Okay, It's about time i blogged about my trip to Germany, Switzerland and France. Been dragging this since who knows when.
Basically on Day 1, boarded Singapore Airlines from Singapore Changi Airport terminal 3 at 12am to Frankfurt, Germany. The 12 hour flight was excruciating, freaking tiny seats and short leg room, fuck economy class.
On Day 2, arrived at Frankfurt International Airport and soon proceeded to the Black Forest, the largest forest in Germany! It was so freaking cold that I wished I was back in Singapore for just a moment. Arrived at the tourist resort township of Titisee after 2 hours. The guide told us that this place is the largest Cuckoo Clock centre in the whole of Germany. This town also sold lots of goodies like Ice Wine. The Cuckoo Clocks looks so bloody cool, felt like buying one but it was too expensive and I doubt it would suit my room anyways. We had lunch and soon crossed the border into Switzerland, sad that I didn't get to stay a night in Germany, Hiel Hitler haha. We reached Schaffhausen, Switzerland after 2 hours and had a magnificient view of the Rhine falls which is the largest waterfall in Central Europe, then it was off to the picturesque township of Lucern. Passed by the mountains which had a scenic view. By the time I reached Lucern, It was night fall and was extremely tired, so was totally knocked out as soon as i reached the hotel (p.s. I bathed before i slept).
On Day 3, I woke up in the morning feeling like P.Diddy and had a photo stop at the Lion Monument (a masterful stone sculpture in honor of the heroic Swiss Guards of Louis XVI during the French Revolution) which was like a 20 minute walk away from the hotel. Next, I visited the renovated 14th Century covered wooden Chapel Bridge which was burned down by some drunk dude who threw his ciggs on the bridge causing it to burn. After that, I embarked on a scenic journey to Berne (the capital of Switzerland for those who didn't know). Upon arrival at the Bahnohofplatz (the old town), the guide brought us on a walking tour to view the dazzling fountains decorated with statues and the 16th Century Clock Tower. The 16th Century Clock Tower is fascinating, it could even tell if it was going to be a full moon or not and every hour, It will ring based on the time, like example if it was 1pm, it would ring once, but if it was like 12pm, it would ring 12 times.We even passed by Albert Einstein's home at some building which is called House No 49. Had lunch and took a quick stop at the bear pit of Berne, didn't see the bear as it was sleeping and proceeded to Interlaken where the Jungfrau Mountain in the Bernese Oberland is located.
On Day 4, took a trip up to Jungfraujoch, the highest peak in Interlaken, it was like -18 degrees Celsius at the summit and my hands almost froze as i forgot to wear my gloves lol. Reached the base around 5pm and went to shop for watches, cut it short, my mom bought an Omega watch which was really nice. Didn't buy any watch since it was like super expensive. Oh forgot to mention that there were many rude China Nationals at the watch shop, they kept pushing and shouting ching chang chong the whole time, bloody annoying.
Day 5, departed Interlaken as I moved on to Montreux while having a short stop at the most beautiful historicl medieval fortress in Switzerland which is the Chillion Castle. Made another stop at a famous statue of Charlie Chaplim and went on to the Olympic Museum at Lausanne before proceeding for dinner. Tonight was the only night we stayed at the 4 star Novotel Hotel, best hotel in the whole trip. Good hotel can only stay 1 night, lousy hotel can stay many nights haha, as quoted by the guide.
On Day 6, departed Switzerland for Paris, France. It was a really long a grueling journey as i had a hard time sleeping on the bus. Reached Paris around 5pm and the hotel around 6pm, had some crappy chinese dinner which provided terrible service, after that, we proceeded to the Seine River Cruise, during the river cruise, everyone kept screaming when it went under a bridge, it was damn hilarious and I managed to take the Eiffel Tower up close and personal while it was flashing colourful lights only at every hour. When i reached back to the hotel, instead of sleeping, I stayed up to watch soccer.
Day 7, we went up the Eiffel Tower, I must say it was a great experience. There were a lot of gypsy's and one approached me asking if i spoke English, I just looked at her and said NO! hahahahaha. I lol-ed at her. After this, I went to a huge shopping centre named Galerie Lafayette. Bought lots of stuff there, shall not go into details haha, once again, lots of Chinese Nationals and their ching chang chongs. Had Mc'Donalds for dinner at Galerie and their Curry sauce tasted like Japanese curry, really nice.
On Day 8, I visited the most renown Palace in France, The Palace of Versailles. It was breathtaking, I was very impressed at the Palace, if Singapore only had such heritage. Went into the Palace and took a couple of photo's. After that, I visited a place in Paris which was given the name "The Artist Corner" and saw many freelance artists who painted really beautiful paintings, had lunch there which cost almost s$200, holy shit, thats like a bomb, and it was from a cafe, not some fancy fine dining restaurant. Went to Champs-Elysées (the largest and most glamorous shopping street of the whole of Paris), didn't buy anything there but had a stroll down the street to experience. My mom and I went back to the hotel while my Sister and her friend Charlotte went to see the Moulin Rouge, my Sister brought back a bottle of Champagne which we shared with everyone from the tour group.
Day 9, visited the Musée du Louvre which contained Mona Lisa, Venus De Milo and Nike. Spent a couple of hours there before heading back to Galerie Lafayette because my Sister and her friend Charlotte wanted to buy a couple of stuffs. Had delicious wonton noodles for dinner and proceeded back to the hotel by metro.
On Day 10, had to say goodbye to Paris as we departed back home to Singapore. I finally took the Airbus A380 for the first time, I must say the seat is bigger, wider and had a longer leg room plus a bigger screen than the Boeing 747 but it was still another excruciating journey, seriously, I hope I would be rich enough in the future to afford business class seats.
Day 11, arrived home in Singapore with a sweet and memorable holiday with my family.
Well, that's the summary of what happened, for pictures, do visit my facebook album and take a look.
School has been good, have a great class and not to forget great teachers teaching, all well that ends well. Ciao.
