A long-awaited trip
13 days / 12 nights holiday, staying at 6 hotels
Day 1 – Bern, Gstaad
00:40 / 06:30: Hong Kong to Zurich
Our flight was delayed by almost one hour, but we still managed to take the train as per our originally plan.
07:46 / 07:55: Zurich Flughafen (airport) to Zurich HB (main station), by train
We left some of our luggage at Hotel Schweizerhof Zurich for easy logistics.
08:32 / 09:28: Zurich HB to Bern, by train
We left our backpacks in the locker at Bern Station, and then started visiting Bern.
Zytglogge (Clock Tower) & Kindlifresserbrunnen (Child Eater Fountain)
Confiaserie Tschirren & Einstein cafe & bel etage
Barengraben (Bear Pit) & Nydeggbrucke (bridge)
12:39 / 14:32: Bern to Gstaad, by train
Arrived at Gstaad
Checked-in Le Grand Bellevue Gstaad
Walked around Gstaad
Late lunch at Posthotel Rossli Restaurant
We tried walking to the river, but then we found the river is quite far away and it was too late we decided to walk back to the hotel.
Though our room rate was half-board (included breakfast and dinner), we were too tired and too full to have dinner.
Day 2 – Gstaad
Breakfast at Leonard’s
We originally planned to visit 2 Gstaad’s local mountains, Wispile and Eggli.
We walked to Gstaad-Wispile station (alternatively you can go by ski bus)
Walked via Michel’s Stallbeizli (restaurant with cow)
Unfortunately the station was closed, very disappointed.
We then decided to visit another mountain, Eggli.
Walked via a Ski school for Ski
Gstaad to Eggli, by Cable car
Drink at Bergrestaurant Eggli
Came back to hotel, then went to Gstaad, Wasserngratbahn by taxi (alternatively you can go by ski bus)
Gstaad, Wasserngratbahn to Wasserngrat, by Chairlift
Lunch at Bergrestaurant Wasserngrat
Drink at Hotel
Dinner at Hotel
Night walk
Day 3 – Zermatt
Took a 07:02 train from Gstaad to Zermatt
Checked-in Hotel Monte Rosa, Matterhorn classic suite
Zermatt to Gornergrat by Gornergrat Bahn, the Matterhorn Railway
Lunch at Vis-à-vis, 3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat
View of Matterhorn at 3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat
Hinterdorfstrasse (old town)
View of Matterhorn along the Matter Vispa river in Zermatt
Drink at hotel
Dinner at Restaurant Pinte
Night walk
Day 4 – Spiez, Wengen
View of Matterhorn from our hotel room
Breakfast at hotel
Better view of the Matterhorn, in a clear sky
09:37 / 11:24: Zermatt to Spiez
12:28 / 13:49: Spiez Schiffstation to Interlaken West (See), by boat
13:53 / 14:25: Interlaken West to Lauterbrunnen
Lunch at Hotel Oberland Restaurant
Lauterbrunnen to Wengen, by train
Checked-in Hotel Maya Caprice, Superior double room
Walked around Wengen
View of Jungfrau at Wengen
Dinner at Sunstar Grill
Day 5 – Wengen
Breakfast at hotel
Wengen to Mannlichen, by Wengen-Mannlichen Aerial Cableway
View of Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau (hidden in the clouds) on Mannlichen
Drink at Berggasthaus Mannlichen (waited from 9:26 – 10:37)
We came back to Wengen, and then went to another mountain, Kline Scheidegg
Wengen to Kline Scheidegg, by train
View of Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau on Kline Scheidegg
Kline Scheidegg to Lauterbrunnen, by train
Lauterbrunnen to Murren, by cable car & train
Lunch at Hotel Eiger
Walked around Murren
Murren to Gimmelwald, by hiking
Gimmelwald to Stechelberg (Schilthornbahn) to Lauterbrunnen to Wengen (by cable car, bus & train)
Tobogganing
Skipped Dinner
Day 6 – Zurich
08:03 / 10:58: Wengen to Zurich, by train
Eating on move
Checked-in Hotel Schweizerhof Zürich, Standard Double Room
Walked around Zurich
Lunch at Zeughauskeller
Walked along Limmat
View of Zurich on Lindenhof
Drink at hotel
Dinner at Kronenhalle Restaurant
Day 7 – Amsterdam
Hotel to Zurich airport, by taxi
Hot chocolate at Zurich airport
Arrived Amsterdam at around 15:05
Checked-in Pantheos Romantic Houseboat
Dinner at Pesca Seafood
Day 8 – Amsterdam
Breakfast at Pancake Bakery
Lunch at Oriental City
Tony’s Chocolonely super store
Dinner at Venus & Adonis
Day 9 – Den Haag (The Hague)
Amsterdam to Den Haag, by train
Breakfast at Happy Tosti
Den Haag (The Hague)
The old Ministry of Justice
Gedenkzuil Buitenhof (the square)
Lunch at Chinatown Dimsum & Grill Restaurant
Came back to Amsterdam
Dinner at Cafe Amoi
Day 10 – Haarlem
Checked-in Hotel TwentySeven, Rooftop Stage Suite
Breakfast at Rob Wigboldus Vishandel
Amsterdam to Haarlem, by train
Grote kerk (Church) & Grote Markt (Central market square)
Came back to Amsterdam
Waterlooplein Market
Dinner at Restaurant Bougainville
Day 11 – Amsterdam
Breakfast at Winkel 43
Albert Cuyp Market
Drink at Museumplein
Foodhallen
Dinner at Hollands Hap Hmm Restaurant
Day 12 – Amsterdam
Amsterdam Centraal to Buiksloterweg, by ferry
Yoghurt Barn, Herring
Noordermarkt
Van Wonderen Frieten
Lunch at The Pantry
Drink at Bar Twentyseven
Dinner at The Seafood Bar Spui
Day 13 – Goodbye
Breakfast at Restaurant Bougainville
12:45 / 06:55 +1 Amsterdam to Hong Kong
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