Holiday escapades & mementos
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16d, but actually lost 2.5+ days to travelling and early airport check-in (esp in London where it's v v strict).Originally posted by choco B:Wanda: btw how many days was your tour? -
Principality of Liechtenstein - a small country with a total area of 160 sq km lying snugly between Switzerland and Austria.
Official language: German
We passed through its capital, Vaduz en route to Switzerland.
Though a small country, it has a castle and a constitutional monachy led by...
Prince Hans-Adam II
(from Wikipedia)
Street scene in Vaduz
For the bus forumners: guess the bus model?
Somewhere at the city centre -
Okie, the country that needs no introduction, and which everyone in the tour group enjoyed. Don't be envious, hor. You too, can visit one day.
Lucerne, the capital where the rich tourists buy their Rolex, Omega, Tag Haur, etc. watches
Changing trains to go up the alps at Interlaken
The train stops at every station for us to take photos from behind a window of the train tunnel (oxygen is very thin here)
The "virgin mountain"; the J is pronounced with a Y sound (as in Carl Jung the famous psycho-analyst)
Nice? Taken from a poster.
At this altitude, we have to move about slowly; running is likely to cause fainting
Climbing a flight of stairs is like climbing 5 flights, and some got faster heartbeats and dizzyness
A fondue dinner comprising cheese, meat and chocolate fondues awaits us (at our own expense!
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Butt du Lion which commemorates some historical wars or something
('Lion' pron. as 'le-on' and no, it doesn't mean butt of the lion ) -
Originally posted by Wanda:
ok lah, still goable
[b]Principality of Liechtenstein - a small country with a total area of 160 sq km lying snugly between Switzerland and Austria.
Official language: German
We passed through its capital, Vaduz en route to Switzerland.
Though a small country, it has a castle and a constitutional monachy led by...
Prince Hans-Adam II
(from Wikipedia)
Street scene in Vaduz
For the bus forumners: guess the bus model?
Somewhere at the city centre[/b] -
if dun wan, then must jiak loti liow?Originally posted by Wanda:
A fondue dinner comprising cheese, meat and chocolate fondues awaits us (at our own expense! ) -
wonder how they built itOriginally posted by Wanda:
Nice? Taken from a poster. -
x2.Originally posted by poon cho tang:wonder how they built it -
If dun want, then go outside street and eat mcnonald.Originally posted by poon cho tang:if dun wan, then must jiak loti liow?
ps: the meal costs 40 euro per pax...can eat 2 lavish buffets in Sg.
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Did you ski?Originally posted by Wanda:
The train stops at every station for us to take photos from behind a window of the train tunnel (oxygen is very thin here) -
dats abt S$80 per pax??Originally posted by Wanda:If dun want, then go outside street and eat mcnonald.
ps: the meal costs 40 euro per pax...can eat 2 lavish buffets in Sg. -
It's not part of the deal....so no. Anyway, we can hardly catch our breath at that height, i wonder how to ski there. ...the birds are really good.Originally posted by choco B:Did you ski?
From what I know, those Austrian alps for skiing are not as high.
ps: I saw those small fondue sets with porcelain pots that you wanted.
I think it's the swiss norm to use the porcelain pots for cheese fondue, and the metal one for meats. -
Sorry, I forgot it was in swiss francs (not euro), so the rate is about 1.26...ie S$50. Heng!Originally posted by poon cho tang:dats abt S$80 per pax?? -
I know of a few places in Sg that sells it
But it's not urgent so I'm still looking for the most economical one LOLOriginally posted by Wanda:It's not part of the deal....so no. Anyway, we can hardly catch our breath at that height, i wonder how to ski there. ...the birds are really good.
From what I know, those Austrian alps for skiing are not as high.
ps: I saw those small fondue sets with porcelain pots that you wanted. I think it's the swiss norm to use the porcelain pots for cheese fondue, and the metal one for meats. -
still ex....for just cheese n choco juiceOriginally posted by Wanda:Sorry, I forgot it was in swiss francs (not euro), so the rate is about 1.26...ie S$50. Heng! -
Really? I haven't seen the porcelain ones in Sg. The cute small one I saw cost like Chf18 for the burner & skewers, and Chf15 for the porcelain pot.Originally posted by choco B:I know of a few places in Sg that sells it
But it's not urgent so I'm still looking for the most economical one LOL -
My friend has spotted a ceramic set once at Robinsons.
Pine Garden also sells them http://www.pgcake.com/
There's another local baking school that stocks them but I forget the name, saw it on a credit card brochure
How much does the whole set cost in SGD? I think the price is comparable!Originally posted by Wanda:Really? I haven't seen the porcelain ones in Sg. The cute small one I saw cost like Chf18 for the burner & skewers, and Chf15 for the porcelain pot. -
The price of that set would be (chf18+15) x 1.25 (swiss franc rate dropped), so about S$41.25?Originally posted by choco B:My friend has spotted a ceramic set once at Robinsons.
Pine Garden also sells them http://www.pgcake.com/
There's another local baking school that stocks them but I forget the name, saw it on a credit card brochure
How much does the whole set cost in SGD? I think the price is comparable!
I've passed by pine garden several times, but never knew it's got some good cakes and stuff...must go take a look soon. -
Pine Garden has 2 sizes for fondue sets, the small one for 4 pax costs around $40 too. I deleted their email !
Apparantly Pine Garden has won raves from all over so yes, do try and let me know LOL! I've never tried and now it's too far from home. >.< I used to live quite nearby PG.
The other option would be to keep a look-out at the department stores. I think with rising popularity of fondues there will be more such items (and hopefully cheaper too) coming to the stores.Originally posted by Wanda:The price of that set would be (chf18+15) x 1.25 (swiss franc rate dropped), so about S$41.25?
I've passed by pine garden several times, but never knew it's got some good cakes and stuff...must go take a look soon. -
WOW MAMAMIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL NEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heart throb.....
can only look and dream........thanks Wanda for the pix!!!!!