Thursday 19 May 2011

Back in Zurich - Part 1

After 2 years of yearning...we're finally back in Zurich!

The familiar crisp cool air, the sound of cow bells, church chimes, passing trains & the smell of alpine trees & blooms. The thought of visiting old friends excites us too =)

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The familiar alps view from the plane.

Uncle Tan and I smiled uncontrollably in unison as we stepped out of the plane, taking our first breath of cool crisp air. Almost like how it was 2 years ago. But...well, less cold this time......

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Looks like we've brought the S'pore sun here.

Apparently Spring this year happens to be surprisingly warmer than expected. But somehow the Swiss love it and said it's hard to get such good weather. A year ago, it was raining throughout May and just a week ago, it had rained too. Hmm....not exactly what we'd have expected. We're here to escape from the heat wave in Sg afterall.......

Went to visit Uncle Tan's colleagues (and to shop there @ the same time). Spent quite a bit of time there as they treated us to coffee at the cafe there.

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Seems that there are more people now @ Sihlcity.

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They also gave us a tour round the office and guess what we saw......
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Shiokadoodoo!!!

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They have all the popular soccer teams & the players' faces are attached to each figurine! So cool!!


Took a stroll @ one of Uncle Tan's favourite site near his office. Didn't manage to walk any further due to the hot weather. So......off to Bahnhof Strasse to shop for a while before we went back to our former residence to reminisce the good old times.

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Oooh....H&M!!! But was a little disappointed with this season's selection. Had to buy some basic pieces due to the warmer weather... ;p


For the purpose of remembering the dates for the vacation, I've adjusted the post date to coincide with the actual dates of the various trips made.

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