Grindewald, Switzerland

From Lurcerne, we drove straight to Grindewald, a little beautiful town in Switzerland. When we reached there it was already 3pm-4pm but it felt much longer due to jet lag. Unlike here, the Tourist Information in Europe are pretty efficient, and so we managed to book an apartment through them quickly.

 

It was an apartment house (meaning, it’s actually a house but they rented out the upper part as a guest house). In actual fact, it looked more like a little cottage for me (as shown in the picture). The view from our bedroom window was very, very pretty as it overlooked a mountain called “The Blue Mountain”. It was named after that because, due to certain lighting factor, the mountain actually looked blue in color. After checked in, we all felt very tired and decided to take a short nap (that was about 5pm). Our short nap however turned into a sleep (due to the jet lag, of course), because the next thing I knew, it was 12am J 

One funny incident there was, the hot water supply in this place was controlled, and the landlord did not informed us. As it was very cold, we used up all the hot water to wash dishes and ended up having to take a cold shower the next day. Can you imagine bathing in iced cold water in such weather? I can J

Lucerne, Switzerland

End September 2002 is a memorable year and month for me, because that was when my first trip to Europe took place. It was supposed to be end of autumn, so we were hoping to see some snows in some parts of Europe.

That was the first time I traveled out of Asia and I was very excited about it. Although so many years had past, the memories are still as fresh as it was yesterday.

After 14 hours of flight, we arrived in Zurich. It was very early in the morning, and the weather was pretty cold. Our first destination was supposed to be a little town called Grindewald. But since it was early, we decided to drive to Lucerne. Being there the first time, everything looked very nice to me. Although I was feeling tired due to jet lag, it didn’t stop me from noticing the nice flowers and the scenic mountains.

This bridge in the picture is supposed to be a famous tourist spot in Lucerne. Although it was already end of autumn, the flowers were still blooming nicely. We had a little walk around this little town and started our journey to Grindewald.

 

I LOVE TO TRAVEL

Travelling is my passion, music is my soul. I can’t live without either of this.

I decided to start this blog in addition to my daughter’s blog because I would like to be able to remember every details of my trip (though I may not remember all the names of the places/cities I have been to). This December I will be traveling to Europe again, and hopefully this time I will be able to blog every day of my trip to share with all of you.

In doesn’t even matter whether the trip is overseas or local, I still find it nice to be able to have the opportunity to visit other places, other than the place I am staying in. Travelling is the only way for me to open my eyes to the world. It makes me realized how different everyone is, and everyone and every country is unique in their own sense.

 “The World is a book, and those who do not travel ready only a page” – Saint Augustine

I chose this quote for my header because what it says about traveling is so true!