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Monday, 1 July 2019

7 Days in Switzerland Itinerary - Day 3: Bern (Adrianos cafe & Kornhauskeller)







Refer to below links for more Switzerland April Spring trip blogs:

1. Executive Summary:  Executive Summary Blog
2. Day 2 (Grindelwald): Day 2 (Grindelwald) Blog
3. Day 2 (Interlaken): Day 2 (Interlaken) Blog
4. Day 3 (Thun): Day 3 (Thun) Blog 
5. Day 4 (Jungfraujoch): Day 4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
6. Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen): Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen) Blog
7. Day 5 (Zermatt): Day 5 (Zermatt) Blog
8. Day 6 (Lucerne): Day 6 (Lucerne) Blog
9. Day 6 (Lungern): Day 6 (Lungern) Blog
10. Day 7 (Bern): Day 7 (Bern) Blog



Itinerary Summary:

Day 3: Thun & Bern
💜 Brunch (Adrianos bar & cafe @ Bern) : Refer blog below
💜 Sightseeing (Thun town & castle @ Thun) : Refer  Day 3 (Thun) Blog
💜 Dinner (Kornhauskeller @ Bern) : Refer blog below




Bern Town 

Average Time Spent: 4 hours

Highlights: Brunch spot, luxury dinner spot

Suits: Coffee lover, romantic dinner, celebrations, anniversary, honeymoon


Personal Star Rating: ★★★
★★ (Must Go)

Description & Tips:

👉 Had a lovely coffee and chocolate brunch time in Adrianos bar & cafe. This cafe has the best rated coffee in Bern town, so we would like to visit and try the coffee in Switzerland. The coffee and chocolate served in a small cup and well presented with love heart latte on top. The taste were average for us though, as our preference were more to strong smell I guess? However, to have brunch in this lovely cafe which is located opposite of Zytglogge, the famous clock tower in Bern, and flowers shop just beside the cafe with tons of colorful flowers to enjoy during your brunch, is not a bad idea too! On top of that, this coffee spot is frequently patronized by locals too! To indulge in local experience is what traveling means sometime!

Adrianos bar and cafe (is it opened by you ah, hubby.. got your name there lei)
咖啡厅(有老公的名字,不知道是不是他开的,哈哈)
Coffee with heart latte art
咖啡拉花
Chocolate drink with foamss
泡沫巧克力
Wefie photos
两个人的自拍
Exterior look of the cafe shop
咖啡厅的外观
Pretzel that can be found everywhere in Switzerland's train station, a variety of flavors to choose
到处可以在瑞士的火车站找到这种的小吃,有好几种味道可选

👉 We ended our day with an amazing dinner experience in Kornhauskeller restaurant at Bern! This restaurant tops my favorite list of restaurant in Bern, and I have grown my fond on this when I watched travel show few years back. It is not hard to understand why it is so famous among locals and foreigners, thanks to it's romantic, classy and elegant atmosphere in the restaurant! The establishment of high baroque architecture and is known as Bern's most luxurious high cellar restaurant and bar! You will feel yourself dine in an antique yet classy restaurant. If you have a chance to visit Bern, remember to do yourself a favour and drops by here for the saliva dropping dinner experience here! The menu is inspired by Mediterranean and local and there are a varieties of courses for you to choose. Consult the waiter and waitress for the menu choices, they will explain everything for you! It was the most expensive dinner we had throughout Switzerland's trip, but we will remember it! 💗

TIPS: Kornhauskeller restaurant is opened daily for lunch and dinner. If budget is the concern, hit the lunch set menu which is worth with set courses, and during lunch time, this place is famous for business lunch by locals as well. If your aim is to dine in the romantic atmosphere, head to this restaurant at the evening for the amazing dinner experience! The attentive customer service and the dim light environment itself sure will steal your heart. 

TIPS: Kornhauskeller restaurant is an underground restaurant. Climb down the staircases to the underground, you will reach the bar at the 1st floor of underground. Another flights of staircases to the basement of underground, and it is the lunch and dinner spot! Due to it is located in underground, the connectivity to Internet seems like is not functioning, so only you, your partner and the foods for the night! Have a good hearty talk sometimes is more precious than social media.

