I was in Switzerland

Welcome....to Switzerland =P

Arriving at Zurich airport, we were a bit lost of how to get to the city centre...whether to travel by train or by bus, as everything was in German...finally we found an information centre so we bought our train tickets to Zurich city centre and another set of return tickets to Luzern, which is the place we would be staying. I had absolutely no idea what awaits me in Switzerland - or should I say, I never know what are the places to visit in each city beforehand - I only find out when I arrive at the place itself! So is the case at Switzerland....it's only when Lee Cil mentioned '我们明天去雪山' that I realised we were going to the famous Swiss Alps the next day!!! Didn't expect that I would see snow during my trip! Not my first time seeing snow but equally excited =D

In the train from airport to Zurich city centre....Swiss transport is quite expensive!

Zurich streets

In front of a church-like building

river

group pic

in front of Zurich Hauptbahnhof (Zurich HB) train station

After touring quickly around the city we took another train to Luzern....an hour's journey it was, and what a coincidence that there was some soccer match going on in Luzern so there were A LOT of soccer fans taking the train from Zurich....and it was so noisy inside the coach! ALL big guys with a bottle of beer each, talking and singing and some even smoking even though it said No Smoking in the train. Not a pleasant train ride....however it was nice that there was this lady sitting beside me who was a teacher who taught German to overseas students and we were able to talk in English, so we had a little chat =) And when we arrived at Luzern train station, all the soccer fans gather together and cheered (kinda like a strike)....and the policemen stood afar (quite a distance away from the crowd) to ensure nothing dangerous would happen.

We dragged our luggages to our hotel in Luzern....quite a tiring journey as we had to go uphill and downhill, crossing the bridge and the road (and also because our luggages were between 15-20kg!) but we finally reached the hotel.

Nice comfy place to rest for two nights =)

We explored Luzern a while to look for a place for dinner...

snowy mountain as our background

Luzern streets 

an ad in a language I don't understand 

Our shared Thai dinner.....yummy especially when we were so hungry!

Went back and had a good night's sleep. The next morning after having breakfast with the aunties....Mt Titlis here we come! We had to take the train from Luzern to Engelberg, about an hour's journey...

Snowy mountain again~

In the train on the way to Engelberg

The thick layer of snow

Before taking the cable car

View from cable car...simply breathtaking

Time to play!

Exciting and fun

Cute picture taken by Wei Ven

nice =)

Jump shot!!

Group jump shot

Snow attack

In front of an igloo-shaped hotel/restaurant

Inside the souvenir shop

Finally reached the top of Mt Titlis....10,000 feet above ground!!!

一片白茫茫的雪

Had Movenpick ice cream =)

Bought this t-shirt at the souvenir shop =D

And then we had to get back to Luzern before darkness came....so back with the train again....and while on the train:

Another award-winning picture.....trying to advertise watch

Walked around Luzern for dinner...

Night view of Luzern

Swiss restaurant where we had our dinner

Yes it has cheese fondue!!!

We ordered several dishes and shared around the table.

Swiss dining =)

Lamb skewers with rice

Pork chop with fries

Chicken skewers in sauce with rice

Cheese fondue! Dip bread with it

Swiss-style fried potato strips 

After the dinner we went walking around Luzern....spotted some watches...

Only available in Switzerland!!! 

Went back to hotel for another good night's sleep as we had to wake up early the next morning to catch a flight to our next destination....the journey continues =P