Showing posts with label Interlaken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interlaken. Show all posts

Saturday, August 04, 2007

Are we there yet? Oh ya we are!

It seemed that Peeaboo has turned into more of a photo blog, not my initial intention, but picture speaks a thousand words don't you think?
Anyhow, here's the backlog from Snow in Summer.










Monday, July 30, 2007

Red Bull Interlaken

Blue blue Monday, feeling a lil sad counting down the last four days here. Finally got round to edit the photos from the Interlaken Red Bull Air Race.





Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Snow in Summer

It has been a long weekend, hopped onto a train to Lucerne to transit to Interlaken to only be told that the line is closed and we had to head off to Bern in order to get to our destination. *pant* Arrived at the camp site just as the clock stroked midnight.
Headed off to Thun the next day, and returned when the weather got bad. Day after, packed and moved to Grindelwald, a small quiet town and mountains surrounding it, really lovely area, highly recommended.

This trip was very rewarding despite the rain, we went up to Jungfraujoch (pronounced as yong-frau-york) the highest mountain in Europe. Snow in the summer, something different.
A backlog of photos awaits me, meanwhile, this will do.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Interlaken (Part II)

Went downtown to Zurichsee yesterday to one of the flea markets, since the one on Sunday near the pier was brilliant, holding high hopes for the one of Thursday near the river. Utterly disappointed, it just seemed that we've travelled back to Lala Land. There's only a handful of shops set up in the back alley, which we spend an hour looking.
On the other note, finally killed some lazy bugs and managed to edit more pictures. Moo's having a long weekend, initial plan was to head down to Geneva, and so I called up the Research Center which we were dying to visit to confirm certain facts.

Reception : Good afternoon, this is the XXX research center, how may I help you?

Me : Good afternoon, I'm calling in regards to enquiry on booking for a free tour. According to one of the travel guides I've obtained, it mentioned that I've to book a month in advance, is that true?

Receptionist: *trying hard not to laugh* No that's not true.

Me : *Relieved*

Receptionist: You have to book eight to nine months in advance.

Me : *Missing a heart beat* (o_O")

Receptionist: Unfortunately we are fully booked till June 2008.

Me : *Gulp* ok, thank you so much.

There goes our plan to Gevena, after much debate last night, decided to head back to Interlaken for the weekend since we din't manage to go to most of the tourist attractions the last time round.















Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Interlaken (Part I)

I've felt even more in love with this country after our trip down to Interlaken for the Red Bull Air Race. The beauty of it just isn't justified on any postcards or travel guides.
We've fully packed our 3GB memory cards with shots, this should keep me busy for a while editing and selecting pictures, but meanwhile, this is all I can upload for the first batch.
A brief background of Interlaken, part of the Bernese Oberland, a busy hub for adventure sports. A short walk around town (situated between Interlaken OST and West station) we found vendors for para-surfing, kayaking and tamden para sailing. From Interlaken OST, there's also hourly trains to the Jungfrau Region.