TIPS: Kornhauskeller restaurant is a famous restaurant among local and foreigners. Be sure to reserve the table, it is always better be safe than sorry! I have made reservation through Facebook HERE, not only the response is prompt, the restaurant's manager is so so sweet that he even prepared the surprise to us! As we went Kornhauskeller restaurant for our honeymoon and anniversary celebrations, they had decorated our dinner table with rose petals! Rose petals on top of our dining table and roses inside a glass! OMG, which girls will not be swayed by this! The tasty dishes and the friendly waiter and waitress who smiled and helped us to take photos upon request, with the romantic ambiance certainly made our trip worth! Perfect honeymoon dinner celebration ticked in Switzerland! 💓😍💏

The most luxury cellar restaurant in Bern, Switzerland!
Rated as the Certificate of Excellence 2016-2018 Winner in Tripadvisor!
伯恩最豪华的地下餐厅,猫途鹰超好评价的!
The surprise for our honeymoon dinner celebration! Rose petals decoration on top of our dinner table!
瑞士蜜月旅行时,在这里预定晚餐来庆祝蜜月和纪念日。
经理还附送惊喜,准备了一张超浪漫的餐桌,上面有好多的玫瑰花瓣啊
Roses inside the glass as well! They were all real and fresh roses!
还有不同颜色的玫瑰花在一个杯子里,全都是新鲜的真花呢!
Just a happy girl!
少女心爆棚啊!
Lambakarre (Lamb) and cheese baked potatoes
羊肉餐
Wolfsbarschfilet klein (European bass fish) and herbs potatoes
鱼肉餐
Romantic dining experience in Kornhauskeller restaurant
在瑞士蜜月的浪漫晚餐
Entrance to Kornhauskeller underground restaurant
餐厅入口



Bern wanderlust (foods hunt) ends here! Interested to venture more of Switzerland? Refer to the links for other posts! Please share with me if you have any comments or inquiries. Follow me in Facebook and Instagram to get updated on new blog posts and photos too! Xoxo 💗


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Refer to below links for more Switzerland April Spring trip blogs:

1. Executive Summary:  Executive Summary Blog
2. Day 2 (Grindelwald): Day 2 (Grindelwald) Blog
3. Day 2 (Interlaken): Day 2 (Interlaken) Blog
4. Day 3 (Thun): Day 3 (Thun) Blog 
5. Day 4 (Jungfraujoch): Day 4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
6. Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen): Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen) Blog
7. Day 5 (Zermatt): Day 5 (Zermatt) Blog
8. Day 6 (Lucerne): Day 6 (Lucerne) Blog
9. Day 6 (Lungern): Day 6 (Lungern) Blog
10. Day 7 (Bern): Day 7 (Bern) Blog





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💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date: 20/4/2019


7 Days in Switzerland Itinerary - Day 2: Interlaken






Refer to below links for more Switzerland April Spring trip blogs:

1. Executive Summary: Executive Summary Blog
2. Day 2 (Grindelwald): Day 2 (Grindelwald) Blog
3. Day 3 (Thun): Day 3 (Thun) Blog 
4. Day 3 (Bern): Day 3 (Bern) Blog
5. Day 4 (Jungfraujoch): Day 4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
6. Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen): Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen) Blog
7. Day 5 (Zermatt): Day 5 (Zermatt) Blog
8. Day 6 (Lucerne): Day 6 (Lucerne) Blog
9. Day 6 (Lungern): Day 6 (Lungern) Blog
10. Day 7 (Bern): Day 7 (Bern) Blog





Itinerary Summary:

Day 1: Flight on board
Day 2: Grindelwald & Interlaken
💜 Sightseeing (Grindelwald town & First mountain @ Grindelwald) : Refer Grindelwald (Day 2) Blog
💜 Lunch (Bebbis restaurant @ Grindelwald ) : Refer Grindelwald (Day 2) Blog
💜 Sightseeing (Interlaken town @ Interlaken) : Refer below blog


