Kimmie's Blog: travel

Hubby was so excited for this trip to Switzerland because he has been dying to visit Mt. Titlis. One of the most visited alps in the world.

It is a must go place for Singaporeans like us because it is so different from the 365 days of tropical, hot, humid 36°C weather we have back in South East Asia. To visit a place like this is a dream come true for the tropical plebeians.

The temperature at Zurich, Switzerland was 5 to 9 °C which was quite comfortable for us. So we worn 2 layers of top, a pair of jean with thermal legging/pants inside. Brought along gloves and a really thick winter coat for the -3°C climate up in Mt. Titlis.

Hubby was so clever to pack his ear muffs for this trip, without reminding me to bring mine along. I had frozen painful ears thoughtful my day up in the alps...

This was the Lucerne and Mt. Titlis tour that we booked. The bus came to pick us up at 8.45am.

The receipt for the tour paid at our hotel in Zurich.

01 adult = CHF 149 (which is about SGD 197)

Breakfast / Lunch not included in this tour. Remember to bring your own snack and water.

The Best of Switzerland Tours orange sticker that we have to put on as there are other tours members sharing the same bus as us.

Couple shot of us in the tour bus on our way to see the Lion Monument at Lucerne.

First Stop: Lion Monument of Lucerne

*candid shot*

Traditional Swiss building in the background.

Hubby at the Lion of Lucerne monument.

The monument is dedicated to the Swiss guards who were massacred during the French revolution. The dying lion is impaled by a broken spear, covering a shield and another shield in front of it.

A rather peaceful and quiet place.

Tourist at the Lion of Lucerne

Next stop: Lake Lucerne

Behind me is the bridge at the famous Lake Lucerne. I heard from Hubby that during spring, the bridge will be covered with beautiful bright flowers. I would love to see that one day. However, the place during winter looks dull and boring.

Not far away from here are the Mt. Pilatus and Rigi of the Swiss Alps. You can actually sight it from here but our camera couldn't captured it clearly because of the gloomy weather.

Look!!

There's a duck.

And the water of Lake Lucerne is so clear! OMG!!

You can even see the ducks dive under water.

What a sight.

I can never see this in Singapore. Our famous Singapore River is so smelly, dirty and still look polluted to me. If only our water is this clean, people will not get sick engaging in water sport activities in Singapore.

Outdoor market on Sunday. Bread, flowers, olives filled the market.

This store selling many variety of cheese.

Looking at food this point of time made me really hungry! Almost lunch time. Time for a bite.

Breakfast at Starbucks by the window.

Enjoying a cup of hot chocolate in this cold weather and people-watching with Hubby makes me happy.

Final and most happening stop: Mt. Titlis

Tickets were given to us by the guide. Have to keep this ticket with us for use at the Ice Flyer later.

Adults with their children in ski gear.

I wish to go for a ski trip one day. *dreams*

Will be taking a long cable ride up...

Welcome to Mt. Titlis. Woohoo!!

The beginning of the long and awkward ride up with strangers in the cabin.

A Malaysia flag behind me on cabin #103. Malaysia Boleh! ;)

After getting off at the 2nd stop, we transferred to Titlis Rotair which brought us higher up the alps. Couldn't take any photo because the Titlis Rotair was sardine packed with tourists, skiers and snowboarders. We could only enjoy the magnificent view of the glacier and alps. WOW factor of the scenic view: 100%!

Mt. Titlis at 10,000 feet.

We were blessed with awesome bright sunny weather up there. Couldn't ask for more.

Look at this frozen telescope.

The background is breathless~!

Since we cannot ski due to the limited time we have at Mt. Titlis, we shall pretend to be one of them with this standee. Hahaha!!

Aww... love the view.

Tranquillity filled our hearts and souls.

Brr... it's really soooo cold!!

Heading to the Glacier Grotto of Mt. Titlis.

Hubby wanna lick the ice in the Glacier Grotto.

Luckily he didn't because I cannot imagine his tongue being stuck to the ice! It would have been a funny sight to behold.

The Glacier Grotto was kinda boring. And there's no pink/blue/green lightings to make the place more interesting. It was wet and slippery in there despite the rubber mats placement. Luckily my DKNY boots has a really good grip. And Hubby almost fell. So scary can.

We hurried out of that boring yet scarily slippery Glacier Grotto and made our way to the Mt. Titlis Cliff Walk.

Enjoying my time on the highest suspension bridge in Europe.

It was built to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mt Titlis Rotair. The bridge will be open everyday unless the weather doesn't permits.

Not many people is on this bridge because it is hidden behind Ice Flyer chair lift station.

Definitely not for children and the weak-hearts because you can see the endless bottom through the wire mesh which can be quite scary.

Also, please wear a pair of boots can doesn't make you slip upon contact with wetness. Hubby almost slipped again. Super scary can!

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE HERE to enjoy the view from this bridge. Photos doesn't do any justice.

We are on the Mt Titlis Ice Flyer chair lift.

By looking at my expression, you can tell that I'm super scare of heights right?

Yes! I am BLARDY scare of heights. Especially with my legs swinging loosely in mid air.

Hubby kept shooting us. I was worried that he might drop the heavy SLR camera. Holding onto a SLR camera single-handed out in the super cold air is not easy.

Smile for the camera~ ~

So beautiful right..

At the end of the Ice Flyer, we were told of this "secret" place by a cute German mechanic of Mt. Titlis (who happened to be chatting with the Ice Flyer operator).

Nice "secret" place with no one around.

Hubby & I goofed around. Enjoying the deep snow beneath our boots. We wanted to have a snow fight but had to forgo that because we were both too cold.. I had disposable heat pads (bought from 100 yen shop) in my boots and my toes can't feel a thing.

We decided to just opt for jump shots instead. Haha.

Trying to make a snowball with my boots. Hahaha..

Wanted to make a snowball but it was just too cold.

Around 3.30pm, we headed to the Children's Park, where we played snow tubes and sleigh. By then, the sky starts to darken. During winter in Europe, daylight is shorter.

Wohoo!! Snow tubes!!

It was like playing with tubes in a water park minus the water.

Great for children and child-like adults like me. Hahaha!!

I like the belt that bring us and the tubes up to the starting point. No lugging the tubes up, no sweat too. All you need is to hold on the strap of the tube and stand on the belt. Nice!

So fun!

I know I look like an idiot here trying to be small.

But hey, the European adults also play on this tiny little sleighs too.

This is really awesome! The speed is much faster than the tube. For this, you will need technique. You need to position one of the hands out behind you to help you in balancing and directions.

Hubby and I played on this like 3 times! Every time I fell to my side at the end. Falling is so fun!