Today I just noticed that Time magazine selected 25 best blogs.
techland.time.com/2013/08/05/the-25-best-bloggers-2013-edition/
Most of them, from my perspective, look like miscellanea. But, one of them has attracted my attention. That is Marignal University, which seem to provide free Economics courses online. Economics participating in the university look great and lectures are also not bad.
mruniversity.com/
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Saturday, September 7, 2013
How to get Swiss Family Card
This summer my family went to Jungfraujoch and Schilthorn with my brother's family. The two families consisted of four adults and three kids. We had to buy some type of Swiss Passes in order to get discounts in using transports for going up to the two mountains. It was very expensive to buy each ticket for cable cars or trains without help of Swiss Passes. There are several types of Swiss Passes. Because we took cars to Switzerland, we did not need regular Swiss Passes. I narrowed the several options of Swiss Passes to two: Jungfrau VIP Pass and Half-Fare Card. After pondering over the pros and cons of the two discount passes during several weeks, I decided Half-Fare Card for the trip. I will explain why I chose Half-Fare Card instead of Jungfrau VIP Pass.
According to the official Switzerland Tourist Office's website (www.myswitzerland.com/en/home.html), if Half-Fare Card is combined with Swiss Family Card, kids do not need to pay transport fares. So, I ordered four Half-Fare Card and three Swiss Family Card online. A few days later, I received a DHL envelope containing the tickets. When I received the tickets, I did not count the number of the tickets, assuming that all tickets that I had ordered were included, A day before leaving for Switzerland, I checked the tickets. Oh my god, only four Half-Fare Cards were included in the package. They did not send Swiss Family Cards to me. I did not have time to get the Family Card from Switzerland Tourist Office by mail. Believing its website's message that I can get the Family Card at any transportation station in Switzerland, next day, we left for Luzern. After seeing around Luzern, I visited a Luzern train station. I looked for an information center at the station. However, around 4:00 p.m., the information center was already closed. I was frustrated at the moment. And, I visited a SBB booth just to know where I could get Swiss Family Cards. SBB staff had them. For the Family Cards, a SBB lady asked me for my kids' identifications. After checking my kids' names and dates of birth, she simply put down the names and dates of birth on blank Swiss Family Cards.
Actually, unlike their names, Half-Fare Card and Swiss Family Card do not look like cards. I had thought that the two cards' shape would have resembled that of a credit card. The two cards looked like goofy airplane tickets.
Despite the goofy appearance of the Family Card, it was quite useful. Whenever I took trains or cable cars, I did not worry about my kids' fares.
According to the official Switzerland Tourist Office's website (www.myswitzerland.com/en/home.html), if Half-Fare Card is combined with Swiss Family Card, kids do not need to pay transport fares. So, I ordered four Half-Fare Card and three Swiss Family Card online. A few days later, I received a DHL envelope containing the tickets. When I received the tickets, I did not count the number of the tickets, assuming that all tickets that I had ordered were included, A day before leaving for Switzerland, I checked the tickets. Oh my god, only four Half-Fare Cards were included in the package. They did not send Swiss Family Cards to me. I did not have time to get the Family Card from Switzerland Tourist Office by mail. Believing its website's message that I can get the Family Card at any transportation station in Switzerland, next day, we left for Luzern. After seeing around Luzern, I visited a Luzern train station. I looked for an information center at the station. However, around 4:00 p.m., the information center was already closed. I was frustrated at the moment. And, I visited a SBB booth just to know where I could get Swiss Family Cards. SBB staff had them. For the Family Cards, a SBB lady asked me for my kids' identifications. After checking my kids' names and dates of birth, she simply put down the names and dates of birth on blank Swiss Family Cards.
Actually, unlike their names, Half-Fare Card and Swiss Family Card do not look like cards. I had thought that the two cards' shape would have resembled that of a credit card. The two cards looked like goofy airplane tickets.
Despite the goofy appearance of the Family Card, it was quite useful. Whenever I took trains or cable cars, I did not worry about my kids' fares.
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