Today was the day we left Interlaken and took the scenic train to Montreux, which is in the west of Switzerland, in the French speaking area, at Lake Geneva. It started not too well with me in floods of tears and CC running barefoot thru town, now with shocking blood blisters on his feet. (Once […]
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Day 17: Schilthorn – Up to nearly 3km!
Today was the day we were originally supposed to do the Jungfrau. I got inspired by it by seeing a picture from that region on one of my fb friends’ wall, and it seemed a good starting point for looking into pretty scenic trains in Switzerland. The Jungfrau is called the “top of Europe”, the […]
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Day 16: What language is spoken in Switzerland?
Hello from the YMCA Hostel in Basel, Switzerland! Currently on day 18 though blogwise a bit late… AWESOME hostel, very spacious, and free tea! Shame about the lack of real plugs to recharge computers tho… Anyways, blogwise we are on Day 16, which you need not know too much about. I was gradually getting tired […]
Day 15: Rome in a day
One of the days I was most looking forward to! And an excellent day. First of all, as I mentioned in the previous entry: ROMA PASS is worth it. 34 euros, okay in the end I doubt we actually “saved” money by getting it, but it is SO WORTH IT because for the first two […]
Day 14: Tiramisu & Boboli amongst other things
Started off quite sleepy too. We checked out of our cool hotel/hostel, Siggorno Pitti in Florence (it had an official-looking reception, a very light, big and cool dining room/lounge with pretty sofas and lots of stuff to read) and after a typically disappointingly average breakfast we decided not to venture too far but just explore the […]
Day 13: Pisa & Florence
Bonjorno! Today has been quite a slow-pace non-happeny day in comparison with yesterday. I woke up just before 10 (record since literally MONTHS), whereas CC was woken up by our Hong Kongian roomy’s alarm at 7.30 and couldn’t get back to sleep. He was not impressed. Plan was: The tower of Pisa in the […]
Day 12: CINQUE TERRE!
Today was one of the days I’d been most waiting for – Cinque Terre – five little villages on the coast of Italy, between Genova and Pisa, and the national park around them. There is a train linking them, but what many people do is walk it. 11km and 5h, which doesn’t seem too bad. […]
Day 11: First impressions of ITALY!
Today was the day we left France and headed towards our third big destination, Italy. We started off with another nice bigger brekkie in Nice, then walked over to the station. CC got a not-so-nice (even tho he was in Nice 🙁 ) last memory of France of nearly being pickpocketed, literally we were in front […]
Day 10: A Nice day in Nice FEAT. MONACO
Even though muffins/croissants/pain au chocolats are a tasty breakfast, they’re not exactly filling, but it’s difficult to find anything else in France if you eat out. But, not in Nice! During our morning walk we discovered numerous cafés that did ‘English breakfasts’, which meant: omelettes. So indulged in a relatively scrumptious ‘English breakfast’ in the […]
Day 9: From Nimes to Nice via Avignon and Marseille
Hello fans, I will start with a photo of an awesome French conductor coz I think French conductors are cool, especially this one: Since we very much liked Nimes, we decided to spend the next morning exploring Nimes. The most famous sites were the Arène (a Roman-time arena, like a mini-Colosseum), la Maison Carrée– the oldest […]