Interlaken


Average Time Spent: 2 hours

Highlights: City view, church, shopping, recreation park, picnic, casino

Suits: Sightseeing, shopping

Personal Star Rating: ★★★ (Worth to Visit)

Description & Tips:
A famous town packed with tourists, with a wide range of accommodation available from backpacker hostel to luxury suite. Most of the tour groups will choose to stay either in Interlaken or Lucerne as they have a wider range of shopping options for tourists. If you prefer to stay in the local villages experience, then you might need to give this a miss. However, you can still visit the town if have spare time too.

👉 What to do in Interlaken town? Scroll down to see more.

TIPS 1: Leisure stroll along Hoheweg main street

- Full of high end shopping outlets with branded Swiss watches, jewelry, knife, and etcetera.
- Casino on the main street to kill time at night.

Nice town
随便逛逛街道
Church in the area, bell ringings beautifully
那里有座教堂,还会敲钟呢,这就是外国的感觉
Lush greenery behind
绿油油的背景

TIPS 2: Enjoy a panoramic bird eye view from the top of Harder Kulm
- Get a beautiful view of Interlaken from the view point of Harder Kulm, with Interlaken town being surrounded by 2 lakes beside namely Lake Brienz and Lake Thun, on the left and right hand side of Interlaken town. 
- Sit the funicular up to the top of Harder Kulm mountain for the view especially during sunset time! 
- Have a restaurant on top of Harder Kulm for you to enjoy the panaromic view while having your meal.
- Depending on season and time, there is a live folklore for you to enjoy local Swiss musical performance!
- Refer Link for updated information on opening hours and time.
- Refer Link for updated information on live folklore performance.

Cable car to go up Harder Kulm
远处就是缆车,可以直接攻顶
(Adapted from Jungfrau.ch)Live folklore typical Swiss musical performance当地民族的传统音乐表演
(Adapted from Holidays to Europe)
Harder Kulm view point for the breathtaking Interlaken town view with Lake Brienz and Lake Thun at two sides
从观景台俯瞰英特拉肯

TIPS 3: Picnic in Hohematte Park with jaw dropping Swiss alps view
Grab some foods and drinks, find your own special spot and enjoy your time! Since the park is so large, you really have very own privacy too. You can choose to sit at the bench or better, on the field itself!
- Depending on the weather and time, you may witness paragliders landing on the big field too!
- Perfect place to take photos slowly and update your Instagram with this lovely picnic spot in Switzerland!

Beautiful Hohematte park, suitable for picnic
超适合郊外野餐啦,有感觉哦
Is Spring!! So beautiful Sakura tree spotted in the park
看到了春天的到来
Beautiful park for relaxation
好美的公园

Interlaken wanderlust ends here! Interested to venture more of Switzerland? Refer to the links for other posts! Please share with me if you have any comments or inquiries. Follow me in Facebook and Instagram to get updated on new blog posts and photos too! Xoxo 💗


(Notes: My website contains some affiliate links and advertisement which are not scam, they are safe to click and at no cost to you, it gives me a little bit of commission for me to keep on maintaining the website. Your support is my biggest motivation!)






Refer to below links for more Switzerland April Spring trip blogs:

1. Executive Summary: Executive Summary Blog
2. Day 2 (Grindelwald): Day 2 (Grindelwald) Blog
3. Day 3 (Thun): Day 3 (Thun) Blog 
4. Day 3 (Bern): Day 3 (Bern) Blog
5. Day 4 (Jungfraujoch): Day 4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
6. Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen): Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen) Blog
7. Day 5 (Zermatt): Day 5 (Zermatt) Blog
8. Day 6 (Lucerne): Day 6 (Lucerne) Blog
9. Day 6 (Lungern): Day 6 (Lungern) Blog
10. Day 7 (Bern): Day 7 (Bern) Blog






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💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date: 19/4/2019

