Went to Switzerland for the Labour Day hols.. Managed to get cheap 19 euros (1-way) tickets to Zurich by train (ICE), kudos to Kannan, and stayed over at Weiguang's (Bernard's housemate) room which was vacant then cos he was travelling (in Germany at that time haha).. Only found out that I actually kinda knew Weiguang through a friend before, acquaintance.. =P And met Simon's good army friend there too! Haha, what a small world...By the time we collected our car that we rented, and found our way to Dietikon (where the other student hostel is, where Winnie was staying over at), there wasn't much left of the day, so we just went explore Bremgarten, which is one of the less-touristy areas near Zurich (even the other Singaporean SEP students haven't heard of it!)...
Jeff joined us to wandern (hiking) there too.. Hiking treks along the river...
There was even an authentic camping site! Logs for a fire in the middle, benches at the side, and even a fountain with running water!
That's our car for the trip, quite a gigantic station wagen.. =D And who's that napping in there? Haha...
Off to Interlaken the next day! The tulips and flowers were all out in full bloom! A picture-perfect place...
There were quite a number of hang-gliders floating around the skies there...
Drove up along the mountains.. Beautiful waterfalls along the mountains.. Looks like the water's falling in slow-motion haha..
At the highest point reachable by car, we continued up with a cable car...
All the way to Schilthorn, which is the highest peak on that side of the mountains, not the Jungfraujoch side... That's a photo of the 3 peaks, one of which is Jungfraujoch.. Too bad it was very cloudy that day, so the peaks were kinda covered... Nontheless, the view was seriously stunning! The feeling of being on top of the world, looking down at mountains.. The entire panoramic view.. Photographs don't do it justice, hee..
There was a stream at the bottom, where we had taken our cable car from.. Evian water supply collection haha...
Such a nice pretty stream that I couldn't help but pose for a Mona Lisa, haha...
Thunsee when the sun is setting... Looks almost like a black and white photo, eh? ;)
Next day was Luzern... Nice view of the Alps and lake again...
Don't the tulips look practically too-good-to-be-true? Oh well, at least I don't feel so bad for having missed Tulip season in Amsterdam... =P
We didn't take the cruises after all, so went walking around the Altstadt (old town)... Their famous covered bridge that was partially burnt down once in the past...
Then we took a drive down the lake, to where the cruise ship would have gone to.. Picnicked by the lake... 
Toured Zurich too.. Which wasn't much hee.. I guess it's more of a city where people make a living rather than catered for tourism.. That's Grossmunster, a church...
On the last day, we went to post off our postcards and Kannan and I went to pick up some groceries to cook lunch (with the help of Bernard), and so we had a first-hand experience at what crazy prices the Swiss are paying for thei groceries.. No wonder my friends who're doing SEP in Zurich are almost turning vegetarian soon haha.. Then we were waiting at the train station to get back to Stuttgart, and there were samples of Moevenpick ice cream being distributed! I got a Banana Yoghurt! Woot! What a sweet closing to my Swiss trip... =D 
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