Easter

The Easter weekend lasted from 4pm on Thursday (5th Apr) to Monday (9th Apr).. And it was great :)

Thursday I had lessons in the early afternoon, then went out to walk walk with Yuki. Haha i've read several times about the Lindenhof in Zurich, but somehow didnt quite know my way around. But on thursday afternoon, our taking the wrong train turned out to be the 'right' way to the Lindenhof, as we found out unintentionally..

So, the Lindenhof's actually a rather high place where you can get a good panorama of Zurich city. We started snapping away with our cameras and wanted to take a picture of ourselves with the view in the background, so looking around, we saw an old couple and a young soldier. Haha managed to convince ourselves that old people might not know how to use the camera, so the young soldier we will ask *grin* More importantly, he actually looked quite good :)

So he willingly helped us snap a picture, and even asked if we wanted one more pic. Great, haha why not.. haha we didn't mind smiling for the camera when the person holding it looked like he did :) We later thanked him and started walking away, then Yuki stopped in her tracks and pulled me in to whisper, "Charlene, keine!" (it means 'none'!) I scrolled through her pics in her camera, and found out that the soldier didn't take a single picture!!

We were debating whether we should go back to the spot to take a proper picture, but decided against it to avoid embarrassment both for us and the soldier who was still sitting there. "We'll come back another time" we thought.. yes we will.. to get a proper picture..

Haha so for now, it's just pictures of the panorama..

And old men playing giant chess..

Haha friday morning, Yuki and I took the train to Moutier to spend the Easter weekend with the Hofers. Yippee.. That day, after arriving, we took lunch, before going out to have a walk along a lake. Trekking in the slushy mud while enjoying the beautiful scenery.. Relaxing...

Saturday, we drove 2 hours to France and visited three small towns in the region Alsace.

First was Turkheim.. Man, immediately as we drove through the town entrance, our sleepy eyes were as opened as can be.. it was soooo beautiful! Almost EVERY window was decorated with Easter bunnies and colourful eggs and pretty flowers!! Let the pictures do the talking..

After lunch, we went to Riquewihr.. which was also sooooooo prettily decorated..

And the last town was Colmar, where we took a short trip on a tiny train that went around the city, with accompanying audio guides..

Sunday was Easter Sunday, and we were told that it would be a relaxing day, since everything was closed outside.. But after breakfast, Aunty Brighit was telling us how they'd 'celebrate' Easter sunday..

The Easter Bunny would come the night before, while everyone was asleep, and hide baskets of Easter gifts for children who were not naughty.. (somewhat like Santa, huh).. Just that this one, you had to find the basket.. and you'd hear 'Water', 'Coal' or 'Fire', meaning you're very far, rather close or very close respectively, to the basket.. Haha so Yuki and I ewnt searching for our baskets.. and it was soooo pretty!! (haha using this adjective a lot in this post)

We later took a walk outside, up to one of the shorter mountains of Moutier.. where we got yet another bird's eye view..

And to the next topic.. FOOD!! haha I've probably ate enough during the weekend to provide enough energy for two weeks or something!! Just a fraction of it is...

Ok, that's all for now.. haha gotta go to school! till the next time, *MMMMMMMMUUUUUUAAAAACKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSS*