HOPPING THE BORDERS PART-2

So now let’s move to our second destination Europe.

(refer to my 1^st blog for a better understanding of this one- namatmathur.blogspot.com)

 So the first thing which comes to my mind when I think about France is the beautiful countryside, cyclists wearing a plane black t-shirt, its rivalry with England (basically I am talking about history) and yes of course the unforgettable Eiffel Tower. The beauty of that country is really dynamic and ya of Course includes the bunch of arrogant people.

In the year 2014 my parents in all of sudden planned a trip to EUROPE for a week and it was really all of sudden and even it was surprise for me and after hearing that we are going to Europe, I was just jumping hoops all around the house and what else do you expect from an eight-year boy.

Finally, we boarded our flight from Dubai and had a 4-hour halt in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and finally after a 10 hour tiring journey we landed to Paris with our whole tour team. I loved the pleasant atmosphere there.

Then we went to our hotel Hilton Palace and had an amazing hot sumptuous brunch.

It was around 2 pm and we all met at the lobby to depart for visiting the Eiffel tower with our tour manager Arun Devlatkar. Finally, we reached that amazing place within an hour and was just amazed to see such an amazing sculpture and the worst part was when we needed to stand in a too long line in that scorching heat. I was shocked to hear that the lift of Eiffel tower goes in a diagonal manner. The view of Paris from the top of the Eiffel tower was just awesome.

 After seeing the day view of the Eiffel tower we finally went to one the most beautiful river Seine and went on a River Cruise and even saw the water view of Paris. Around 8pm we had our dinner and ended our exciting day.

For me the second day was the most exciting because we visited to Disneyland Paris and the most exciting part was that we were there for whole day. We steered many rides and best one was the Hollywood train in which you can really get the feeling that you are in Hollywood. I loved their infrastructure and the way the things were made out.  I till now can never forget that 360-degree roller coaster ride in which me and mother went in a follow through but on halfway we got to know that it gets turned 360 degrees and our reaction was just “why are we here”. That was a dangerous ride.

We had a pure French brunch there and enjoyed many and many rides there and finally in the evening we proceeded to the hotel.

And one small bottle of water costed around 160 rupees. (500ml)

Overnight we were at the hotel and next day in the morning we left for the city tour of Paris.

During the city tour we visited many churches and even there is a myth that if we keep our leg on the center point of Paris, then u will surely visit Paris once again and even I don’t know why but I kept my leg at that point.

 We again sat in the cruise and once again saw the Eiffel tower but actually it was night so we saw the tower sparkling with lights all over it. Paris is also famous because of its bridges and we saw approx. 15 different types of bridges and my favorite was the lock bridge in which if you put your name on a lock and key it on that bridge and throw the key in the water then your wish will be fulfilled.

Again overnight we were in the hotel and next morning we departed to Switzerland.

On the way to Switzerland we saw an awesome scenery of greenery all around, cow roaming all around with cow bells hung on them and those green hills. It was just awesome. During the journey we had a halt at a restaurant where we had some burgers and when we moved on our bus stopped and I asked my tour guide arun, that what is happening all around. He said this is the France, Switzerland and Germany border and I just rushed out my bus to see what’s happening down. It was awesome to see three countries in a same sight.

Finally, around 2pm we reached Albis, Switzerland and as soon we reached our hotel Holiday inn my brothers head just got banged on the wall of our room and had an injury on his head and after 30 minutes we had our gala dinner at the farmhouse. But it was all settled within 20 minutes and we went to the farmhouse that night.

The next day was very exciting as I was first time visiting a snow mountain in my life. It was Mt. Titlis.

We went to the top of the mountain in a slow moving train and the view outside was just awesome and finally reached the top.

I was shocked to see Shahrukh Khan and Kajols large posters there. Later I got to know that the film “Dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge “was shot here.

We even played with snowballs. (what more do you expect from an eight-year boy)

The most amazing part of that day was riding on an ice flyer and having a snow view lunch.

Around 3 pm we departed for Lucerne, a beautiful city of Switzerland. We had got plenty of free time for shopping and enjoying the view of that beautiful place.

We returned to our hotel and had dinner.

Next day we again went to a snow mountain, Mt. Jungfrau where we went up in a ropeway actually a horror ropeway with all ice under you. Up there we enjoyed a lot playing with snow and while returning we had open ropeway which was more dangerous than the first one. Then we went to Interlaken (A city in Switzerland) and famous for shopping. We purchased many soigneurs like a cow bell, T shirts and mementos.

Finally, we had our dinner at the hotel and next morning departed back to Dubai.

This journey will always be remembered.

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES TO HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, USA ………………………………………………………………………………………………..