16 Days Europe Tour – White Christmas Day 9 Interlaken – Bern - Titisee – Heidelberg
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| The impressive Lindner Grand Hotel Beau Rivage |
After breakfast at our wonderful Lindner Grand Hotel Beau Rivage Interlaken, we departed for Bern instead of Schaffhausen. Due to the weather, it would have taken us more than 4 hours to reach Schaffhausen and that would leave us only 15 minutes to view the majestic Rhine fall.
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| Snowflakes snow crystals |
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| Car almost fully covered with snow |
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| Our tour manager, Ricky Tiang, posing in the garden of Linder Grand Hotel Beau Rivage |
As such, our tour manager from Chan Brothers recommended that we visit Bern, the capital of Switzerland, a UNESCO World Heritage site for the most well preserved medieval city.
The city of Bern was founded in the 12th century and grew to into a rich trading centre. In 1848 Bern was chosen as the permanent capital of the modern Swiss state, a position it proudly holds to this current day.
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| Close up of the Moses fountain |
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| 15th century astronomical clock |
Another Bern tourist attraction and one of the most recognisable features of this city is the Zytglogge clock tower.
Another interesting place to visit in Bern is Einstein House, the apartment where Einstein used to rent.
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| Einstein House |
On the way to Titisee, we stopped for a toilet stop at this place which had cute little decorations hanging from the ceiling, as can be seen in the next few pictures below.
Next we departed for Titisee where we drove through the Black Forest, the largest forest in Germany. We enjoyed a pork knuckle and sausage lunch with an original Black Forest cake, which most of us found too sweet and too much alcohol, at Restaurant Zur Muhle, which is owned by the Drubba’s. We also visited the Black Forest cuckoo clock factory at Drubba’s and was given a short introduction to the world of cuckoo clocks.
Next we departed for Titisee where we drove through the Black Forest, the largest forest in Germany. We enjoyed a pork knuckle and sausage lunch with an original Black Forest cake, which most of us found too sweet and too much alcohol, at Restaurant Zur Muhle, which is owned by the Drubba’s. We also visited the Black Forest cuckoo clock factory at Drubba’s and was given a short introduction to the world of cuckoo clocks.
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| Lunch at Restaurant Zur Muhle |
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| Cuckoo Clock factory |
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| On the way to Drubba's Restaurant Zur Muhle |
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| Frozen Lake Titisee during winter |
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| Notice the barrier lest someone unknowingly walks onto the frozen lake |
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| Christmas season in Titisee |
After a late lunch, it took us more than 3 hours to reach Heidelberg for a Chinese dinner at China Restaurant Asia.
Have to admit that the Chinese food in Heidelberg is far better than the one we had on our very first day of our Europe vacation package.
After dinner, we took a short walk where managed to see the ruins of Heidelberg Castle in Germany from a distance. As it was already dark, we could not get a clear picture.
Upon strolling along the Heidelberg Old Bridge, we came across the Heidelberg Bridge Monkey where tourists love to have their photographs taken by sticking their heads inside the monkey's mask.
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| China-Restaurant Asia in Heidelberg |
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| Braised vegetables |
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| Cauliflower with seafood |
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| Tofu |
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| Steamed fish |
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| Belly pork |
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| Vegetable soup |
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| Simple decor |
After dinner, we took a short walk where managed to see the ruins of Heidelberg Castle in Germany from a distance. As it was already dark, we could not get a clear picture.
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| The Heidelberg Castle on a cold winter night |
Upon strolling along the Heidelberg Old Bridge, we came across the Heidelberg Bridge Monkey where tourists love to have their photographs taken by sticking their heads inside the monkey's mask.
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| A very common pose... :) |
We finally arrived at our accommodation for the night, Hotel NH Weinheim, Germany.
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| Hotel NH Weinheim |
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