Two weeks ago I was in Switzerland where all muslims celebrating Aidil Fitri (1st Syawal of Islamic calender).  Usually, the same like Chinese New Year, Christmas, Deepavali and all other main cele brations, no matter where you are in the world, on these particular Festivals you are back to your family.   But this year Syawal I was away from home...it´s sad but it´s true...

Anyhow, the trip to Swiss wasn´t so bad, at least I didn´t feel too much homesick then.  I wanted to be a little bit more adventure by driving down started from Schaffhausen to Zurich, Rapperswil, Schwyz, Altdorf and Luzern checked around the lakes and the mountains there.  There´re superb panorama of the mountains and lakes during my whole trip.

it´s at Rheinfall (Schaffhausen), a small version of Niagarafall...amazing to see the water never stopped flowing, where´s the strong power come from? 

this was in Zurich, behind me is St. Peter Church.  other famous churches are Grossmünster & Fraumünster Church.  Zurich is very compact city, tram bus is the main public transportation there but you could cover the city centre by foot...

the Opera house in Zurich...it´s nothing compared to the famous Semperoper in Dresden/Germany.

another view of the lake & mountain in Zurich...on my way to Luzern.

take a break in Rapperswil...this small town on the northern bank of Zurich´s lake is in the canton of St. Gallen.

beautiful lake in Rapperswil full of swans and ducks...it´s 30min by train from Zurich but it´s a more scenic lakeside trip.

on the way to Schwyz you could see from far the beautiful one of the mountains (Mythen).  When the evening bel ls ring out from St. Martin´s beneath the twin peaks of the Mythen (1898m and 1811m), Schwyz feels like an archetypal Swiss village - straight from Hollywood central casting. 

in Altdorf, that´s the statue of Wilhelm Tell who is reputed to have performed his apple-shooting stunt.

this was on Chapel Bridge in Luzern (Lucerne in English, or `the city of lights).  Legend has it that an angel with a light showed Luzern´s first settlers where to build a chapel, and even an atheist might describe the city´s location as heaven-sent.  Lapped by a scenic lake, surrounded by mountains of myth - a picture of this once small fishing village and its wooden Chapel Bridge is enough to connote the very essence of Switzerland.

that´s Ols Swiss House, one the best restaurants offer original local foods.  I love to eat, shopping, to see the panorama & fancy nice architectures but I´m not the "museums type".  There´re so many museums you can visit in Luzern e.g. Naturhistorisches Museum, Richard Wagner Museum & Picasso Museum.

this is the Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal) is dedicated to the Swiss soldiers who died in 1792 defending King Louis XVI and family during the French Revolution. 

that´s all for now...some more news is coming soon!