Sarukki sarukki vandha seena thana doi!!

Ok, so back to the blogspace! Iniya puthandu nalvazhthukkal, atleast indha new year-layavadhu ennala ungalai correct-a kodumai panna mudiyudha-nu parpom. Now to the Swiss trip:

Oh, before that, I aint promoting Switzerland tourism, so idhu out and out naan pattadhu mattumdhan, nothing on Swiss. Appadi venumna kelunga, thaniya post podaren.

Oru long weekend varudhe, naamalum 1 day leave pottutu oru 5 day trip pogalam-nu 5th aniku Swiss kilambinom, 4 of us, me and my aal and his friend and his wife. Naanga cyberspace-la mattum illama personal-avum makkalai kodumai paduthalam-nu puliyodharai ellam panni eduthu kilambittomla ;-) So the first day, we took a flight to Geneva, correct-a jannalora seat eduthunten, with the intention of seeing Alps when the flight reaches Swiss. Apdiye light-a kan moodinen, adada enna oru jolly-nu, kan vizhichu partha, the flight had landed in Switzerland! Ada paavigala, naan thoongaracheve flight-a ottiye mudichiteengala?!

Irangi terminal-lerndhu velila vandha, there was absolutely no English anywhere! Namakudhan Englipiece and Tamil thavira edhuvum theriyadhe! Ada padamavadhu podanumla? Adhu eppadi indha oorla tourism ippadi flourish aagudhu?! Fortunately, there were 3 paradevadais in the information center who knew English and directed us to the train station. Train eri partha.. wow! such luxurious seats! and while I was happily settling myself, enga aal this is first class, naama ellarum second class poganum-nu poruppa thookitu poitar :(

We went to Montreaux first and visited a castle - niraya kaimarina castle-ama idhu. Inga video edukaren pervazhinu melayum keezhayum suthi, podha kuraiku terrace varaikum 5 levels of winding steps-la eri castle vittu velila varumpodhu sema kalvali! Andha castleku mela oru kodi theriyudha ungaluku? Adhai naandhan poi nattutu vandhen naan top-a reach panniten-nu katradhuku ;)

After this, we took the panoramic view (2nd class kooda supera dhan iruku) train and went to Interlaken Ost. Scintillating views vazhi fulla, we were playing cards and enjoying the view. Ofcourse cards-la yaar thothiruppa-nu naan solla vendam, naan Pandavas-oda category, enaku soodhattame varadhu :D

Adutha naal, Jungfrau pass-nra idathuku ponom. Idhan top of Europe-ama, that means the railway station here is the highest located railway station in Europe. Cool, ski pannalam-nu thirumbi varumpodhu oru station-la irangi skiing kit rent panna pona vilai ketta they were quoting the price for a dinosaur! Since we only had 1.5 hrs left against a day's price, enga aal rented a ski sledge - adhavadhu you gotta sit on the sledge and propel yourself down the slope. Peravamanam Usha-ku! But ok, paavam vangi koduthuttare-nu I sledged twice and dropped the idea and started hitting others with snowballs - infact that was a lot better than sledging :)) Pinna enna, edho kuttipaapa madhiri malai mela izhuthuttu poi, adhula utkarndhu sarukkitu vandha avamanamla oru thamizachiku?

And the next day was yet another hill with snow, and the fourth day was "the" day - skiing panna porom-nu sema excitement-la we started the day. Inga niruthippom, the post is getting too long, unga time-um waste..(yeah I know, ippo mattum ennanu kekkareenga) ..next post on my skiing stunt.