White Valentines

Ever had a Valentines Day that's neither Red nor Green but rather White?? Just for your info...it's not that bad having a white valentines....white plus snowing I should say..

Yup....My Valentines this year is spent @ Bern the capital of Swiss. Original plan was to actually have a day trip to the Italian part of Swiss but plans changed and Bern it was...

Why is Bern Bern??Bern is known as Bear in Swiss..and according to history, Bern was given the name after Bear because the 1st ruler of swiss promised to name the state after the 1st animal th

at he kills in that country. Therefore, as you can already guessed...the 1st animal was a bear...so Bern was born. Besides that, a bear represents strength and power in Swiss...so a bear is important and there was once when a bear was captured by the communist and killed by them and that's when Bern fell to the hands of evil and was reformed. The streets in Bern are narrow and small because of the rebuilding and overlapping of buildings after it was taken over by the communist. However, the name Bern still remained as a form of respect.

Well...as far as I know, Bern is WAY WAY more high-tech compared to Luzern. They have tramps going around the City area and the feeling of Bern gives you the high-tech side of Swiss...Bern are all Lakes after Lakes, as for Luzern it is Mountains after mountains. Trust me, hands down, Bern is also WAY more happening than Luzern is...probably it's cause they are the capital of Luzern and it's the 3rd largest state in Swiss.

Upon arrival, it wasnt already snowing though not as heavy as Luzern but it's much colder there.... =S

1st stop: Mc Clean (guess what's inside this place?) - clue: where you do your private businesses

Mc Clean IS a washroom / Toilet....it's a rather EXPENSIVE toilet to visit. But you definitely pay for the cleanliness as you can already see the name of the toilet..."Mc Clean". Though I was the only one who visited this stop but it's still part of my journey...so it's only fair to include it in right? ^^

The level of cleanliness for a 2 CHF per entry toilet is VERY clean regardless that it's a public toilet...crazy huh?it's 2 CHF for an entry to visit the toilet....discouraging people to use alot of water flushing your businesses away but leading to forming stones in your kidney... =S *speechless*

2nd stop: Clock Tower

It's not as HUGE as the clock tower (Big Ben?) @ London of course...keep in mind we're still @ Switzerland...no matter if you are in the capital of it of a bigger city =, it's still Switzerland...everything is still = small

According to a friend of mine, the clock gives a big ring and dong when it strikes 12 every Saturday....so we went there early to catch that "ring and dong" show...strike 12 and I was so excited, expecting to see a show, but sadly it was just a very normal ring....it wasnt loud NOR cool....

But But But.....the clock looks really nice....the design and carvings and scripts on the clock makes the whole tower looks ancient. Plus...it's colorful (Red + Gold)

3rd stop: Church

What comes to your mind the moment Church is mentioned?old, ancient, huge, carvings on walls aand etc etc....well...this church is still a living church which means there are still prayers going on every sunday BUT it's now also a tourists site. Transformed into it and a big number of tourists visits it daily...it's a really nice church for 1st timers to visit such a big church....

Anywhooo....the most interesting part from the church visit was climbing up a VERY narrow and opened stairway to the top of the church tower....height is a phobia for me since young...and now climbing such a scary stairway....*turns green* The moment it reached the open window section of the stairway, i can tell you....my whole leg felt soft and i went all giddy....the thing that is not helping to the situation was the spiral-style stairway.... *giddy giddy*

However, all's well when you reach the top of course....though it wasnt a good experience climbing up those stairs but i would say that it all paid off....know why?because the view from up there, over-looking the whole of Bern....was MAGNIFICIENT!!the only word to describe it....it's awesome.....im sorry but no matter how much i praise on the view, i cant give the exact feeling when you're personally there...

It was snowing when we reached, therefore, the top of every building and houses are covered with snow....Beautiful~~!!

4th stop: BEAR watching!!

Yup...you heard me right....the real bear in the town, outside for people to view....

The bear is soo soo CUTE!!!but obviously i dont know if it's totally harmless if you go near it or be IN its house...LOLZ...but it's so FAT!!especially the BUTT!!!hahahaha...dont think me wrong but i think you will also notice it....too hard not to notice when it's so BiG...hehehe!

5th stop: Rose Land

It's Valentines so how can we not visit the Rose Land at the top of a pretty high area....??yet another climbing....this time not spiral staircase, height or narrow stairs...but rather the steepness!how can we not thin down looking at the amount of walking and climbing we do in just a day's trip??hahahaah!!impossible right?try it out A!!believe me it'll succeed without much stress....^^b

HOWEVER!!!sadly i was so so blur and *stupid* maybe....I forgot it was winter and that it is impossible to have FLOWERS grown on a snowy land....so...yea...I went:

"Where are the roses???!!!i thought you say got roses.....but then i dont see any...we have to walk further is it??"

Response from others:

*speechless, laughing and giving me a weird look*

Scott: IT'S WINTER!!!!HOW TO HAVE ROSES NOWWW???!!!

Me: Felt like smacking myself to faint so that they will think i was faint-ish thats why i asked such a silly question.... =S I know!!!!how stupid of me right???sighhh....@.@

Last stop: Chinese anyone?

Dinner time!!after such a long day, skipping lunch.....time to saitsfy our growling tummy for quite sometime but forgotten cause of the excitement of the views....hehehe

Chinese Chinese!!havent dined @ a chinese restaurant for ages now...*at least it felt like one* Plus, friends of mine knows our seniors who are working in that restaurant for internship and job....so...why not?we have special service and FREE pots of tea....if not we'll have to pay for that and a pot of tea is not cheap like back in msia...so it's FOC....^^

Anyway, nothing much to be described here and I shall let the pictures do the talking since according to *brian* my blog has too much word and too few pictures.... =S

Till Then…Toodles~~!