31 May 2007 (Thu) HK airport
1 June 2007 (Fri) Transit in London Airport Our first stop in Lausanne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne We arrived Geneva Airport, we then took a train to Lausanne. Our hostel was a bit far from the downtown. We need to take a bus. 
It was a long day, we just left our luggage to the hostel and went out to see the city! This was our real first stop! - Olympic Museum The first day was a rainy and freezing day! We were hanging around in the Olympic Museum. A few old guys offered us some help to take the picture with a statue!
Other stops of the day: Cathedrale Notre-Dame and St. Francois
2 June 2007 (Sat) We were in Geneva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva)
The Flower Clock
The Jet d'Eau in Lake Geneva. We walked around the city.
We were at Palace of the United Nations and International Museum of the Red Cross
Our first Fondue~~~ We ate this bowl of cheese (+white wine) with bread. Good try!
3 June 2007 (Sun) Our final destination was: Grindelwald. We transitted in Bern - of course, we did not miss the chance to do some sightseeing! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindelwald http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bern
(See, who is behind the train?!)
(See, I am not a zoo person - I was day-dreaming while the one in red (Joyce) was seriously taking the pictures with the bear bear!) We were at Interlaken! It was so beautiful! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlaken
Our hostel and our dinner!
4 June 2007 (Mon) Top of Switzerland - Jungfraujoch! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfraujoch
Down the mountain - we went to another beautiful place - Murren! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murren
This is our hostel. We had instant noodle under the beautiful mountain! 5 June 2007 (Tue) We left Murren and took the ferry across the lakes (one of the lakes) in Interlaken. One interesting thing: Joyce washed her jeans and she had to hang them out the whole day! Haha, see our pictures - You will find them everywhere.
Our next stop - Luzern. When we arrived, our first meal - Ice-Cream!
6 June 2007 (Wed) More Luzern. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzern
We left Luzern and arrived St. Gallen - we then took a small train to Appenzell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appenzell
7-8 June 2007 (Thu-Fri) Finally, my conference days at St. Gallen. Sister and Joyce continued their sightseeing, and I met up with Matthew and had some nice dinner at some nice restaurant!
After the conference, we immediately took the train to Heidi Land - from a famous cartoon.
However, too much walking for me - just a beautiful hiking trail in fact... so tired ar...
9 June 2007 (Sat) Our final stop - Zurich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich
10 June 2007 (Sun) Back home - some gifts for someone.
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