Simple week in March
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Because of a work opportunity, we’re taking a last minute vacation in Switzerland from March 6th-14th. I’ve been trying to do a lot of searching and reading here and in a Fodor’s guide the last week, but I’m a bit overwhelmed. Everything looks so amazing that I want to do it all! However, I’ve also realized in the last few years that I really do prefer a slower travel schedule to relax, enjoy it more, and leave plenty of time for the bajillion photos we take. We also prefer having fewer hotels to avoid carrying our bags as much and dealing with repacking.
My spouse will be flying into Zurich late morning on Friday, March 6th, and I will be coming over to meet her from Basel. I was thinking of having us stay 3 nights in Zurich. The first afternoon, we could try to see a little bit of Zurich if she’s not too tired. I’m very tempted by a Heidiland/Liechtenstein day trip bus tour, but is it worth it in early March? (I know you don’t go to Heidi’s Village in the winter, but this doesn’t bother me.) I was thinking that day 3 would be for heading over to Lucerne.
Then, I was thinking of relocating to the Berner Oberland. It sounds like Interlaken is “boring”, but it decreases connections for train travel. Lauterbrunnen sounds lovely, but would add 20min for most travel. I think I’m leaning towards Interlaken, but would you consider that a mistake?
While in the Oberland, we would have 4 full days to mix and match activities based on weather. One day would be for going up to Jungfrau. Other day options I was thinking about include Murren, Bern, Zermatt, Mt. Titlis, and Montreux/Geneva (if the weather ends up being extra cloudy and preventing mountain enjoyment.) Should I be planning this better or just go with the flow/weather? Is there something I’m missing that I should really consider?I cannot figure out what to do about a rail pass given that I’m trying to be flexible for the weather. Also, if we’re in the mountains a lot, it sounds like having a pass for those days doesn’t help. (This part really confuses me.) I’m also not sure if I should rearrange part of our trip so that we can enjoy one or more of the panorama trains. (We once enjoyed the train ride from Rome to Sicily so much that we decided to take the exact ride back up to Naples to enjoy it a second time instead of taking a ferry back.) Do you have any thoughts on this?
Also, should we be packing mostly business casual slacks for the trip? We don’t want to look like stereotypical sloppy Americans, but slacks seems odd for mountain days.
Thank you very much.
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