Today was a strange day. Started my day with a surprisingly good breakfast at the little backpacker's hotel I stayed in in Schwyz. A really nice place, but my room smelled like someone has been living there, who never in his life washed his feet. I just assumed he had short arms, thought he probably was a poor guy, and opened the window...
It was the most beautiful sunny summer day today. Which meant I was huffing and puffing and sweating AND I finally came to use the SPF 55 sunscreen.
Part of today's journey was the so-called 'Weg der Schweiz' in the Swiss canton of Uri. The Weg der Schweiz starts at the infamous Rütli. But the Via Jacobi took me on a completely different path. So I missed the Rütli. Np, I have been there before.
To get to canton Uri you have to cross Lake Lucerne by boat. So I got from Brunnen to Treib and went to the West along Lake Lucerne. You don't have the slightest clue how unbelievably beautiful this place is. I always thought that the beginning of Weg der Schweiz on the other side was rather boring. But along Via Jacobi it was just phenomenal. I walked through the greenest meadows with lots (and I mean loads) of butterflies. Below me was Lake Lucerne shining in the most beautiful shades of blue. It was awesome.
Right after the butterfly meadow I left the Via Jacobi (national route 4) and continued my way on the Trans Swiss Trail (national route 2).
I pretty soon arrived at today's destination, Seelisberg. Was a little disappointed that it was only such a short walk today. Went to my accommodation and wanted to check in, but everything was dark there. Nobody around. Only a side entrance open. Inside no light turned on. Felt a little strange. But as it was around 1300 I thouht they might be around a little later. So I went for a nice warm lunch (didn't have that in a long while) and basically waited for 2hrs. After that I went back to my hotel to check in. Same result. Everything dark, nobody around.
I had the feeling I could walk some more anyhow. So I decided to find new accommodation for the night and to head on. My new hotel was in Altdorf just down the lake. I knew that there were the stairs from hell ahead of me (yet another descent of a couple of hundred meters, all stairs; you basically have to take stairs downhill for about 45 mins; hipe you can see the lizard only 20cm away from my feet in the stairs picture). But I knew as well, that the path was basically flat afterwards. Easy walk, I thought.
But I was wrong. I was already super tired after ending the stairs. Then I had to walk for about 12 more kilometres. It was super warm. I wanted to be home. But there is noaway to get away from this path by public transportation (with the exception of yet another boat, that I just missed). In the end I walked about 35 kilometres including getting up to and down from Seelisberg. Tough! So tomorrow I am going to take it easy, before heading on to the real mountains.
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