Travel makes my life less ordinary

Zurich is the main city of Switzerland and a great base to venture out for day trip to Rhinefall.  Rhinefall is easily reached by train from Zurich in slight over one hour.   If time permits, one may even travel further to Germany's famous black forest.  This is Rhinefall  To stand high above Europe's largest waterfall, feeling the roar and vibration of the water over one's entire body is really quite an experience. I can't help but feel amazed by the creation of mother's nature.  There were tickets for sales four tourists to take various boats out to the waterfall and reaching certain segments of Rhine fall. Once the boat neared the waterfall, we can feel the power of the rushing water and were half-wet when the water splashed on us. We decided to take a boat to the middle section that allowed us to climb up the rock to have a glimpse of the entire Rhinefall. And if you can't get enough, you are always welcome to visit the castle chat...

After Zermatt, we headed off to Montreux, a small resort town on Lake Leman. The train ride took us almost 3-4 hrs. The train passed by many vineyards on our way to Montreux. I couldn't quite remember which station but I'm pretty sure it could be St Moritz, where the landscape is hilly and spectacularly enchanting. As we did not have the time, we have to give St Moritz a miss.  Montreux is small as compared to Geneva and hence, a 2-3 days stay would be sufficient. When we arrived at the town, the temperature was freaking hot and such a sharp contrast from the cooling weather at Zermatt. Immediately, we checked in to our hotel - Parc Et Lac, facing the pretty lake leman.  The hotel establishment is pretty small but thankfully, there is an elevator to carry our luggage to the 4th floor. Although the hotel was  quite dated, it was value for money and conveniently located.  We quickly changed into our short sleeves and shorts and headed off to exp...