September 2 - Brunnen
Swiss Army Knife
We went to the town of Brunnen (about an hour out of Zurich), where we went to the Victorinox museum and shop. There we made a Swiss Army Knife. The Swiss Army Knife was first produced in 1891 . It is made today by a company called Victorinox and there are many different kinds of knives and its components come from Germany, France and Switzerland.
The one I made was called the Spartan and it has the following features:
Titlis Glacier
On September 4th we went to the Titlis Glacier which is about an hour and a half by train from Zurich. The glacier is 3238m above sea level. A glacier is a massive body of ice on land that consists of layers of ice that have accumulated over thousands of years. The origin of the word "glacier" comes from latin word "glacies" which means ice.
We took three ski lifts and a rotating gondola to the top. The rotating gondola was the first one of its kind in the world. We walked through the inside of the glacier, it was very cold, about 3 degrees. We then took an open ski lift that took us to a part of the glacier where we were able to ride down with sleds and other slides.
Swiss Army Knife
We went to the town of Brunnen (about an hour out of Zurich), where we went to the Victorinox museum and shop. There we made a Swiss Army Knife. The Swiss Army Knife was first produced in 1891 . It is made today by a company called Victorinox and there are many different kinds of knives and its components come from Germany, France and Switzerland.
The one I made was called the Spartan and it has the following features:
- Large blade
- Small blade
- Can opener
- Small screwdriver
- Corkscrew
- Reamer
- Toothpick
- Tweezers
- Bottle opener
- Screwdriver
- Wire stripper
Assembling the knife, not so easy but I got there in the end
My name engraved on it
Video of me assembling the knife
Old fold out knives on display in the museum
Awesome..one, two, three...ah too many knifes
Different kinds of knives through the years
World's largest knife
Different features of the knives
Me and my family on the Lake Luzern in Brunnen
Titlis Glacier
On September 4th we went to the Titlis Glacier which is about an hour and a half by train from Zurich. The glacier is 3238m above sea level. A glacier is a massive body of ice on land that consists of layers of ice that have accumulated over thousands of years. The origin of the word "glacier" comes from latin word "glacies" which means ice.
We took three ski lifts and a rotating gondola to the top. The rotating gondola was the first one of its kind in the world. We walked through the inside of the glacier, it was very cold, about 3 degrees. We then took an open ski lift that took us to a part of the glacier where we were able to ride down with sleds and other slides.
Riding up the first ski lift
Just getting above the clouds
Getting close to the top
View of the rotating gondola
Looking toward the highest peak in Europe, Jungfrau
Inside the glacier
An ice sculpture in the glacier
Another ice sculpture
My sister looking out towards the Alps
Way above the clouds
Looking down at the glacier, above the clouds
Me with my sisters on the glacier
Deep crevasses in the glacier...you fall in you don't come back
On the ski lift towards the glacier
A video of me falling on the glacier
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