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long time never blog already

wanna blog after my Switzerland trip

but too lazy...already...

The trip was AWESOME!!!

pictures can be found from my facebook album la...

the scenery was sosososososo beautiful!!!

too bad my lauya camera was unable to capture the beautiful-ness

Anyway, I went to Zurich, then Interlaken, then Geneva

Zurich, one of the city in Switzerland

I like their transports

very convenient

but expensive...=(

me and my family travelled to different part of Switzerland by train

the cheapest way for us to travel is to buy those passes

we bought flexi-pass for 3 days (got more days available)

flexi-pass for 3 days means we can choose any 3 days within the month to use the pass

and the transportation fees for that 3 days will be free (train, bus, tram blablabla)

and another benefit of choosing this pass is

before you using the last day of your 3 days, you can use the flexi pass to buy any transport ticket for half price or 25%, depends on the period and train company you travelling

(mostly all of the transports are under swiss, just the train go up to the Jungfrau is run by a private company)

for swiss pass (eg swiss pass for 3 days) means the 3 continuous days will be free for every swiss transports excluding the private train I mentioned above

I didn't choose this as I am not travelling everyday

PS: when you travelled to Interlaken, most of the hotel will give you a visitor card, which you can get free ride for buses within the period you stayed in the hotel. You can get this benefit when you travelled to Geneva too!

So basically I only use the pass for the first day I arrived in Zurich (from Zurich airport to Zurich centre, tram from my hotel to centre)

then the next day from Zurich to Interlaken (by train, then I got free ride with the visitor card within Interlaken from my hotel), from Interlaken, I got 50% off for my swiss train and 25% off for the private train up to Jungfrau (I only got 25% off as I was travelling during off peak winter time... I think when you travel during summer and winter time, those peak seasons, you will get 50% off)

and the last day from Interlaken to Geneva (then I got the free transportation card from my hotel)

There is a Swiss transports office in Zurich airport and you can go in and ask for the best transport fees within your travel period.

You may ask any questions and they will explain everything to you patiently :D

I sat there for more than 30 minutes to decide which is the best fare for me to take

I believe that there will be a cheaper deal but the flexi pass I chose also consider a good deal already (as I didn't count the tram and bus fares from hotel to centre in Zurich and Geneva)

more information can be found from their website actually

this is the link la...http://www.sbb.ch/en/index.htm

anyway, their transports are really very nice and convenient, every single thing also very easy to understand

the most important is the staffs all very helpful!

about the locals there

everyone of them LOOKS very friendly!!!

yes, I am saying their face looks very friendly and the fact is, they all really very friendly

even those looks-notti kids, I put no caution on them (sorry that I was discriminating)

ai~ overall, the people I met there all very friendly la...

and that was a pleasant trip with my family (even though I was sick until can die)

ok, foods part

the foods there very nice

but SUPER EXP!

even though its just a MCD

and the cheese fondue, it doesn't taste like what I was expecting la

as they added Kirsch inside

and even though they said the cheese fondue have ham and mushroom

but it doesn't mean they will serve ham and mushroom for you to dip (feel cheated xD)

but I requested before and said wana dip mushroom (the bro and mum were craving for mushroom for the whole trip =S)

I wanted to try a cheese fondue without the Kirsch!

my mum bought 2 boxes of the cheese "liu"

but she forgot to leave one for me...=(

never mind, I will go back to Switzerland again and find SeSe and makan!

hehehe

other foods like Raclette and Rosti super yummy...!!

if you like potato...xD

and they all very filling too...

even though the foods there are expensive

but can share share geh

just order cheese fondue and Raclette or Rosti can very bao already for 4 people edy

Basically Zurich and Gevena is just a city lor

Ideal for shopping

if you wanted to see moutain moutain and water water river

go Interlaken...(maybe got other places can go also geh)

but remember, before going, check properly as when we were there, most of the attractions closed...

according to the locals, go during summer and winter (start from december, depends on the snow accumulation)

during summer, everywhere will be green green

during winter, everywhere will be white white

there are a lot of activities you can try there

but mostly are extreme activities and quite expensive too

oh, remember buy Rolex!!!

after comparing the prices, buying there really cheaper than buying in UK

though they are still very expensive xD

but really buy in Switzerland cheaper

and according to the sales person, buy watches in Switzerland can guarantee you the whole watch is made in Switzerland...

if you buy (let say) Rolex, a real one in Malaysia, part of their inner thingy might be not from Switzerland...

so.....lo...hahahaha

ok, I think so far just like that la...

I think still got something important to share geh

but let me refresh refresh first la...xD

Christmas christmas...I wanted to make a wish...