Saturday, 29 June 2019

7 Days in Switzerland Itinerary - Day 3: Thun







Refer to below links for more Switzerland April Spring trip blogs:

1. Executive Summary: Executive Summary Blog
2. Day 2 (Grindelwald): Day 2 (Grindelwald) Blog
3. Day 2 (Interlaken): Day 2 (Interlaken) Blog
4. Day 3 (Bern): Day 3 (Bern) Blog
5. Day 4 (Jungfraujoch): Day4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
6. Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen): Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen) Blog
7. Day 5 (Zermatt): Day 5 (Zermatt) Blog
8. Day 6 (Lucerne): Day 6 (Lucerne) Blog
9. Day 6 (Lungern): Day 6 (Lungern) Blog
10. Day 7 (Bern): Day 7 (Bern) Blog




Itinerary Summary:

Day 3: Thun
💜 Brunch (Adrianos bar & cafe @ Bern) : Refer Day 3 (Bern) Blog
💜 Sightseeing (Thun town & castle @ Thun) : Refer blog below
💜 Dinner (Kornhauskeller @ Bern) : Refer Day 3 (Bern) Blog

Rise and shine! (We woke up and it was approaching noon, really rise and shine 😅 , jetlag came after 1 day..) We decided to have a leisure plan today, just went to tour around a small quaint town called Thun. We kicked off our day by tasting coffee and chocolate drink in one of the Bern cafe, called Adrianos  bar & cafe. This cafe has been in tripadvisor no.1 (as of Apr. 2019) as the best coffee in Bern town. Thus, we dropped by there and had a taste on Swiss coffee. Hmm, personally we felt the taste was average to us, the coffee and chocolate bean smell were not very strong to our liking. However, in term of presentation, it was good as it had a latte heart art on top of it. We loved the slow pace in traveling too where we could enjoy the coffee time during traveling and laze around doing nothing in a foreign country! After that, we sat train and headed to Thun for a relaxing fun day. Oh ya, we can't wait for dinner tonight as we were celebrating honeymoon/anniversary dinner in Switzerland! We had a sweet romantic surprise from the boss of the restaurant too! 😍



Thun Town

Average Time Spent: 4 hours

Highlights: Old town, castle, street photography, lake cruise

Suits: Nature lovers, town explorer, street photographer, sightseeing


Personal Star Rating: ★★★ (Worth to Visit)


Description & Tips:

👉A medieval old town overlooking beautiful Swiss alps, boasts a crystal clear Lake Thun, historic building of Thun castle, and much more. It is worth to explore the surrounding by foots as you walk pass by the river view with cruise ship, see the famous old town by the river, hike to the famous Thun castle, or just randomly photoshooting around the streets without hordes of tourists in your background!

👉 What to do in Thun town? Scroll down to see more.

TIPS 1: Watching surfers surfing on the dam

- As we walked to the lovely Thun town from train station, we spotted few muscular guys drenched wet, with their hands holding a big piece of surfing board. We wonder where would be the surfing spot? Do we have ocean here to surf?
- We saw a crowds overlooking a dam, and soon we spotted surfers on the dam. Usually there is only one or a maximum of two surfers here as the dam is not very big in space. However, don't judge the book by it's cover, the wave is really big here! Surfer needs to balance the body against the huge wave, guess this is one of the activity that you can challenge before go to the real surfing on big ocean! We can easily kill time here just by looking at the surfer trying to balance the body, fall down, climb up and balance against the wave! There is a string attached to the surfer from the wooden bridge, so everything is safe here.


Spotted few surfing on the dam, this is always a famous activity to be done
by the locals when the weather is hot, we spotted this in other Swiss town too!

