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Hello Mike
We just got home from our Switzerland Crown Jewel trip last night. We loved it ! We were very fortunate with the rain. Didn’t have much.
We enjoyed Zermatt and Luzern a lot. We stayed 3 extra days in Luzern. Our favorite city ! We did stay in Grindelwald instead of Interlaken. The Schweizerhof Grindelwald. We loved it. So charming. Unfortunately we didn’t get to go on the Glacier Express. We went on a two hour local train. Made for a very long day on the bus. All in all it was a great trip ! So glad we did it.

Hi Naturally Unique - we are on the July 15 tour and it also subs Grindelwald instead of Interlaken. I would love any tips on your 2 nights there and recommendations in what looks like a charming town. Was there any time spent in Interlaken to walk around; or just to take the funicular up for dinner? We also received advance notice from Tauck that they were unable to secure Glacier Express tickets and have altered the itinerary. How much time did you spend on the bus that day (per your reference that it was long); also, how was the added cheese tour? Thanks so much for your insight and thanks to all who have shared their valuable recaps and advice.

I'm on team rain jacket with hood for the reasons cited plus umbrellas are worse then useless if its windy.

Kfnknfzk, I agree with you about the umbrella danger, I always bring one but usually wear my rain jacket with hood as a preference. I dispensed with my black rain jacket and bought a colorful one so my husband can spot me between all the people in black. The only time I we used an hotel umbrella, I think it was Budapest. It was pouring, we went to a cafe and when we came ot leave, it was gone from the umbrella stand. We had to run back to the hotel, getting drenched but laughing all the way..Even so, I would not want to repeat that.