.

The surface of the lake is cold, even in a thick coat, and when the yacht company comes to the middle of the lake, the snow-capped mountains to the south can be seen clearly. One after the other, even in the summer, it is mostly snowy.

"If we come in winter, we can go skiing, but unfortunately we don't have enough budget this time. Do you like skiing? Pan asked, wrapped in a large trench coat, huddled in the cabin.

"I skate very little, I don't like it very much." Hong Tao really hasn't skied through the snow properly, but he has played twice in Canada, and he almost broke his bones.

The yacht is not going fast. There are also a few small piers along the way for visitors to come ashore to take pictures or something, and by the time it returns to the Zurich docks, it is close to noon. Everyone found a random beer hall near the pier. After another meal of that baked potato tenderloin, and then back to the train station, the trip to Zurich is over, the next stop is Lucerne, then Bern or Bern, after passing through Lausanne, and then going to Geneva for a round, and the trip to Switzerland is over.

Lucerne is very close to Zurich, a few tens of kilometers away, where the most famous are the four forest canton lakes and Wilhelm. The legend of Tel. Silinzhou Lake is a Hu, the name is quite round, the area seems to be a little larger than Lake Zurich, and the scenery is also very good, but in Hong Tao's opinion, it is almost the same, and he is already a little aesthetically tired.

William. Terr is known as the father of the Swiss nation and a bit of a Scottish national hero, William. Wallace's feeling was also to lead the poor people to rebel against tyranny or something, and it is said that he led a group of brothers to operate in the Lucerne area. However, according to Pan, this figure is apocryphal, a legendary hero, and there is no accurate record in history.

Hong Tao and his entourage only spent one day in Lucerne, and left the city, which is said to be the most beautiful in Switzerland, after visiting a few nearby attractions that are free or available with a Swissyouthpass. What intrigued him the most was not the scenery of the lake and the mountains, nor the old buildings, but a statue named the dying lion.

Located in a corner of the glacier park, the statue is carved into a stone wall and depicts a lion with a half-spear stuck in his back, lying on a shield with a cross. In fact, the statue is not very delicately carved, and what attracts Hong Tao is not the statue itself, but the story behind it.

Switzerland has been a poor country in Europe for a long time, most of its territory is mountainous, and agriculture is very underdeveloped except for raising some livestock, so many young Swiss people go to other countries to work as mercenaries. I don't know if it's because of personality or something else, but Swiss mercenaries are very brave and loyal to their employers.

On August 10, 1792, at the height of the French Revolution, a group of Swiss mercenaries died protecting the Louis XVI family who lived in the Tuileries palace in Paris, and the Swiss used this lion statue to commemorate the 786 Swiss mercenaries who were loyal to their duties.

To this day, the Vatican, the papal territory, is guarded by Swiss mercenaries, and this is the main reason why Switzerland was able to remain 100% neutral in World War I and World War II. The reason why other countries recognize Switzerland's neutrality is not because of any agreement, that thing is not even as good as a piece of straw paper after it is red-eyed, and it is torn up when it is said to be torn up. Belgium was also neutral at the beginning, but didn't the mustache say that if you kill you, you will be destroyed?

The main reason for the effective neutrality of Switzerland is that all the people of Switzerland are soldiers, and all of them are loyal to the country, and they belong to the kind of people who do not retreat from the death. In addition, the whole of Switzerland is mountainous, and heavy equipment cannot be deployed here, so no one wants to mess with such a country that really dares to play with you.

It is said that during World War II, there were hundreds of Allied planes shot down by the Swiss air defense forces, and there were also many German planes.

After leaving Lucerne, the next stop is Bern, which is the capital of Switzerland, but this capital is really shabby, the whole city is not as big as the East City, and the population is even more shabby, only 140,000 people, there is no taste of a modern big city, but it is like a quaint European town.

There is nothing to see in the city of Bern, there are a total of 4 main streets, along the banks of the Aare River, just enough to walk around the city surrounded by the Aare River on three sides, and it will not take half a day to walk slowly.

Like several European cities that Hong Tao has visited, the most famous attraction here is the church, which is said to be the largest Gothic building in Switzerland, but Hong Tao only scans it a few times with his camera from a distance, and has no interest in getting closer. So the three of them stayed in Bern for half a day, and they didn't even have a place to stay, so they just got on the train to Geneva.

Needless to say, Geneva is known as the capital of international conferences. The League of Nations, the Red Cross, the World Health Organization and a host of other international organizations have their headquarters in Switzerland's second largest city, and they, like the Chinese government, spend 120 francs on a double room without a bathroom.

On the evening of the fourth day, Hong Tao and the three of them bid farewell to the boring Switzerland, stepped on the train to the south, and went straight to Milan, a big city in northern Italy! (To be continued......)