Thursday, September 29, 2011

Jan 5th 2011 Switzerland - Zurich (Day1)

Time flies and it has almost been a year since we went for our honeymoon. To keep the memories fresh, i will blog on the places we went to in Europe.

We took almost a year in advance to plan for this. We plan to start our trip on the 4th day after our ROM and where better to end it other than ROME. Our plan is to fly into Zurich (Switzerland ) head south towards Italy and leave from ROME a total of 20days/18nights. In case you didn't notice, 'S' is till wishing to see more snow ( not knowing how deadly her wishes could be) . If you have read my earlier post from Jeju Seoul , we ended up experiencing something we have not experience before :)

Our flight was suppose to leave on the 4th Night and flying off early 5th morning to Zurich. We had a few hours break at the Singapore Airport. And we are also in for a surprise when we found out that we are flying on A380 on the long haul on the upper deck.


Pic 1. Boarding pass to Zurich


Pic 2. SQ 346... BOARDING....

Once we arrive at Zurichairport, we quickly found out way to the train to the city and checked into Hotel Continental Zurich. The train station from the airport to Zurich city center is just below the airport arrival deck while our hotel is just few minutes walk from Zurich main train station.

This has got to be one of the best choice for the hotel as not only it is near to the main train station, the hotel took customer service defination to the next level. We arrive at the hotel ~9am but was told that the hotel was not ready until 11am. The staff was pleasent and gave us some hint on where to go for breakfast and kill time. You can read the review about hotel continental zurich on tripadvisor here.


Pic 3. Hotel Continental room ( very spacious)


Pic 4. Chopard amenities. 'S' was delighted.

The best from the hotel was yet to come.

We didn't really catch much sleep on the plane but still, we are excited and exhausted from the wedding.

We the spend the whole evening exploring Zurich along Limmat river as you can see from the pictures below. It just felt amazing to be there then enjoying this special moment with my special someone.


Pic 5. 'S' in front of the hotel


Pic 6. 'S' in front of Lindt ad.


Pic 7. Random shots at Zurich city center.


Pic 8. Moulin Rouge, not as grand as the one in Paris.


Pic 9. One of the alley.


Pic 10. One of the bridge at Limmat river..


Pic11. St Peter's Church


Pic 12. Grossmunster Zwingliplatz


Pic 13. Shops along River Limmat


Pic 14. Somewhere along Zurich Old town


Pic 15. Somewhere along Zurich Old town. Posing with the water fountain for fresh Swiss Mineral Water.


Pic 16. Grossmunster


Pic 17. Another view of buildings aroun Limmat river.


Pic 18. Sunset view of buildings around Limmat River.


Pic 19. Night view of Zurich Main train station terminal

It got dark pretty early so we we on the way back to the hotel by 7pm+. And guess what greeted us when we went into our room.

A complimentary bottle of campange & YesfoLov Cosmétiques du plaisir.



Pic 20. Complimentary campange