We woke up at 8am, had bfast in the room and got out at about 10 am to meet ah yee at the airport. We haven't seen ah yee for almost 6 months. The kids were excited to see ah yee and so was I.
We took a train to Montreux and it was about 1 hour ride. That was my 1st train ride in Geneva since almost one year back. Ah yee was very skillful and led us to the right platform.
It was basically a very relaxed day. Upon arrival at Montreux, we spent some time trying to figure out our way bcos mummy didn't do her homework properly. Haha.
The initial idea was to visit the Cheateu de Chillion and maybe a picnic if we had extra time. We could take a bus to the castle but opted to take a slow walk along the lake to the castle. On the internet, it was stated that it is a 45 mins walk but I think we took longer than that. I didnt mind though i think the kids did. The weather was very cool and it was a scenic walk. Montreux is a nice town, like Geneva.
There were quite some buskers too.
After like walking forever, we finally got a glimpse of the castle and weren't too impressed. It looked a little rundown and small to be a castle! The kids, particularly Lil Shauna, were disappointed with its exterior. They were expecting Disneyland princess castle. Lol. Luckily, there were more things to see and explore in the castle than what it looked.
We spent about 2 hours at the castle and had a full workout climbing up and down the stairs. The castle was 800 years old! There was plenty of creepy corners and rooms and the kids had plenty of fun.
On the way to the castle, we spotted this little lagoon and saw people picnic. We headed back and had a nice and relaxed time while the kids entertain themselves by throwing stones into the lake.
Soon, it was time to catch the train back and we had expected it to be a nice ride. It would have been if not for that misadventure. We left our backpack on the rack above our seats just like any other travellers. When we were exiting the train, we realised that somebody had took our bag and put an empty bag at where our bag was supposed to be. The most unfortunate part was that we had still kept the rest of the money in the bag. The past 2 days had been a mad rush and I forgot to take out the money and put them in the safe. We had done that for our ppts and the SGD. I had told Daddy Lim where I kept the money while packing but he was on his computer at that time. Haiz.
We tried to make a policy report at the airport but was told that I have to have my ppt with me to do so. We had wanted to go back to the hotel to fetch the ppt but was told that the police post closes at 7pm and asked us to come back the following day. It was plain frustrating to be unable to communicate properly with the police officer. We had no choice but to head back.
We lost quite some money and we were all upset. However, we got over it after figuring out that it was just money and we are all safe and sound. Daddy Lim just had to forgo some of his shopping list. Lol. For the other legs of the trip, we had to loan money from ah yee. Ah yee is our lifeline.
Our hotel room was very crowded that night. We brought a sleeping bag and ah yee camped in our room for the next 3 nights in the sleeping bag. Poor ah yee.
Mummy Lim
No comments:
Post a Comment