Europe Photos (I)

Yea! Finally got all photos from my friend! Can show u all already....hee...

Day 1
On Finnair flight...nothing much...haa... Finnair actually quite good leh, a lot of leg space...good for long distance flight. But the food...hmm....so-so only ah. Cabin crew....hmm....so-so only ah. Entertainment sux!! Super small tv....shared tv k. It's not individual one... Better than nothing lah...watched racing stripes, in good company, the simpsons and haa...donald duck...


Day 2
Transit at Finland. Their airport very very quiet leh. Not as busy as Singapore. The small plane from Finland to Zurich has good food...very good food...*drool drool*

Upon reaching Zurich, we set off to Germany first to see the Black Forest and Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen.


Ta dah! This is the Rhine Falls, the widest waterfall in Europe


This is the little town where we had Chinese lunch. The Chinese food there was surprisingly good. I was expecting some yucky Chinese food 'cos thought they most likely will taste very ang-moh-ish, but no leh...they are better than the Western dinner we had at hotel that evening. Behind is the Black Forest....they are just darker pine trees lah. Black Forest's Wood are the best material for making Cuckoo Clocks, so there was a big cuckoo clock shop.....







Besides Cuckoo CLock, they also have high tech clocks wor! The message above can change leh...they have light...or is it laser...it shines up to this stick which moves so super quickly till it forms some kinda fan shaped space for the message to be displayed.

Then we went to Lucerne....one of my fav! Stayed in Hotel Flora...small room, but quite cosy. The hotels we stayed are not as bad as what the internet reviews had said....heng ah!


Day 3
Went Bucherer shopping early in the morning....Burchere is something like the DFS in Singapore. And they give out free spoons at different city! muaaahhhaaa...i like free stuff!!


Bucherer is near this famous Old Chapel Bridge. The mountain behind is Mt Piliatus (according to my friend who actualy went there and stayed on the mountain...wow...)


Then we went to this Lion Monument....it's a seriously injured lion. Last time Switzerland and France very buddy buddy, so Switzerland sent 720 super high post officers over to protect the French King during French revolution. The lion was to commemorate the 720 officers who all died.


Lake Lucerne (and my friend, Yijun)


Went up to Mt Titisee. It is the 4th most famous Alps in Switzerland, 3000m high at where we stood. It was raining on our way there, so it was snowing (or ice-ing...) when we reached the top. Super cold there...wrapped up like a big dumpling, but ok lah...we very sua gu, see this kinda thing super excited and forgot that it was damn cold there...

Then we went cheese factory. On the way from cheese factory to interlaken, somebody puked in the bus! Poor teamleader and the driver had to clean the bus 'cos it stink so bad....and the aunties thought somebody bought cheese and went around asking....think the girl who puked sure very malu. Anyway, we had fun while the 2 men bz cleaning...


Me and 小黄花! hee... I was forced to take such photo k.


Taken using my hp. This was behind the toilet door at a petrol station....so we bought a pack of potato chips...


...and tried to feed the little meh mehs....muaaahhhaaa... But apparently they 不领情 and we had to finish all by ourselves...


Took pic with our driver. Nice man with pretty blue eyes. (but my mum complained he's too short for a french guy....watever...his eyes are beautiful).

Reached Interlaken that evening....another fav! ok lah...i just like Switzerland lah...hoo.... By the time we reached, it's already raining lightly....really lightly leh...thinner than thread i think. Walked in the rain, but can't see my clothes getting 0.01% wet leh...weird sia. Had to settle dinner somewhere and our 色色 team leader (also tour guide for Switzerland) recommended us Hooters 'cos the girls there damn hot.... We also lazy to find lah....so we settled for Hooters.


The girls there really.....wah seh.....like purposely 走光 for us to see like that...

And we din know our team leader was following behind us, so bo bian have to eat with him...


He's really a chao ah beng right


Day 4
Interlaken is a really nice place...surrounded by lakes and mountain.


Took this in the early morning...still a bit foggy. The mountain on the right is Jungfraujoch, the highest point in Europe reachable by railway.


The Casino there. Casino is really everywhere in Europe. Who says 华人爱赌?

Went Berne in the afternoon. Berne is Switzerland's capital. Berne is the only city in Switzerland I dun really like....a bit too 乱 for me liao.


Their Clock Tower, with a Zodiac Clock below but nobody knows how to read it.


Their Orchard Road (and my friend, Fengxian)


The Federal Palace


There was a big flea market there...think it's permanently there lah...not so sure...and there were some uncles there play monster chess. Big right....and they really 悠哉闲哉. Good life!


