Tyrol, Swiss Alps, Lucerne

So after spending time driving in between borders of Austria and Germany we ended up in Austrian Tyrol. The home of extreme sports. Unfortunately the paragliding wasn't on. I was so gutted cause I'd be waiting and saving to do it for my whole trip. So bummer I don't have some awesome paragliding story! 

En route to Tyrol we took a stop at the Swarovski factory. Which had the biggest store I've ever seen full of amazing jewellery and home wares. They were pretty pricey so I was clever, down the back they sold the crystals and jewellery pieces separate. So for a Swarovski crystal necklace it's about €120. I found the exact pendants separate for €20 loose. So I'll just take them home and put on my own chain. also the earrings were around €60, and I found 20 small crystals for €10 so I can just take them home and put on earring backings. ;-) love factory prices 

Either way the scenery really started to change. Huge, even enormous mountains towered above the road we were heading on. First we stayed in Tyrol, which ended up being a relaxing few days. We strolled around the town until we came to a fish farm. And I caught my first trout after two hours! It as soon good cooked up for lunch. We really cheap, for €9 you got all fishing equipment including a full lunch.

After visiting Tyrol we headed to a small town called Lucerne. There really wasn't much going on here but it did have a beautiful bridge covered in flowers you can see in the pictures.

Next stop was the Swiss Alps. Famous for amazing chocolate, that I've managed to buy and keep a block praying it doesn't melt or get crushed in my luggage. The Contiki hostel we stayed in had the best view out the window. The picture of the waterfall and bridge is the exact view out my bedroom window. Luckily we caught awesome weather so at night time we had the windows open and the sound of the waterfall was so peaceful to sleep to. The purple photo is when the sunset was so pretty cause the sunset bounced off the snow and water. 

When we arrived our tour manager told us that at 9:30pm the waterfall turned off. And that you could catch an awesome picture of the water mid air.......... So we all turned up holding our cameras super excited. Turned out to be a Contiki prank. Was pretty embarrassed when the tour group that arrived the night before filled us in that it never turns off.

Was so nice being in such a peaceful place that you could only imagine of seeing pictures on the TV or magazines. But I can officially say I have now been to Switzerland!!

Currently I am sitting in Amsterdam so better get going... I'll be sure to update you all more with stories from Edam and Amsterdam when I get back to London in 2 more sleeps.

Can't believe I've nearly crossed the whole of western Europe!

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