BERN
The first thing I'd notice about Bern is.. the shops close around 5.30pm. DARNIT. Rushed to window shop as we reached there around 4pm. The second thing?

Bern, in front of the clock tower

Handmade chocolates

We ended up buying some handmade chocolates and I bought this ladybug chocolate because it's kinda cute. x)

Da Ladybug

Notice me having McFlurry without even bothering to look at the camera

Oh, one more thing: You have to have an access code to the McDonald's washroom. There are two ways to obtain the code: 1) buy something from McDonald's. 2) ask from people who bought things from McDonald's.

Zytglogge clock tower

Notice the lower circle? It's an astronomical clock. How do you read it? Well, I'm not exactly sure. If you're interested, try Googling :D I'm sure that there's some answer there.

The astronomical clock

This is said to be one of the oldest working astronomical clock. Another one is in Prague but of course, we didn't go to Prague. Like every other clock towers, there's a performance every hour. It's quite a short one though.

The tour manager giving us a briefing on the history of Bern

The city of Bern, is associated with bears. Of course, the word itself means "bear". It is also the capital of Switzerland. To not visit a country's capital is not acceptable x)

Switzerland's parliament

View from my house in Bern [yeah, right]

Did I mention that I bought myself a house in Bern? No?
Well, I didn't. But the view from here is dang niceeeeeee. ♥

Interlaken

And here comes our first drops of rain in Europe. Well, at least it doesn't last too long. Like it matters. I don't shop a lot and was spending most of the time drinking coffee.

First, pick a chunk of bread

Then, dip it into the melted cheese

Swiss watches like Rolex, Patek Philippe

Cowbells, picture from Google

Swiss Chocolates [me likey Lindt]

Swiss Army Knives

Actually, you can also buy some other stuff like cuckoo clocks and other Swiss made products. The point is, there is no actual guide on what to buy. You should just buy it when you really like/want something.

The Lion Monument

Bucherer

Oh yes, the Bucherer shops in Switzerlands give out Rolex spoons. Well, they are just ordinary spoons with the Rolex logo and the city's name. It is NOT coated in gold, mind you.

Longwang

There's also this Swarovski dragon that costs quite a fortune. D:  VERY. EXPENSIVE.

At a stop before the borderline between Italy and Switzerland..

Ignore the retarded-ness, thank you :D

There's this nice lake where my mom insisted that I should take a picture here. And she started taking photos of me, like a few shots at a time ._. and it's pretty annoying, therefore the retarded face of mine

Countryside Italy

Anyway, the journey to Switzerland was full of greens, blues and whites. Hmm, maybe a few weeks here will be quite relaxing. Unfortunately, I dont have the money. *sad face*

Chair lifts

A chair lift is like a cable car. The only difference being you get to dangle your legs and only a maximum of 2 people in a chair lift. It's not that high from the ground and it is quite safe. It is not available when it's raining though.

1. Slide down the snowy slope

2. Tread around in the snow

3. Hit someone with a snowball and start a snowball fight

4. Pet a husky dog and pray that it isn't vicious

5. Go on a husky ride

6. Eat some snow

7. Make a mini snowman with sunglasses and a Prada bag

8. Make a retarded face and lie on the snow

9. Try to make a snow angel

10. Get your photo taken while someone else throws snow at you

11. Crawl up the slopes

12. Get yourselves some hot soup

Well, there's about it. There's also a souvenir shop and a restaurant there. The food was OK and there's free Wi-Fi there :D

Train from Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg

The countdown clock

You can also go up the trail to take some pictures. Too bad I was a little out of breath and lazy so I decided not to go up the trail. So, I wandered off to do some free and easy time of my own. One thing to be sure of is the stuff in Switzerland are quite expensive. Their living cost is quite high compared to Malaysia and even Italy and France.

German sausage and fries? Uhm, forgotten what the fries-lookalikes are called

That sums it up for this post. Hmm, how about some Switzerland cities next?

..and the last part of my Italy trip: Torino, Firenze and Venezia. In case you dont quite know Italian, the English names for these three towns are Turin, Florence and Venice respectively. See the similarities? Yes, you do.

Okay, here we go:

TURIN- The first capital of Italy. 
Of course, one of it's tourist attraction being the Shroud of Turin, which is said to be used to cover Jesus Christ. Well, I'm not a Christian so I dont know much about the shroud. The original one is only open to public every 25 years, the last time being 2010. OHMIGAWSH! and not to mention the long queue to get in.

This, is the replica of the Shroud Of Turin

For more info on the Holy Shroud, please visit Wikipedia :D  mwahahaha.
The rest of the Turin tour was blurred to me. I was randomly snapping photos and when the local guido stopped for a briefing, I saw him. Well, I'm not much of a building person so.. I get sidetracked sometimes. [is there by any chance that this guy's supposed to be Napoleon?]

uhmm. I'm not totally sure as to who is he supposed to be

After a not-so-expensive-but-not-so-nice-either lunch at a marche [self-service styled], we had GELATO. This is one of my favourite food of all times. Guess what? The English word for gelato is.. ICE-CREAM x)

Lovers Bridge

Couples used to put their names on locks and attach them to the bridge. Then, they would throw the key down into the Arno river below. The couples will then be eternally bonded. Well, I didn't have a lock handy at that time so.. too bad. xD Now, it is forbidden to do so. So instead of the bridge, they attach their locks at some other place nearby. :O

Venice

It's such a great way to pass time, watching gondolas [those sampan-lookalike-boats] and small boats pass by. It is also quite relaxing. Feel the peacefulness of the waters..

The Bridge of Sighs

Right ahead, the Bridge of Sighs. Prisoners used to walk through the bridge to get to the prison. They said that the prisoners sighed at the magnificence of Venice and therefore, the Bridge of Sighs.

St. Mark's Basilica

Well, to be honest, I got bored over buildings sometime after the 2nd day in Italy. There are just too many! Cathedrals, basilicas, towers, palaces.. all in 5 short days. D:

Venetian masks

The part I like second-most in Venice are the Venetian masks [the first being the lapping of the water]. They are like, so, awesome! They come in different shapes and sizes and are mostly beautiful and elegant. Not to mention that they came out in my art exams.