EUROPE@6:RHINELAND AND BLACKFOREST,GERMANY

Today we went to thhe largest waterfall in europe , the rhinefall which is the last stop for us in switzerland. well, its not that big after all isnt it?

next, we continued our journey to our next destination, the blackforest of germany. blackforest is famous of its lake titi and the blackforest cake and not forgetting the cuckoo clock.

had a taste of its blackforest cake. it is different because it has rum in it. it tasted kinda weird..dont really like it. i rather prefer the blackforest cake from secret recipe.....

EUROPE@7:AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND

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

EUROPE@4:LUGANO,SWITZERLAND

today we were heading to lugano, the border of swiss and italy. On this Journey, we made a quick stop at Milan, another shopping heaven. No doubt that milan is much more better than rome in terms of security and cleanliness.




a beautiful church at milan

a famous shopping complex in milan

After milan, we were heading to Lugano. Lugano is famous of its lake and it is located in between italy and swiss. Lugano is also known as monte carlo of switzerland. When we first arrived at lugano, we felt very very safe in terms of pickpockets. what a relieve. the scenery besides the lake is soo breathtaking that we sat there for almost 1 hour , admiring the beauty of it. we even plan our retirement days here.:)

look...the swiss even mobilized their tree using helicopter...impressiveeee.........

hubby loveees thiss treee very very much

while we were strolling along the lake, we came across an exhibition by the swiss army. they were recruiting young men to join the army.

hubby cant stop looking at the boats and how was the ramp designed....i think he is going to make one once he get back to msia.

**EUROPE@5:LUCERNE,SWITZERLAND