Zurich!

Some facts: Zurich has been democratic since 1st August, 1291 and is the economic, political and insurance centre of Switzerland. So everything is DAMN EX here la! HOWEVER, its capital is Bern (Such a Ms Singapore question). These countries are next to Zurich on the:
1) East: Austria, capital - Vienna
2) North: Germany, capital - Berlin
3) West: France, capital - Paris
4) South: Italy, capital - Rome

Thus, there are four main languages: Swiss and Pure German, French and Italian! (TA DA!)

Switzerland, though part of Europe, DO NOT use Euros cos they would have to pay more than get if they were to convert their currency to Euro dollars. CHF = Swiss Francs n why 'CH' is due to some historical story abt some latin tribe settling into Switzerland in the early days...

There are ONE MILLION cows here and that explains why the Swiss are known for their chocos and cheese, amongst other things like their knives and watches..
They do not have a car industry so cars are imported. (HUH, so like oil AND cars are ex here and the country so big.. damn jialat) They make wines but do not export, most of the good wines are imported as well.

THERE! NEWS IN BRIEF BT ZURICH, SWITZERLAND!Now for picture time....




The trams are public transport in Zurich, besides buses and cabs... Do You Know that Singapore used to have cable lines like this? But MM LKY said it wasn't pretty so we had them removed.

It's Teddy exhibition this summer! There were SO many teddy statues around! We were wondering why then the tour guide said that they have different kinds of exhibitions wan.. like once there was even a lion one!




The city area! Apparently the main shopping district is like a square km so it's easier for shoppers to walk about... Shops are closed on Sundays (HUH) and Public Holidays! N i was there during a Sunday and Childrens' Day can? (Yes, it's a public hol on 12th sept! shiok)




COMBO TOUR - inclusive of a city tour and a train ride to the top of Zurich! This is the tram we sat in for our city tour...




In the train on the way to Uetliberg station... We were so damn tired that day but we still decided to climb the hill! Here's like half way through to the top...

It's damn high la! N scary cos like bit shaky and im bit afraid of heights wan... But the view was breathtaking! Must take pic to show we were there!

This is us on our way to Burgenstock, one of the tourist attractions here. Saw many caravan parking lots... i stayed in one before! We were quite lucky the flooding has gone down.. it was quite bad and tourist industries were stagnant for awhile.. Waiting for our cruise boat to arrive... ha

All aboard! So cool, can see the engine moving and the waves splashing from this viewing window inside..

Got to take the tram up to the mountain top.. Having some hot tea first cos it's bit chily...

Here we are at Burgenstock! Nice scenic view of the green nature... Damn big sunflowers grown hydrophonically... We ate at a fine restaurant overlooking the waters.. I had this starchy potato thingie called Gnoucchis (looks bit like maggots from here huh)... they're rather tasty la but very very filling...

In the town of Luzern! They have many many ducks and swans! I wished i could own one of the houses along the lake.. The water's SO clean, it's totally transparent! Shops look good and classy too, but we didn't have much time to look around... just busy taking pictures of the scenary!

AAHHH... the yummy chocos! Lindt is like the most popular here.. but i didn't get those.... A castle tower made of chocolate!

Watches and Ice Cream! Swiss made watches are NOT necessarily cheaper here lor! The ice cream here are super yumz! It's creamy and bit yogurty... SLURP!

K some miscellaneous stuff... Circled above is the Swiss flag... 'Migros' is like our Supermarkets in Singapore.. PLS go get your drystores there cos everything just costs in Switzerland... N erm HOW COME got a boat named after our Singapore Island, Sentosa???