Sweet Swiss I

6th JAN 2008

First of all , we missed the flight to BASEL AIRPORT in Switzerland . oh god , this is believable .... 1st time in my life and i hope this is the last time .... part of tat i felt like it is kinda exciting ... haha .... kinda like THE AMAZING RACE .... somehow i was too addicted on tat reality show ...

3.20pm Southeastern Train from Canterbury West to Charing Cross London

5.20pm Underground Tube from Charing Cross station to Liverpool Street Station

6.20pm Stansted Express from Liverpool Street Station to Stansted Airport

Reached Stansted Airport at 7.15pm and our flight to Basel is 7.40pm .

Passengers should check in 1/2 hour before departure ... when v reached there , v cant even use the kiosk to check in and v quickly rushed to the counter to check in .... AGAIN this is RYANAIR flight ... damn it .... i know this is a budget airline , it doesn't mean tat the service can b like shit ...... their attitude really sucks ..... when v reahced the counter , there was quite a long queue .... but v managed to ask the lady (i think she is from China) to let us cut queue .... thank to her .... then v kept saying "excuse me , v left 20 mins to board the plane " ... the RYANAIR staff were like commanding us to wait and wait with impatient attitude bcoz they wanna change shift and go back ..... then i was like repeating the sentence again n again hoping for help from them to hold the flight for a while and the staff started scolding me .... something like "cant see v r doing our stuff , v will call u ...." i really cant tahan their attitude .... then , on of a passenger from the queue come over n helped us to ask the staff to do our check in ... the staff scolded the passenger too ... how embarrassing is RYANAIR showing such poor quality attitude staff on the desk .... pls la .... when the staff called , she started scolding saying tat she called us many times .... my god la... i was waiting there n i cant even listen to her chick voice lo.... she said she cant hold the flight and v gonna buy another ticket on thursday .... no matter how v beg her with polite manner , she wont even help us ... damn it .... other airline will do this in order to make sure every passenger can board the plane ... i can understand tat they dun wan the flight to b delayed .... honestly , they did delay when v backed from Geneva Airport Switzerland and Barcelona ..... sigh .... really have to complain this airline .... CHEAP airfare doesn't mean POOR service .... after tat v managed to get online n book for the EASY JET which cost us another 90 pounds to Geneva Airport at 6am on 7th of JAN ...

v again rushed to Luton Airport as fast as possible , worry that there is no public transport to reach Luton Airport ...

10pm Stansted Express from Stansted Airport to Liverpool Street Station

11pm Underground Tube from Liverpool Street Station to King's Cross Station

11.35pm First Train from King's Cross Station to Luton Airport Station

12.10am Shuttle Bus from Station to Luton Airport
Hanging around the airport whole night without taking nap ... v were so excited when Brian and Gao Hui came to accompany us for the this long long night .... thanks !! one thing tat i realised is tat KLIA is really big and nice compared to others .. v should b proud of it .....

7th JAN 2008

London Luton --> Geneva

finally 6am v board the plane .... the flight took about 1.25 hours to reach Geneva Airport ...
although v appeared to miss the flight , v insisted to get to swiss .... hehe ....

(RM3.40 = 1.00Fr)
(1Pound = 1.50Fr)

As soon as v reached the airport , v bought a SWISS PASS (train and bus)which costs us 221Fr.

V spent most of our money on transportation .... terrible !!!

My 1st lunch in Switzerland ... It was in the Manor Shopping Centre in Geneva ... It costs me 15.80Fr with the delicious cake .... i thought this is expensive ... after tat i found tat this is the cheapest meal i had in Swiss ....

This is the lobby of the 4 stars Hotel Les Nation in Geneva ... very very small lobby but very nice furniture and decoration ... i have to say tat this is the nicest hotel v had .....about 63Fr per person


Geneva City View




There are a lot of famous designers shops in the city ...


I saw this in a museum ... i suppose this is real ...

The Flower Clock .... It supposed to look beautiful during spring or summer ... obviously not winter ...

See how she scan every meal i the menu .... the menu is actually in french or german or watever it is , i jus dun understand it ... only one english menu ....



DINNER TIME!!!Phei Szee and Yean Zhenq are trying the CHEESE FONDUE .... Okay .... finally i tasted it .... i am a cheese lover ... but this is really not my cuppa tea .... it really did spoilt the image of cheese in my mind .. haha .... at the 1st taste , it was kinda salty and some kinda wine in it .... after a few pieces of bread dipped with cheese , i felt disgusting and felt like wanna throw out .. hehe . i nvr feel so disgusting about cheese ... now i understand y most of them said tat CHEESE FONDUE is terrible .... initially i wanna order 7 pots for 7 of us , then v worried tat v cant finish it then v ordered 4 pots ... 2 pots came and v canceled the other 2 pots ... hehe ....anyway , u should take a try on it when u r in switzerland ....


Rissoto - cheese with rice .... at least it tastes a lot better than the Cheese Fondue

8th JAN 2008
Geneva --> Leukerbad

Breakfast in Hotel Les Nation -- Colourful hard-boiled egg .... their breakfast is very simple ... bread , jam , ham , hard-boiled eggs , cereals .... honestly breakfast in hotels in malaysia are much more tastier and more varieties ....


A few hours of train to reach Leuk ...

LUNCH TIME !!! Italian food is everywhere in swiss .... Spaghetti Bolognese , Lasagne , Pizza ....

Tiramisu !!! yummy ... about 9.50Fr

Burgerbad Thermal Centre .... The pool is outdoor ... and the outdoor temperature is about -5 ... v can enjoyed the beautiful scenery while in the pool .... tat's cool .... but frankly this is not as warm as wat i have in the hot spring in Japan .... perhaps this is jus a normal swimming pool with slightly warm water ....

I m much impressed by the beautiful scenery .... Snow ... mountain ...........