Berne is quite interesting wor.... one side is quite modern, the other side is the old town. According to the team leader, we can look at the roads to differentiate which is old town and which is new.


Had traditional swiss fondue for dinner. 3 types of fondue for us....cheese, meat and chocolate fondue....and i dun like fondue! Prefer chinese steamboat...haa.... Forgot to mention our lunch right....we had Kong Guan biscuit from Singapore. So pathetic right....trying to cut cost and my friend's bf family business is Kong Guan....just 随便 eat eat lah.

Berne also has a popular bear pit, but there wasn't any bears when we went there....worse than Singapore Mandai.

Day 5
Set off to Geneva, but going to pass by Montreax and Lausanne first to look see look see...


Chillion Caste at Montreaux. It is actually on an island 5m away from the mainland....a bit duh ah...like that oso called island.


Took a group pic on our way to see Charlie Chaplin statue. Mainly uncles and aunties right. I'm the 2nd youngest there leh. The youngest girl is the one at front row 2nd from the right. She's a 21 -yr-old Indonesian on honeymoon with her hubby...


Nice scenery there...but dunno whether it is Alps or not.


Don't look real like....more like Chinese 山水画. Should have brighten the pic for you all to see clearer...but i'm lazy! haa...


That's Charlie~

Then we went Olympic headquarters cum museum at Lausanne.




Our ah beng team leader, ah Ken.




Oldest olympic poster


See my friends so cute...haaa....

Finally go Geneva liao... Went to see United Nations first, but really nothing much there. Just a building with lotsa flags. Cannot go in somemore. And psss....our Singapore flag there is super dirty.....more like red plus grey instead of red plus white...


WTO


Yea...the famous Jet'dEau Fountain. It's super tall k.... This pic wastaken at night, but the day is too long so not really that dark.

Stayed in a 4 star hotel in Geneva....woohoo~~


Day 6
Team leader took us to walk walk see see and shopping (again) early morning.


Saw this adver beside a cafe....interesting wor.... And the boss volunteered to take pic with us, the people there so nice hor...


The biggest Swiss knife.

Going to France liao! Yea..... 9 hours on coach...疯掉.

Passed by an old town in France. Heard their wine is famous there. Our team leader treated us to some red wine and oso treated my jeans some...by accident of coz. Think got stain liao...but i'll still wear lah...i'm just a stingy, cheapo demure girl....haaa...


Not cathedral....it's a hotel!


Another hotel called ville something. See their ground....all old towns have these stony stony road....while new town have ermm...normal roads loh.

Reached Paris late at night. Then went out again at 10+pm to see Eiffel at night with some tour mates and that team leader. My friend was not feeling well so left Eiffel early, but then still missed the last train back to hotel (but it was only 12+am....) and I din bring out the hotel address...too blur liao... Luckily saw a kind chinese girl who knew french then long story....blah blah blah....and finally reached our hotel at 3am. 累！


Day 7
Only slept for 2 hours. Went Eiffel Tower first.


A glass panel near the tower with different language of 'Peace' on it.




Then went Arc de Triumph....






Dunno what all these mean...haa...should be about how they won the war? hoo...

The road in front of the Arc was closed. Saw many ppl in front of the Arc there. They were making the movie clip to compete for the country hosting Olympics 2012...




The bridge of Alexandra the 3rd




The Concorde square

Had a local tour guide with us....but we were tooooo tired to listen to her....zzzZZZ.....

We went seine river for river cruise in the evening...


....can see the side of Notre Dame...


...and alexandra the 3rd bridge with eiffel tower....


Day 8
Went Lourve Museum first! Can't wait to see Ms Mona....din know she turned up to be so small. Then walked to Notre Damn. Not very far from Lourve Museum, but so many roadside stalls...so it took us around 2 hours to walk.


The glass pyramid at Lourve Museum




An artist outside Lourve Museum. His works are really nice....but after much analysis, we realised he zapped his work! All he did was to colour the zapped copies.....

Next stop: Notre Dame


The main entrance


Nice stainglass


Mother Mary

Next next stop: Lafayette a.k.a 老佛爷. Super big shopping centre....think has 3 buildings. Power hor!


This is not Lafayette lah.... Just the LV shop, but the building very unqiue wor. Took it in coach...a bit blur...


The best meal we had in Europe. Escagot, Foie gras sandwich and Roast chicken....but of coz super ex lah...

Went Arc de Triump and Eiffel Tower again that night....and swey swey an ang moh guy jumped off from the Arc when we were there resting......and we saw the body...............................


To be continued.......