Thursday, December 13, 2007

EUROPE@5:LUCERNE,SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, after a night stay at lugano really gives me an impression that this country is really really clean. We can even drink from its tap water. Today, we went to up to the mount pilatus. the weather is fine and its bout 5 celcius. very very cold.



this was the view we took up from the mountain. there were 2 hotels up in this hill. i am really sure that its really very very expensive.


snow..snow...snow....this place was surrounded by snow. in fact this was my 2nd time on snow encountered. the first was at the yosemite national park in san francisco...well ...i was really hoping that it would snow that day...but too bad...it didnt


this was 1 of the hotel at mount pilatus. it can view most the the lucerne town.



hubby's masterpiece...a snowmannn.....a very happy handsome snowman..:)




we took an extra steps up to the observation station. the view up here was memorising.....wow...speachless....




yummy yummy..the apple was much more tastier up onthe mountain rather than down the mountain.




finally, we had to come down from the mountain after 3 hours of loitering on pilatus. our next place was to view the injured lion monument. this injured lion was craved on the granite rock as a tribute to remember the 600 swiss army that was executed in france for protecting their king.







finally, we went to shopping. switzerland is famous of its swiss knife and watches. i managed to bought a pair of couple watch for mum and dad and swiss knifes for wei and kit. no doubt the price here is much more cheaper than europe and they have the latest model for the watch tooo...by the way , switzerland is not a part of the european union . they doesnt even use euros and they have their own currency which is the swissfranc.according to the guide, switzerland is a neutral country. that is why the United nation headquarters is here in switzerland.


after our dinner, the guide took us for a walk. we encountered this ....do not know how to describe it. is it a car or motorcycle? take a look at the pic below and try to figure out ....







besides that....i also notice this....i dont think i can get this in malaysia...too bad..i cant buy this because this really contributes to my luggage weight. the heathrow airport officer is very very strict on the luggage weight.


this is a 5kg super size nutella......yummmyy yummyyyyy..........







**EUROPE@6:RHINELAND AND BLACKFORREST, GERMANY