Leaving Zurich for Lucerne.... at Zurich train station.
Arriving in Lucerne.. Waldstaetterhof Swiss Quality Hotel
The interior of the nice room
For 300 Swiss franc a night, it is quite reasonable to accomodate 3 persons...
Nice Swiss mountains...
Taking a train to Engelberg
At Engelberg
Heading for Mount Titlis, Engelberg
Taking the Rotair to head up the mountain..
The nice scenery we saw from the cable car
in the cable car
transfering gondola
The mountains with patches of snow...
heading up
Transfering to the Rotair
In theRotair (80-person Gondel), the first revolving gondola of the world.
Enjoy a "round view panorama trip" to the top on the Rotair.
Here we are! Mount Titlis!
Cold cold cold!
My chilled and freezing mum... hahahha...
雪山飞狐 - 如来神掌18式 on Mount Titlis
Going to take the ice flyer (a chair lift)
my mum was freaking scared... hahahah...
The way down on the chair lift... a bit scary when you look down... don't know whether you will fall off... hahhaahh
The snowy surroundings
trying to force a smile in the cold...
Time for a meal! hehehe, away from the cold...
Going to go down the Mountain...
The mountains... view from the top...
My parents with the nice scenic Swiss view
The moo-moo cows on the green green grass
The kungfu party below Mount Titlis, Engelberg
Bye bye Mount Titlis...
Heading back to catch the train..
Swiss houses on the hills
Back at Lucerne train station
Lake Lucerne, Lake of the Four Forest Cantons is a lake in central Switzerland, the fourth largest in the country
The Lion Monument in Lucerne
My parents with the Lion Monument
shopping street in Lucerne
Swiss buildings in Lucerne
My parents in Lucerne
a mini fountain in Lucerne town
Water tower on Lake Lucerne - Chapel Bridge
Scenery along Lake Lucerne
Tower bridge Lake Lucerne
As the sun sets. hmm.. dinner time... ta ta for today...
On the way.. train ride to Interlaken from Lucerne
Nice Swiss houses in the serene villages...
Wow... consider retiring in Switzerland man... so quiet and relaxed...
In Interlaken... we took a cruise long the lake
Interlaken is located between Lake Brienz to the east and Lake Thun to the west in the area called Bödeli. The town takes its name from its geographical position between the lakes.
On the cruise
Arriving in a small town.. to visit the St Beatus Caves
Beautiful lake... Beautiful Swiss...
Climbing up a long trail to the caves... whew... it was at least a 30 mins uphill climb
Finally we got to the top...
Entrance to visit the Caves... quick go get tickets...
A secret shot of the caves.. not suppose to take pictures.. hahahah... but anyway, the caves was normal... like my parents said, compared to what we have seen in China, it is just normal.. though still interesting...
Back to Interlaken town
Streets in Interlaken
Behind is the most expensive hotel in Interlaken... Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel.
Casino Interlaken
A clock on the ground... at the garden of Casino Interlaken. We went into the casino and "donated" 30 euros to them... hahahah... my mum played jackpot... hehehe...
Our hotel in Interlaken, not so nice at all... hahahha.. old and very basic... Hotel Rossli.. though runned by friendly people
Just look at the bathroom, it is super small... see that space my dad is crammed in... it includes, the shower, toilet bowl and sink.. hahahah... everything crammed together... and for 225 swiss francs a night... super ex..
Setting off next morning for the Top of Europe, Jungfraujoch
View on the way... on the train ride up to Jungfraujoch
Nearing the Swiss Alps
my parents on the train...
beautiful Swiss view...
Wow! Snow!!! Alps!
Entering the Ice Palace on Jungfraujoch
Icy palace... 打入冷宫
On top of Europe...
Super cold lah... act brave! hahaha... didn't prepae any thick clothings at all.. hee..
My dad sitting on Ice! hahahah.. the act brave family! hahaha
Icy penguins sculptures...
Bye bye icy palace... let's go check out the outside...
UNESCO site - Jungfraujoch...
WOW!!!! what else can i say.. lovely alps... if only we can jump into the snow for a battle! hahaha...
The wind was super strong and we were fighting not to be blown away... hahahahha...
White white snow...
see the wind! i looked like i am crazy! hahahah...
The people were all wearing thick winter clothings lah... hahahah.. and even ice shoes...
my dad's mini snow castle in his hand... hee...
Meal time... eating on the top of Europe - Jungfraujoch...
To see the Swiss Alps again..
Family shot together
braving it out in the cold icy Alps again
A group of Indians blasted their indian music on a potable MP3 player with speakers... and were dancing on the top of Europe lah.. hahahah...
My mum joined in to dance lah! hahahaha...
More sights of the Alps...
Bye bye Jungfraujoch... Lovely Swiss Alps..
Taking the train to head down the mountain...
The train we took
See how the train has to travel up the high mountains in the snow...
Walking path along the mountains for trekkers...
We headed for Trummelbach Fallswaterfall in Lauterbrunnen.
Trummelbach Falls is a fascinating place where a stream of water has cut its way through the hard rock, creating deep crevices and caves, only a few feet wide. A man-made series of tunnels lets visitors access the caves, and see the torrents of water cascading through the confined space.
Water and sunlight rushes through...
Just look at the water gushes... the melting snow waters of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau that come crashing down thunderously. 20,000 liters of water come falling down per second.
Looking down at where the water exits the caves
Inside the caves and the water falls
behind rockwalls, water continues to rush
Leaving the Trümmelbach
Made in Swiss!
View of Lauterbrunnen Valley
at the bottom of Trümmelbach waterfall
Taking a train to head back to Interlaken for the night...
Having our dinner at a hotel cafe...
The streets of Interlaken
enjoying Movenpick ice cream after dinner at a cafe..
With traditional swiss performance outside...
choir...
Farewell to Interlaken and Switzerland... We got to move on! hehehe... But Switzerland is beautiful.. Kevin and I will be back!
2 comments:
Heya! Soo Beautiful man! i wana go with my parents too! haha...
Hey Gerald, yes yes, Switzerland is a super clean and super nice place! You know, when i was there, i could really breathe in FRESH air... And at night (in the hills), it was so quiet and peaceful, that when i opened the windows, all i could hear was SILENCE! hahaha... Swiss people are very orderly and civic mindedness.. in general Swiss are friendly i would say... so a great place to visit! :)
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