Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! was the only word to describe every moment of recent 2 day swiss trip. It was colorful (really colorful). Day-1 is fully green (mountains with natural green paint) and day-2 was fully black and white (sky-height stony Alps and then the same with full snow)!!
We started the trip with Golden pass express which passes through the most scenic routes of swiss. This 5 hour journey leaves unforgettable memories. You never dare to nap even for a moment becoz u lose that many beautiful moments. Every inch of swiss is interesting thanks to the houses u can see every where whether it is a city or some remote corner of a very high mountain. Before u wonder how ppl live in houses scattered here and there you will see a beatiful road laid upto that house, even if it is alone there. Swiss govt provides road, water, electricity and wh
at not where ever u stay!After 2 hours journey we reached Interlaken. Oh God! this place is simply breath taking. It is not surprising why this place has become the most favored destination of foreign tourists. God must have lived here if he had seen this! Absolutely sexciting mountains with snow caps right by the side of road and beautiful parks with uncountable variety of flowers! Ahaaa! U feel as if u r leaving ur soul, when u move out. From here u can reach Youngfrough,Top of Europe! 20L ppl visit this place every year. Swiss is the heaven of the world and Interlaken is heaven of swiss.
Then we traveled to Laucern! This journey was so interesting and it reveals the beauty of the Interlaken mountains and the lake from all directions. To be honest, i dont have enough English expertise to describe that! Laucern is a very much happening city. A 18th century WOODEN bridge was the main attraction. I could not believe a wooden bridge in a lake. Our batteries are completely drained
when we climbed a very high fort to see the beauty of the city. Unfortunately, it was closed which we realized only after going to the top! I sat outside of the fort and saved energy of the following poor innocents!Then we went Lion monument of the city which was constructed in the honor of swiss soldiers who were killed in the French revolution. That lion was very beautifully sculptured and it has very living appearance. There was "Taste of India" shop just close to it with Indian flag right outside.
The Laucern lake was very peaceful and we could see snow mountains- Mountain pilatus and Titlis right there! There were looooooot of indians (mostly Telugus!) came to this city as part of the 4 day Easter break. All of them came to swiss for onsites!
We were totally exhausted by the time we reached the main railway station. A Regio Express to Bern, the capital was waiting there for us. Ahhh! Another scenic trip is just there! As usual the 90min trip to Bern was simply unforgettable.
Finally we reached Lausanne (my abode!) late night. That time i did not know that there is more sexciting trip is awaiting!!
On day-2, i found the address of heaven. It is Matterhorn, 3089 Zermatt! We went to Zermatt in a 3 hour long train trip! we missed the train by just one minute in Lausanne but could catch another connecting train in 30mins. The train passes through the highest Alps mountains. All the mountains are fully rocky and u rarely see any greenery other than very long tree
s competing with the mountains. The route from Visp to Zermatt is simply a BIG BIG challenge to the engineers, i think. More ever, there was a very beautiful high way road passing through very exciting bridges, mountains, tunnels! The Alps are so high that i was very much afraid seeing them, i dont know why. Zermatt houses Motterhorn mountain with full of snow every where. There is a train to Gornergrat station which is at an altitude of 3.085km which is very close to the Matterhorn snow mountain.The track to this station is simply a perfect demo of Swingeering! I could not believe that there can be track to such a height. It was possible by a very exciting technology called Cog Wheel! There is an extra track in between two normal tracks which gives a firm grip to the train when climbing up and down such heights. U can see the pictures to appreciate this tech yourself!
After reaching the station, i could not believe my eyes. Snow..Snow..Snow..eternal snow was there everywhere! The sun was at his best which was giving a feeling like all the moutains were covered by floodlights! The whole place had very unusual brightness, which should be experienced individually. I never imagined that i would see such a place in my lifetime. I used to ask, "God! Why are you so kind on swiss?". This place was so sexciting, I could not resist so changed the question, "God! why are you so kind on me?"
It was so special not because of the snow but more because of the Matterhorn and its very special shape. Shops, restaurants were there toooo! Who misses a lunch in the heaven?
There were crowds of ppl came there for just skiing. I felt shy after seeing very small kids challenging the skiing tracks! We were afraid of the weather but it was very pleasant and the temp was just zero in stead of -14 (most of the times), so we could roam around there even without jackets. There was a hugh building there too and from there we can get a 360 degree picture of the whole snow mountains.
There is a possibility of an helicopter ride to get more divine exp which costs just 175 francs per an hour. I did not feel leaving that place. God must have lived here had He seen this before Interlaken!!!!! But i had to leave to reach Lausanne asap so as to make to Zurich that night to catch flight to India the next day.
I can visit any place in swiss on the same ticket for FOUR more days in next THREE years! So more excitment is still awaiting! You can visit number of places thanks to excellent ultra-fast trains where u never get tired because of journey.
Oh! now i am getting the basic question! Can I really do any research in such a wonderful land?
As a new comer to swiss, one can literally pick up any train and just sit in that till the last destination. Thrilling exp is guaranteed. No need to sketch ur plans, no need to select places for visit. Because every inch of swiss is interesting! This is a fact and not exaggeration.
If u dont believe, u judge urself
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Wonderful narration. We got swiss darshan through you. Hats off to your patience.
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