LETS NOT DWELL ON PAINFUL THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST LOL
Not that it's that painful
Europe day 5:
It was day 5 in beautiful Switzerland and that day was all about basking in the extreme cold on top of the alps. In the morning, we headed straight to JUNFRAU otherwise known as the top of Europe by train after a long bus ride shrouded with snow. When we were riding up the mountain, there was an apparent snow blizzard out there with snow blasting in all directions and you couldn't see much far beyond the first few trees except a blanket of white. It was nice to experience first hand though. When we finally reached the top after an excruciatingly long ride, we decided like what all deprived Singaporeans who have barely had seen snow except in tv shows to SNOW FIGHT! And let me tell you that snow fights rock. Little timothy was the antagonist throwing snow bombs at everyone and all of us just got into a frenzy, we had so much fun. I vaguely recall Andrea and me falling down on the snow to make snow angels, which despite the jackets still felt horrifyingly cold. We weren't the snow angel experts so our snow angel just looked like a mess in the snow. After all the frantic snow fights and snow angel making, you could feel how numb your face was amidst the heavy falling snow and the first reaction would be to run into the sovinier shop that had heaters to keep us warm. Then was lunch and we braved the snow to walk to the top of the ice gradient into a restaurant which served great food and even better looking cakes.
Heading down afterward was a much better view since the snow fall had already died down and we could now admire the wonder of winter and the alps. Looking at every scene had me thinking of christmas and whenever the train went into the tunnels everyone would give a little sigh because they just couldn't stop snapping shots of the beauty of the breathtaking views they saw. Then we met the rest of the tour group who had opted out of the trip up to jungfrau and we went SLEDGING!!! Sledging is something you shouldn't miss if you go to switzerland and especially the alps. It was such a great experience navigating your sledge with your legs through the snow fall landscape that was so scenic it reminded me of one of those need for speed video games. Though 7km of sledging can really numb your legs to the point of swelling, the process of so fun, speeding down turns and drifting through the snow. Smashing uncontrolably into the snow when you loose control of your sledge. It was so exhilirating I find it hard to describe the actual experience of it all. IT WAS TERRIFIC FUN! The day was topped off with a long trip back to the another swiss hotel stopping by dinner at some marche like place, that had pretty good food.
TILL ANOTHER DAY FRIENDS! GOD BLESS AND KEEP ON SMILING!
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