She arrived on Friday evening, and we headed back to my apartment after a short walk around the 'Altstadt (old state'). Haha i'd cooked maize soup in the afternoon, and we heated that up, as well as cooked a rosti (typical swiss) for dinner. Maybe in the first hour, she actually had a slang to her English! and I was sooo not used to it. But luckily (or unluckily), she lost that as we spoke, and soon, we were comfy with Singlish. Yep, updated each other on many things, and spoke about many thoughts and feelings. Haha basically ANYTHING. At 2am that night, we were still talking about Roti Prata, and how people can eat it with sugar (apparently we both don't).
Saturday, I took her on a 'city tour', haha just walking and buying souvenirs. It was great, cos even I discovered new things on this tour, like particular shops that i'd love to go back to. Haha we sat by Zurich lake for quite some time too, taking in the sun, water and mountains, and chatting away. We met a friend of her buddy at 5pm, and I stayed a while, before leaving for a house warming party of another friend. Dixie wanted to join me there later, but she called a bit too late, and I didn't want us to miss the last tram, so i decided to leave the party a bit earlier, meet her at the main station, and go back together. We were both, afterall, super tired after the whole day's walking and all.
The next day, we went on a tour, which we had booked at the Tourist Information Centre at the main station. Heidiland, was the name of the tour. It was fantastic. We set off at 11am to Rapperswill, a tiny town by Zurich lake. Then headed to Vaduz, Liechtenstein (a small country sandwiched in between Germany, Switzerland and Austria),
and finally to Heididorf. It's apparently where the story Heidi (i love it) originated, and the setting of it, where Heidi lived with her grandpa. Sights were gorgeous indeed...
And this pic was taken outside Heidi's house, where goats were running about. Just love the countryside of Swit!! :):)
That evening, we arrived back at Zurich at around 7pm, met Yuki, and came back to my apartment to cook Japanese curry for dinner. Haha three of us slept in my room that night, and it felt like a girls' overnight party or something.Oh yea, but on the tour, there were three other Asian ppl (2 female and 1 male). We saw their dressing and behavior and had a bad feeling. Dressing was way absurb for spring (boots and wool looking like tops), and behavior was schrecklich! Lk, when the tour guide was explaining something, they'll be somewhere nearby snapping their own pics, and in their own world, making their noise. Yucks. Thing is, the moment Dixie and I heard their accent, we looked at each other knowingly. Singaporeans. 99%. Haha we didn't wanna let them know when we were b*tching abt them, so we spoke in Deutsch when they were nearby. Even gave them the nickname 'hasslich Blumen', meaning ugly 'flowers'. haha. Oh well, we didn't speak to them AT ALL. Only one girl approached me to ask about sending a postcard from the souvenir shop.
Hmm ok back to my week. Mondays are my looooooong days in school. From 10-6pm, after which i feel basically drained. So Dixie was alone, and she did her own walking around. I met Yuki after school, and we both made our way to the main station, to send Dixie off, who was taking the train back to Mannheim at 7pm. Dixie even wrote me a card! so sweet! :):)
Haha on our way back, Yuki asked if I wanted to go to Uetliberg the next day, since it was May Day, and I had nothing on. Ok, we decided to go there, and have our own small picnic. So Yuki stayed with me again for another night, and the next morning, we prepared our potato salad to bring for our picnic.
Ueltiberg is actually called "Zurich's own mountain", and is the highest point of Zurich. So you can imagine that the panorama was pretty! Not just Zurich city, but it's surroundings too. Yup, 'top of Zurich' is actually a climb up a structure that brings you 900m above sea level. Took some shots..
And this evening, Catherine told us about an interesting restaurant, called Blindkuh (blind cow). What an experience! We had made a reservation 2 weeks before, and upon arrival, were given a short introduction at the reception. We then left our bags in the lockers outside (nothing with light was allowed inside; things lk handphones and watches), and were told that we'd be served by Elizabeth. Oh yea, i forgot to mention, all the service staff were blind. So we were guided into the dining area, with 4 of us following Elizabeth, by putting our hands on the shoulders of the person in front us, to form a 'train'. We went through the curtain, and were engulfed by total darkness. Yup, it's the kind that closing or opening your eyes would make no difference! We were guided to our seats, and I basically started feeling what was on the table. My napkin, fork and knife. We placed our orders (the menu was outside, and we'd decided), and started talking.
Then came our food. I had NO IDEA how it looked like, or how much of it there was, so I used my fork and knife to make out the shape of my lagsane on the plate, before attempting to cut it. Haha first few times, I raised and empty forked and just about poked my face around the mouth area before i found my mouth. haha i was laughing at myself. When I finally got something on my fork, the piece was so large. TOO large. haha and the thing is, when I was eating, I was concentrating so much on my sense of feel and putting the fork into my mouth, that I hardly participated in the conversation. It's tiring, you know!
When I thought i'd finish, but was not sure, I used my fingers to feel a bit around the plate, and picked up what few pieces of Lagsane before I was quite sure there was nothing left. The food was good, really.. :) Yup, we talked quite a bit after the dinner, and then decided to leave when it felt late enough, led out by Elizabeth, whom we had to call randomly and hoped she could hear us.
Yea, the main setting of this restaurant was actually to let us have a feel of how the visually impaired feel, and do things. I wouldn't say I know how they feel after only about 2 hours, but at least I know that it's really not easy.
Okok, for now, that's all! it's late, and I'm gonna sleep! To everyone back in Singapore, enjoy ur hols! haha exams are over, so it's time to play hard! But don't forget to miss me too! love y'all! *muacks*
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