Singaporeaness: Switzerland 2024/5/23

Photos memories of Switzerland touring printed

SWITZERLAND Travel Schedule

Day 1: 5/23 Thursday

CX0531, 1955hrs

Flight delay take-off, transit at HongKong Airport. Flying to Zurich required 13hours.

Day 2 : 5/24 Friday

Landed 0720hrs @ Zurich Airport.

Visit coop supermarket to it check out, brought a chocolate bar for some coin change, possible toilet entrance usage. Found out most tourist sites has free toilet facilities, only major train station with shower facility required CHF1 fee.

Travel to Grindelwald , 3hr25min

Check-in Central Hotel Wolter, Dorfstrasse 93, Grindelwald, BE.

Hotel tax CHF5 per person per day. Met a pair of Taiwanese lady on train and they show us the way to hotel with lift access to second floor reception counter.Which is only five minutes walk from train station.

Afternoon and evening time is free for touring around. Shop at COOP supermarket across the hotel for some basic stuff, like milk (less than CHF2) and Switzerland chocolate as recommended by a local Swiss lady who works on marketing. Took a local bus #122 and met a just married Singaporean couple, follow them to visit a gorge river tour, CHF19 per person. A wet walk though.

Day 3 : 5/25 Saturday

Grindelwald Full Day touring.

Very satisfied with the hotel breakfast.

Train travel to Interlaken , visit Harder Kulm at CHF19 per person as recommended by Kim Huat. Travel to lauterbrunnen village to see waterfalls. Decide to take mountain train which crossed over the high peak to Grindelwald, cost CHF90.12 for two persons with STP and Half price ticket. Dinner at Dennis recommended by morning breakfast Taiwan couple and ate Fondu Cheese.

Day 4 : 5/26 Sunday

Hotel check-out

Travel to Zurich, 3hr train ride.

Check-in ZDC hotel. Gregg check in us.

To ZDC hotel from SBB Train Station By public transport:

Tram No. 6 (direction Zoo, approx. 15 min.) exit at Kirche Fluntern, take bus No. 751 to Bircher-Benner station, or walk from Kirche Fluntern approx. 8 minutes to the Zurich Development Center. We walk instead of taking bus, uphill is tiring. Roam around ZDC hotel to familiarize and had a drink at lounge A and B.

Day 5: 5/27 Monday

Zurich City tour 11am,meet at Credit Suisse building in the city.

Prepared one box of pineapple cake for tour guide (forgotten to bring along). Talk to a couple from UK, who has travel many European cities. They also agreed Switzerland is a expensive place to visit. Sit by the river after the walk tour, has lunch when it started to rain. Zurich Welcome dinner for Jenny at 1800hrs.

Also most city have free city walking tour can check and book at this website ：

https://www.freewalk.ch

Day 6: 5/28 Tuesday

Jenny at Conference

Visit Lugano city in south (Italian area), three hour train ride one way. Lugano in the southern part of Switzerland. Took a l.5 hourboat ride and also a Train ride up MonTre hill using pull-type train. Not much to see at the top.

Day 7: 5/29 Wednesday

Jenny at Conference

KC Train travel to : Rigi Mountain hiking

From Zurich do train transfer at Arth-Goldau. Follow by taking separate mountain train to Rigi Kulm peak station. The trip plane is to walk down to cable car station, then to ferry terminal then back to Lucern follow by train ride back to Zurich. Met a Taiwanese Couple and we all tag along for the short #3 hking trail. Follow by cable car to Weggis Ferry Terminal for Lucerne city.

Day 8: 5/30 Thursday

Jenny at Conference

KC Train travel to : Andermatt

Take train to Chur and board the Glacier Express. Unfortunately has to pay for the additional fee of CHF44 for such train. Alighted at Andernatt after crossing the high point to view the Glacier. From Andermatt travel to Locarno city to look see around. Took a small cable car for CHF6 to reach the monetary with good view overlooking the lake. The other higher elevation’s cable car operation starts at 5pm sharp.

Day 9: 5/31 Friday

Check/out from ZDC hotel. Took the bus and transfer to train to Jenny’s B&B at Winthur area.

Check-in at Jenny’s B&B

Address: Schlosstalstrasse 40,8406, Winterthur, Switzerland, +41-5220-23816

In the afternoon, as recommended by host, we visited St.Gallen where the old library is located. Rainy day and cold too. Jenny brought a rain coat.

Day 10: 6/1 Saturday

Nice breakfast provide by Jenny the B&B host with Latte by the husband. Have a good chat with another travelling couple (Rachel and Ricky).

KC Swiss Travel Pass ended, remember to purchase train ticket.

Brought train ticket at SBB at Winterthur train stn, CHF 27 to Rhine Waterfall. Didn’t pay for the waterfall entry ticket, instead view waterfall from opposite river bank. Have a nice walk from train station by the river side .

Day 11: 6/2 Sunday

Zurich airport last minute shopping.

Departure CX382 , 1330hrs and transit Hong Kong.

KC eSIM ended.

Day 12: 6/3 Monday , Landed Taiwan 1040hr

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VIDEO record: https://youtu.be/58DXfDPTf8Q

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Things to Do :-

1) Swiss Travel Pass , done 5/20

2) eSIM - done 5/23, activate on 5/26

3) chocolate gift , 社福, Doris BD, Anny, 秋綿, 瓊華,

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SwiterLand Tourist Information Website :

https://www.myswitzerland.com/zh-hant/

台灣旅行團的建議行程表

https://www.musictravel.tw/tours_d/%E7%91%9E%E5%A3%AB%E6%99%AF%E8%A7%80%E7%81%AB%E8%BB%8A%E4%B9%9D%E5%90%8D%E5%B3%B0%E9%90%B5%E9%81%9314%E5%A4%A9

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Marvel at the Rhine Falls of northern Switzerland on a tour from Zurich by coach. In addition to free time to explore Europe's largest waterfall at your leisure, enjoy a photo stop outside the medieval Laufen Castle. On the return drive, you’ll pass through Schaffhausen for a glimpse of Munot Fortress, built in the 16th century. During the summer months, take an optional boat ride (additional cost) that brings you up close to Rhine Falls. Travel along the German border, passing vineyards and farming villages See the 16th-century Munot Fortress in Schaffhausen Enjoy a full hour to admire Rhine Falls, Europe's biggest waterfall Get right in the middle of that fall on an optional boat ride (June to August)
Read more about Rhine Falls Coach Tour from Zurich - https://www.viator.com/tours/Zurich/Rhine-Falls-Tour-from-Zurich/d577-3885SW302BS?mcid=56757

Neuhausen Rheinfall

Neuhausen Rheinfall (German: Bahnhof Neuhausen Rheinfall) is a railway station in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. The station opened on 13 December 2015, principally to serve the tourist attraction of the Rhine Falls, from which it takes its name.

How to visit Rhine Falls from Zurich?

To get to the falls you should go to any of the Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS) stations, such as Hauptbahnhof, Oerlikon, Winterthur or Zurich HB, from where the best scenic trains also depart: You should take a train to Schaffhausen, where you have to change trains.

Train

From Schaffhausen train station, please use the S-Bahn No. 9 direction “Uster” to the stop “Neuhausen am Rheinfall”. Walking distance to the Rhine Falls approx. 3 minutes.

Use the S-Bahn No. 33 direction “Winterthur” to the stop “Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall”. Walking distance to the Rhine Falls approx. 3 minutes.

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Suggestion from Kim Huat

From Grindelwald, you can make day trip to lauterbrunen and interlaken. There is a nice restaurant at the top of the mountain at interlaken. Place call Harder Klum. In lauterbrunen, can take train to Jungfrau ( top of Europe) but it will almost be a whole day. Can do trek around lauterbrunen for a few hours

Mountain railroad to the Harder Kulm

The Harder Kulm is located in the municipal area of Unterseen. The Kulm is reached from the valley station in Interlaken in eight minutes by the Harderbahn. From the Interlaken Ost train station, the Harderbahn station is a ten-minute walk across the Aare River.

The Harderbahn is a standing cable railway, which was inaugurated in 1908. It has the peculiarity that it does not go up in a direct path. It takes a semicircular curve on the mountain and crosses a tunnel. The Harderbahn runs from mid-April to the end of November.