Since its the holidays...
So Since its the start of June holidays now... For me its getting boring...
Last November holidays, I went on a trip to "you know where" on a plane taking me to "you know where" and so I decided to post pictures of the "you know place" you know... Hahax!!
Okok.. I went to Switzerland, Italy and Germany last holidays and all I can say is "FABULOUS"!!
Yup its all about the scenaries, the snow-capped mountains the hills, the streams the lakes and the friendly people. All this make my trip delightful but of course I feel something lacking in the fun, cause Theres no sort of like theme park or what.. Its just all see see see, snap snap snap, walk walk walk, But no play play play... But nevermind, I'm already contented with travelling to a far away country for holidays..
So when theres scenary, you would whip out your camera to snap a few photos... Ya that happens and we eventually took over 1600+ photos... I guess its quantity over quality.
So this whole travelling journey I will split in to a few post so at least there's something I can write about these few days.. Hope you won't get bored out.. Of course there will be photos but there will also be words.
PREPARE!!
START
Day one:::::.... Flew to Switzerland in SQ, reached there in dawn...
Temperature: 10-16'c
When we reach Zurich, Switzerland's financial hub, the coach came and took us to Schaffhausen to view the magnificent Rhinefalls. Its the largest waterfall in Europe!! Its freezing cold there cause I did not wore enough clothes...
This is Rhinefalls.
Hostile-looking and fierce rushing waters.
My parents.. Me and my sister.
So after Rhinefalls, we went straight from Switzerland to the Germany, Titisee where the mysterious looking Black Forest resides. And of course, we had lunch like the pork knuckle and lastly desert is.......... Of course......... BLACK FOREST CAKE!! Hahax... Its delicious just that it has alcohol content... Oh ya the pork knuckle, below..
This pork knuckle, deep-fried- is so very hard that we could hardly eat fast... By the way this is for four people..
Ok this is the original version of Black Forest Cake... They put a lot of cream compared to the one I made... Hahax but it was nice with the alcoholic-cherry and cake...
The shop of clocks. Almost all of the shops are nicely decorated with murals.. Artistic and attractive.
After lunch, we had some free time where we can walk around the area. Wow the scenary is sooo beautiful, fjords and valleys and a lake with a cloudy setting...Nice! Relaxing too.
Cold and relaxing with...
ducks and...
more ducks everywhere in this region!! Hahax they are very cute and has no fear of human approaching...
Clean streets.
Nicely decorated shops.
Neatly aligned streets.
Clock display
Nice backdrop for photo..
Dare to go alone??! Hahax mysterious..
So next we went Lucerne, Switzerland and had free night time walk in the splendid city after dinner.
Fierce tiger on display..
Their monorail ran on roads on electricity connected on top. Interesting sight..
Cute bread-burger shop in the railway train station.
Beautiful lights display in the train station.
Outside of the train Station.
Recreational mall... Closed already
Random shots of buildings along the lake.
Historical building, Schweizerhof
Church, sight seeing area now.
Not sure if its the real Hannah Montana Building?? Maybe not..
Guess what?? Six star hotel!! You will see a seven star hotel when we reach Milan, Italy.
So its the end of day one of our tour..! Continue?
Ok then..
Day two:::::.... Staying in Lucerne for the morning, then going to old town Berne, and then again going to reach Interlaken by evening.
A new day dawns and we are going for some sight-seeing in Lucerne of some historical sights. Lucerne this city is actually sitting on a foot of a mountain, which you will witness its beauty later..
This place looks ancient as all old buildings cannot be tear down as they are preserved
That pointy building is a church..
Look carefully in the middle you will see a very old bridge, very very old.. Its used daily in the past and also even in the present, it stays strong. Its called the Chapel Bridge.
Lion monument... I heard it was build in memory of Swiss heroes that gave their lives at the Tuiltries in Paris 1792
Its big..
See how clear the water is..
Day and night view.. Beautiful church..
Its weird to see the combination of modern and ancient walking at the same pace, existing in the same place.
This is a very famous watch and jewelry shop has outlets all over Europe, so of course, the price here is sky high...In Swiss money Franc. But its worth it.. By the way Rolex inside of Bucherer, also gives nicely designed spoons for travelling groups, which each person would get one. Different patterns in different places.
Yup there's the four different spoons collected.
In order, Lucerne, Bern, Interlaken and Zermatt.
Enlarge if you want to see the price.
Ancient buildings..
The lake with lots and lots of beautiful swans..
Narrow streets..
Elaborately decorated buildings.
Snow-Capped mountains...
This mountain sitting beside Lucerne city.. Magnificent scenary..
Wanna ski??.. Hahax if you dare..
So end of the Long winded Lucerne, next is almost lunch time when we arrive at Bern a city separated by a lake. Its a very very ancient town and you know what, Einstein lived there for a period of time before moving to other place. It certainly has old beauty and if you know how to appreciate it, then you know it..
That should be the main bridge to Bern.
The lake that separated bern. Beautiful lake too.
The flags represent the different state of Switzerland or Confederation of Helvetica.
National bank of Bern.
Not sure whats this but its beutiful..
Another bank beside the National Bank.
One of the many fountains in Bern.
Our cute tour guide describing the taste of food to us.. Hahax hope he don't mind..
The old town had almost every road lined with rows and rows of buildings..
The famous clock tower. Beautifully decorated too..
The complicated system in the clock tower, seen from outside
The bell goes off per hour, and you would see that man strike the bell according to the time.
Entrance sign of the Einstein residence.
Presently a museum for tourist to visit the old Einstein house.
Another fountain...
Street photo.. Quite nice a standard especially with no one snapping this photo.. Cause its on timer..Hahax
Ok then.......This picture will conclude our Bern city tour.
Next we went to Interlaken which is a mountainous region called the Jungfrau Region, whereas next morning we are going up the mountain Jungfraujoch... Its getting excitting tomorrow cause snows coming down!!! Hahax and of course its also very cold.... Freezing actually.. Ok then before I end, Its just some of the Interlaken pictures taken..
As I say, its going to be mountainous region, so its all about mountains...
mountains...
more mountains...
more mountains...
alot of mountains...
and finally a valley!!
Ok for dinner we had fondues!! We had chocolate, cheese and meat fondue... I kinda dislike the cheese fondue as its too much alcoholic and it taste bitter.. At least chocolate's better.. Oh ya the meat fondue is just like our “火锅” hotpot, like we just cook the meat and eat it!! Just another way of expressing hot pot..Meat fondue...
And thanks for coming all the way here and I guess its farewell before I post the next seven days tour..
Thanks for reading my long and boring post, hope you like it.
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