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Thursday, April 14, 2011

snow and beauty

We woke up to fresh snow and mountains covered with snow. Fields tree tops and mountains. So we made the trip to Jungfrau ( j pronounced as y ) and after a one and half-hour journey sitting behind noisy Indian family,the man who remineded me of a someone who has so much gyaan.... Jaane do. Thinking of him will send viruses scampering on this computer. Needless to say I needed earplugs. Sadly not provided for in the expensive fare.
But it was a Visit etched in my memory for life. I normally like my sun and sea but this time the mountain enthralled me. it was all whirling snow and White sparkles. This will take some writing and I shall do it later from home. I find it very difficult to type intense stuff without my computer.
We returned and went for a long walk down in the village between meadows and a river. A very special memory indeed.
On return to the hotel we were sitting by the bar enjoying a drink and in walked a bus load of Chinese. The Chinese by the way have overtaken Switzerland. They are everywhere. Mercifully in our three days here in Grindlewald the 20 odd busloads have all eaten in the " Jasmine Chinese restaurant " in a small alley. Since the restaurants are really small here and about 50 odd Chinese men and women was definatley not my ideA of a romantic dinner.
One guy was really gung ho. He was photographing all over. The Easter decoration, the chairs. He checked out the wall paper. He even clicked his waiter and the table and food. ( they were half boarding and had food in hotel ) thats the time madhur n me hastily left For dinner, not wanting to feature even a part of our hands in his photo shoot. After dinner when we got back and the hotel door opened ( lobby is small and was empty ) he srang up startled. I am dead sure he was clicking the floor tiles and the worn out carpet ( ugly) leading up the stairs !
He, according to Madhur is opening a faux spinne hotel in china. Hopefully the chinese will then arrive their in busloads and leave the real Switzerland alone.

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