Sept 14 09

No pics for today cuz we left Lucerne for Paris, a journey of at least 670km so we spent the entire day in travelling in the bus, sleeping and watching movies. We had lunch and dinner at one of those rest stops along the expressway and reached Paris late evening.

Sept 13 09

Switzerland baby! I could spend the whole day gawking at sceneries I don't have to go sightseeing!

View from our hotel. And a train chugging by.

Houses, villas and B&B nearby.

Me, Fei Lin, Mayyi, Lai Kuan and Alex on the way up to Mount Titlis.

Feels like Christmas.

Grazing cows below us.

White and black sheep.

Edge of Mount Titlis. We only started to freeze as we were leaving haha.

Like it's snowing =) The ice on the mountain top is exactly like the ones in your freezer, no joke.

Snowman #1.

Snowman #2. We built them both, and then destroyed it lol.

Some of us who went higher via the ski lifts.

Final pic of the gang before we left for good. (l-r) Jang Rong, Lawrence, yours truly, Kai Siang, Fei Lin, Ah Foo, Lai Kuan, Boon Kit and Alex. Missing from the pic is Mayyi.

Back on terra firma after our mountain top expedition =P

We left Titlis for downtown Lucerne during mid afternoon. This is the Lion Monument which was built in honour of Swiss Guards killed during the French Revolution. A sculpture of a lion is depicted wounded by a spear symbolizing the soldiers who died.

Downtown Lucerne.

Inside the walkway of the Chapel Bridge.

Chapel Bridge on the Reuss River. It was designed to protect the city of Lucerne from attacks, and the tower in the background has served as a prison, torture chamber and a watchtower.

Some of us who went to the lake nearby our hotel during night time. Couldn't see anything though so some of them went back the next morning to take some pics ... in the rain.

Sept 12 09

This is Milan, Italy, famous for it's shopping experience, but of course we didn't do much shopping around. We spent the morning walking around, and then by mid afternoon we were off to Luzerne. Yeah we spent a long time travelling today.

This is Milan Cathedral situated in Piazza del Duomo and is said to have taken 5 centuries to be completed.

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a high end shopping complex with designer labels.

Facedown with Lawrence. We butt heads often lol.

Fei Lin, me, Kai Siang, Esmei and Chiun Siew.

Us girls with Si Yuan.

Random shot of us pointing at nothing lol.

Sept 11 09

Penultimate day in Italy. This is Florence, or Firenze/Fiorenza in Italian.

View of Florence from a hill.

With Eling at a replica of Michelangelo's David.

With Bird and Angeline beside the River Arno.

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, or Florence Cathedral (simpler and shorter version) with its Gothic style architecture and another UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Leaning Tower of Pisa. Didn't do much there except sitting, talking and snapping multiple shots of the tower.

Sept 10 09

Lo sono in Italia! Weather was super hot so we had to use the umbrella and this Italian guy asked us where we were from and we said Malaysia and he was like "I thought the weather there is hotter than here" LOL. We guessed Westerners prefer summer after the cold winter then, we said. Temperature was well around 30 degrees, thank God no sunburn.

St Peter's Basilica, where Saint Peter was buried. According to the Bible's New Testament, he was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ.

St Peter's Square in front of St Peter's Basilica where Catholics from all around the world could gather in one place to see the Pope (giving blessings, speeches etc).

Fountain of Neptune located in Piazza Navona built off marble and stone in late 1800s.

Fountain of the Four Rivers, featured prominently in Angels and Demons (where Robert Langdon saves the 4th cardinal from drowning). Had to separate it into 2 pics cuz we couldn't take the whole shot of the fountain without people's heads blocking.

A cardinal drowning in this fountain, you ask? Well, it's not exactly deep but since he was bounded he couldn't move. Omg we were running around the area (Piazza Navona) trying to guess which fountain was featured in the book and film cuz there were 3 fountains here.

Met Eling, my tablemate!

Lunch was authentic Italian pizza. Might as well gulp down 4 pieces since I won't be back for some time.

The Pantheon in Rome was built to dedicate it to all gods of Ancient Rome in 126 AD.

Trevi Fountain in Rome, the original version and not the one in Las Vegas.

Another shot so you can see it's a fountain. Throwing in coins and making wishes is a norm.

Ahhh the Colosseum in Rome