TIPS 2: Enrol a relaxing cruise in Lake Thun
- We thought to do this initially, but missed the last boat. For those who interested, may sit the cruise to Spiez (another town nearby Thun), and also to Interlaken! You may walk around Thun town, cruise to Spiez and have a leisure stroll in the small town, cruise/train to Interlaken from Spiez to enjoy the sunset in Harder Kulm mountain or just grab dinner in Interlaken town and ends your day by shopping in Interlaken town. Refer Day 1 blog to learn more about things to do in Interlaken.
- Heads up to those Swiss Travel Pass holder, the lake cruise is FOC! Cruising for more than an hour on the peaceful crystal clear lake, passing by those green valleys, overlooking those snow-capped mountains, seeing Switzerland from a different view, all are free with this Swiss Travel Pass, so make use of it! We did a lake excursion on Lake Lucerne, refer Day 4 blog to learn more!


Look at the crystal clear lake water...

TIPS 3: Leisure walk to explore the medieval old town of Thun
- Strolled Thun town to our heart content before hiking up to Thun Castle. Unique buildings nestled nearby the edge of the river grab most people attention. Many restaurants along the river are the nice choices to head for lunch/dinner, imagine dining with the river view, it certainly lives up to the hype and Instagram worthy.


Swiss alps mountain can be seen clearly
everywhere in Switzerland on a sunny day
Old town of Thun by the river

TIPS 4: Head to the famous Thun castle
- The most favorite thing to do in Thun town for us was to visit the Thun castle. The view when you looked out from the top of observatory was certainly breathtaking!
- On the way to Thun castle, there were thousands of opportunities to kill your camera memory card space. Without tons of tourists flocked in Thun town, we had photos mostly all to ourselves. No need worry to queue or feel shameful to retake unsatisfied photos just because everyone was waiting for the photo spot. We personally felt Thun is a nice town for pre wedding photoshoot, because it has beautiful alleys and staircases, apart from the castle view, flowers, river view and etcetera, see photos below!
- Thun castle is again FOC for Swiss Travel Pass holder! Usually you will need to pay CHF10 to visit the castle's observatory. Just head to the office counter and show the Swiss Travel Pass, they will give you an entrance card with a barcode for you to scan through the entrance gate to the castle. Be prepared to climb narrow spiral staircases (always appear in movie and story book right? well, this is a castle of course!) for the observatory.
- Make sure to visit the observatory in Thun castle, to get the bird eye view of Thun city with the crystal clear lake and beautiful scenery of Swiss alps as the backdrop! The breathtaking view from the observatory will certainly make the climb worthwhile!


Staircases on the way to Thun castle. Result of street photography in
Thun town came out amazing too!
Photos on a sunny day can be pretty good too!
Feels like some medieval town in France? We are in Switzerland actually!
So Switzerland is not only about snow-capped mountains and green valleys!
The entrance of Thun castle
Thun castle
Climb up flights of staircases to reach this breathtaking view of Thun with Swiss alps as background. Just like painting!
Another view of Thun town from observatory
Another view of Thun town from observatory
Princess waiting for the prince? Take whatever poses you want in Thun castle
Got some red leaves too in Spring

Thun wanderlust ends here! Interested to venture more of Switzerland? Refer to the links for other posts! Please share with me if you have any comments or inquiries. Follow me in Facebook and Instagram to get updated on new blog posts and photos too! Xoxo 💗


(Notes: My website contains some affiliate links and advertisement which are not scam, they are safe to click and at no cost to you, it gives me a little bit of commission for me to keep on maintaining the website. Your support is my biggest motivation!)














Refer to below links for more Switzerland April Spring trip blogs:

1. Executive Summary: Executive Summary Blog
2. Day 2 (Grindelwald): Day 2 (Grindelwald) Blog
3. Day 2 (Interlaken): Day 2 (Interlaken) Blog
4. Day 3 (Bern): Day 3 (Bern) Blog
5. Day 4 (Jungfraujoch): Day4 (Jungfraujoch) Blog
6. Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen): Day 4 (Lauterbrunnen) Blog
7. Day 5 (Zermatt): Day 5 (Zermatt) Blog
8. Day 6 (Lucerne): Day 6 (Lucerne) Blog
9. Day 6 (Lungern): Day 6 (Lungern) Blog
10. Day 7 (Bern): Day 7 (Bern) Blog






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💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date: 20/4/2019