Europe tour -Part 2

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It was morning and then I realized am in my dream destination - Switzerland. I just wanted to remember and cherish every second of my stay in there. The day's tour started at 9.30 AM after a quick breakfast. It was to Mount Titlis. We had so many procedures to be done. Initially we had to get in a Kandola which had a maximum capacity of 6. We were instructed not to get down at its first stop. The second stop was our destination. But no, it was not the final one. Then we had to take a lift. 5th floor was where we were asked to go. And when we entered the 5th floor it was all white. We could see the ice covered mountains. But the first thing which fell on my eyes was the DDLJ cut out of SRK and Kajol. 'wow'. 

 A white carpet was also put on the ice to make it easier to walk over it. I was the only person who wasn't wearing a sweater/pull over or anything of that sort. But yes I did wear leather gloves so that I could play with the ice. I climbed up the mountain all alone and touched the peak. I learnt how to walk in ice with ease. It was very simple, just push your front foot first and then place your heel down, simple. I also managed to slide and play with the ice. It was an awesome experience. 

Everything about Swiss was good. It was definitely a treat to viewer's eyes. We were taken to a place called the 'Dying lion'. Initially we made fun of the name and were laughing but when we saw that sculpture it was surely a heart touching feeling. It was like the lion actually cries to you in pain. It had Swiss flag and sword in its hand and was pierced by a knife. We were explained that the brave lion depicts Swiss army soldiers who died in the war. 

Then we were given 3 hours free time to roam around and do shopping. We roamed around an hour and a half. The bridge over there was one of the oldest made of wood and it was decorated with colorful flowering plants on its either sides. There were so many swans in that river and they weren't afraid to come really close to humans. It was an amazing place. And the cloths were decently priced. The only thing I felt was worth the money in there.

So it was a bye to Luzern and we started back. We were taken to 'Flavors of India' an Indian restaurant. We reached there by 7.00PM. The food was excellent. The person who was running the restaurant was Indians who settled in Swiss for past 33 years. Then we started back to our Hotel 'Radisson Blu' and it was a good night  

The next day 22nd June, was a tour around Bern with a tour guide. I always like walking tours with tour guides, we get to know so many information about the place - mostly truthful, some dramatic (made up ones) but either way it feels good to listen to them.

So the day started at 9 and we reached Bern around 10.30AM. There was a big well like area near the place we got down. When we peeped into it, we found bears. Yes! Real bears were kept in a pit at the middle of the city. That place was called the bear-pit and it was present there because it explains the city's name 'Bern' which means bear.

We saw the Bern Cathedral which was constructed in 15th century. It was initially built by Catholics then was turned to protestants' church and then it was restructured and now it is a cathedral. The left side is for devil and the right side is for Angels. Mary Madeleine is in the centre and Jesus at the top. It is a very beautiful piece of architecture. There was a stone bench left to this and we were said that Aishwarya Rai sat on that during one shooting in Swiss.

We also saw the Einstein's museum. It is actually Einstein's house (he lived in the 3rd floor of that building) which was later converted into his museum. It was the place, theory of relativity was written. We also saw the old clock when it struck 12. It was kind of a play. 3 minutes before the old clock struck 12, a golden hen comes out and goes back in. Then at 12, the little statues at the top start moving and it looked beautiful. We also saw the prison tower, local parks and lakes. It was said to us that the lower houses belong to lower community and the houses at the higher level belongs to upper community in olden days. 

It was 6PM, time for our dinner. We went to another Indian restaurant had good dinner and were back to Hotel. It was good bye to Swiss the next day.