Zurich.. expensive city

Switzerland, 2012

Trip lama. Tengok video je la. Tak yah cite :)

Heading Home

6 &7 June 2012

Decided to just rest at the hotel and check out late at 11am. Took a bus number 31 to Zurich HB train station and took a train to the airport which only about 15 mins for CHF 6.

Melepak di Zurich airport sampai boring and now after 6 hours arrived Dubai Airport for transit to KL dan teruskan melepak. Ada four hours to kill. Flight depart at 3.55 am for another seven hours.

Then i'm back home. Mixed feeling and exhausted. It has been 10 days - Gracias Italy and Switzerland.

Thinking of my next trip. Ke mana ya?

Location : Airport Rd, Dubai,

Switzerland: Mt Pilatus, Luzern

Mount Pilatus

5 June 2012

Early morning heading to the train station for Mount Pilatus at Luzern. Arrived Luzern we bought Golden Round Trip Pilatus ticket at SBB ticket counter for CHF 98.20 per person.

Boat departed at 10.40 am and arrived Alpnchstad after 90 minutes. Then we took one of the steepest cable train in the world for 40 mins and arrived Pilatus Kulm at 2132m / 7000ft. It was freezing cold, really cold but we continue climb the stairs towards the platform to view the mountain and yes its worth it. Sejuk nya tak dapat nak dikatakan.

Then we had a good simple lunch of vegetarian spaghetti and baked potato. Licin. Itu pun dah cost us CHF 23 tapinya the golden tix inclusive of CHF 10 voucher that redeemable at the restaurant, so belasah je.

We took cable car for about 30 minutes to decent back to the entrance. I think kalau yg gayat boleh kecut perut. Then we walk a bit to catch a bus back to Luzern train station for 15 mins.

We walked around to look for Luxemburgerli - looks like macaron. A stranger that we met, recommended us to try it. Found it - 100gms cost us CHF 12 and you will get about 12 Luxemburgerli. Rasanya...emmmm manis sekali.

Location : Zwinglistrasse 12, 8004 Zurich,

Switzerland : Zurich

Heading Zurich

4 June 2012

Train delayed and we have to changed train and finally arrived Zurich. Surprisingly, we can enter Zurich without any passport checking at the train station. We asked around for direction coz no more google map :( As we are a bit terpinga-pinga, an old man asked us if we need help. Wah. I realised that even though we cant read their signage, the people speaks english and more pleasant compared to Italianese. Its freezing cold here and i only have one jacket to cover me up.

Finally arrived at hotel and we have to climb the stairs as our room at level 4.  Mak aih. Patah pinggang. Rest for a while before heading back to the street. No line for calls or sms. So we have to purchased internet @ CHF 10 for 3 hours from the hotel.

Kebab cafe's are easy to find and its expensive. I'm aware that cost of living in Switzerland is high - one bottle of coke is CHF 3 = RM 10. Our dinner that night je dah CHF 33. Purchased return ticket to Luzern for tomorrow at CHF 46/pax which is not very smart because if we purchase online earlier we can get 50% discount... sigh.

Zurich - different  from any of the cities in Italy. Two words perhaps describe Zurich - Pleasant but Costly :) Lots of boutique and shopping mall around the train station. Bus and train depart precisely on time. Clean and structured road. Tidak ada peminta sedekah atau penjual jalanan. Decent clothing by the locals and everything seems calm and relax.

Hmmm... two more nights and i'm back home.

Location : Zwinglistrasse 12, 8004 Zurich,