right now i'm quite worried of the weather actually. storm had hit the northern parts of europe, delaying flights and travel in cities as close as frankfurt and munich (which are only about 2 to 3 hours drive). vienna in austria faced warnings of storms hitting tonight. and just now in zurich, weather was windy. very windy. no snow, though. this year, like everybody else said, europe is relatively warm and temperature is above average. however according to the weather channel snow is predicted to be falling in zurich next tuesday. hopes are thin though and why am i starting to sound like cnn? *turns tv off*
for those who are geographically-challenged, zurich is in switzerland. for the wiser, it's the biggest city in switzerland, one of the biggest banking and financial capital in the world and it's not the capital of the neutral country because the capital is in bern. zurich is located in the german-speaking region of switzerland, french-speaking being cantons near france in geneva and luzern, italian in the south. the headquarters of FIFA is located here, among other organisations, including former sauber petronas research center. as it is the heartbeat switzerland anyway (biggest number of nightclubs in europe, they claim), be prepared to encounter alarming swiss efficiency which comes hand in hand with absolute punctuality, high hospitality and state-of-the-art amenities and perfect modes of transportation. and i did mention punctual, aite? damn it, i meant that by really really punctual. these guys make the best clocks in the world anyway. if you're to board a train at 17.17, make sure you catch it by 17.16, because if you come at 17.18, well, just say auf wiedersehen to the train baby. beats ktm hard time.
immigration is smooth as a whistle. CHOCOLATES, are deliciously mind-blowing. i could eat them everyday. simply saying, it's a heaven for chocolate lovers - even the chocolate sundae at mcdonald's is lovely. take that you strawberry freaks. cheese are the best so head for their dairy products fresh from the alps (though eating cheese to much can cause an uncomfortable feeling of, you know, muak-ness). people are clean-cut and beautiful, anywhere everywhere from limmatquai to the haupbahnhof. bahnofstrasse, the main shopping street is suprisingly, pleasantly reasonable and bearable while high-end retails still dominate parts of the street. prices drop like the temperature, for many stores are on their way to clear their holiday stuffs and make way for newer products - some go as far as 70%.
food ok, barang ok, pictures ok. basically, ok lah. no wonder people here are happy. zurich boasts itself as the best city with the best standards of life on the planet. however life surely looked simpler in this city owing to the fact that banking in zurich is, simply, big. unseen highly secured vaults storing accounts from all over the world are hidden by sleek rolex, patek philippe and omega stores; bankers roam the city everywhere and money just keeps flowing and flowing like the water of the zurichsee.
so far it's all good. maybe it's because it's switzerland, everything's neutral and you're dealing with a country that loves neutrality - it didn't participate in both world wars and only accepted the EU membership during recent years. our tourist guide went as far as saying that switzerland is not europe. i believe she was not being literal, though. with germany in the north, french in the west, east there's austria and italy in the south, how would you not be europe?
heard today; the swiss tourguide was having a chat with a tourist from florida:
3 comments:
youre having fun i see!
glad to know ^_____^
come back as malaysian tho.
please dont go all european on me!!
still, i wish snow for you!
good luck!
syukri, based on ur story, i can imagine how swiss looks like.
eyh, global warming is hitting earth.
be prepared!
haha ok ok both of you.
but yeah, no snow lah. global warming - correcto!
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