Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Ski-t at St Moritz


St Moritz - night trekking
We arrived St. Moritz at dark (1800)
Randolin Backpackers is where we are staying.
The person in the information center is so kind to help us called the hotel
Our options are go there by ourselves or they will pick us up after an hour.
We are s in a hurry that we decided to go there by ourselves
It turned out that we arrived later than we expected.
First, we took the wrong bus going on opposite direction
Second, the trek UP the hotel is really exhausting due to the thick snow along the way and my stupid strolling luggage.
It was dark, cold, endless and no body along the TREK
We are so hopeless and desperate that we called the hotel at some point
We met this person who looked so much like Willnow
With somebody guaranteeing the direction and showing us how close it is from where we are positioned;
It feels more secure and motivated.
At last we arrived 2230.
What a night.
At least we met nice , kind and helpful people along this race around St Moritz.

St. Moritz is good place to ski
No doubt about it
But for beginners like me
It is best to get an instructor
Which I did not

So basically
What happened to me
I glide
I flip
I slip
I slide
I roll
Struggling with extreme effort in each and every SKI

Baby ski as I name this experience
I might try it again next time but with proper instruction, please

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Glazing view in Glacier Express


Initially, I cannot imagine inside the train for around 8 hours
Strolling from one mountain to another
Rolling from one city to another city
Gliding from one tunnel to the other
But the structure of the train is so good
That you feel like living in the world of snow
Striking sunlight from the open space windows
It is the warmest winter wonderland one can ever have
If there is such thing as 3D movies
Glacier express is definitely an n-dimensional panoramic scene experience
Even though we have camera to catch these wonderful scenery
But it is definitely incomparable to experience them yourself
Eight hours glacier trip is more like a picnic trip
Eating fine food,
drinking fine wine,
tasting fine cheese,
meeting interesting people,
and enjoying the glacier landscapes.

If there is one thing one need not to miss in their Switzerland trip
It is definitely the White Mountains and Cold River

If there is four season in one’s life
I say I had the winter of my LIFE.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Zermatt

Zermatt is almost 4 hours away from Geneva.
The landscape makes you forget the time
Inside the train,
You feel like you are in a mobile museum of paintings
whose theme is Pure White
Along the trip
We crossed within a mountain
Like the model trains I saw in a museum
When I was still a child

White is one of my favorite color
Just seeing almost everything in white makes my day!

Zermatt, ski resort
Indeed it is a world class resort
Making use of the natural environment
Tourism provide income in this town
Without ski resort,
Zermatt will be a deserted area.
Zermatt provides cozy environment.
Making it tourist friendly and relaxing
For people who love to ski, it is no doubt the best place to be
It feels cool living in between these gracious glazing mountains

United @ Geneva

Geneva housed United Nations and Red Cross
City where people of all nations come for
PEACE and HARMONY

What surprised me in Geneva is to see my favorite sculpture
I saw the imitated version in Berlin
It was love at first sight
I posted it in this blog few months ago
I was so excited to see the original
It will be perfect if either my best friend or my sister is there with me
in front of the statue to witness this sisterhood BOND.



Sunday, December 20, 2009

Interlaken: winer wonderland

Dropped by
Old town Bern
it is open this Sunday
Specially for people who are going for Christmas shopping
The smell and color of the old town is really antique in its own
You can still visualize the busy street as it is in old days
Simple town with everything you need

Interlaken ost
Move further to Jungfrau
It is said to be the top of Europe
Denied by the weather
We settled at …
Around Interlaken
The view is breathtaking
The mountain sprinkled with (white sugar)
The lake neutralize the serious mountain
Well,
it is something like
dad for the mountain and
mom for the lake.
Like their child
embraced by the
cold mountain and quiet lake.

Even I did not reach top of Europe
But I felt like on top of the world

Snow angel at white mountains.