Life Adjustment Factor: Swiss (2): Golden pass to Interlaken

(English & Chinese)

驚險的跳上了火車後，我們終於可以喘口氣，
但是因為一直拿巧克力補充體力，所以在Geneva開往Montreaux的火車上我們睡得很歡樂。
Finally we can took a breathe and try to get some rest on the train to Montreux.
We had chocolate bar as our suppliment and did not have time for a meal, not even a sandwich.

此時我們座位的對面來了兩位老太太，自顧自地在開玩笑與聊天，
一直都很有老人緣的Pony也受到老太太關愛的眼神，
於是我們就開始聊天，但是他們只會說法文，所以在雞同鴨講了一段時間之後大家都累了，
但是老太太非常好心的告訴我們下車之後對面就是坐Golden pass的車站。
While we were napping, there came 2 old ladies sitting right front of us,
they noticed us two Asian and seems like Pony really much, then we started to talk,
but since they can only speak French so we got tired of talking soon.
But the ladies told us we have to get off the train at Montreux and the gate of golden pass is right next to the one we departing.

可愛的瑞士老太太

到達Montreaux之後，我們在五分鐘之內要趕上對面月台的Golden pass，
又是個dash，然後上車之後不確定要不要先劃位的我們，
Pony又發揮老人緣功力找了一位看起來會說英文的老太太幫我們。
是的，她又不會說英文，但是她也是要搭乘Golden pass的旅客，
所以我們一起上車，她用肢體語言與法語表示我們不用劃位，看到空位就可以坐。
After we arrived Montreux, we had to get on the train in 5 minutes, the other dash in the station… We didn’t know whether we need to book our seat or not, so Pony found someone seemed like English speaking to ask, but she also speak French only.
But luckily she’s also taking golden pass and we 3 jump on the train,
she tried to explain us that we don’t need to book seats in French.

車廂的設計是豪華座椅配上大片的玻璃窗，上面還有天窗可以讓旅客
看清楚瑞士的秀麗山水。不會被遮住。
另外這樣的設計還可以充分利用陽光，真是smart design!
The design of car are like this, they use windows instead of iron to cover the train, which is a smart design than use the sunshine than light. And people can enjoy the spectacular scene of mid Swiss.

後來我還跑去跟那位老太太聊天，雖然我們語言不通，
但是還是聊天的很開心，因為我們用心溝通，拿著紙和筆，
企圖了解彼此想要說些什麼事情。
Then I went to chat with the lady who helped us. We laughed a lot and tried to understand what each othter were talking about in any ways. We talked through our mind.

結果師奶殺手是我 XDDD

老太太拍的照片…手震…

題外話，我們車上發現有一家人一起來坐這趟貴雙雙的車，
結果有個死小孩硬是要在車上玩PSP，視美景於無物。
By the way, there was a family on the train and the bro just kept fully attention on his PSP, which totally dumb.

Golden pass的景點 http://www.cn.goldenpass.ch/

Route: (Geneva >) Montreux > Zweisimmen > Interlaken > Brünig Pass > Lucerne (> Zurich)

Two languages, three worlds, six lakes, one line: That’s the GoldenPass Line. In Montreux, palm trees and southern ambience still prevail along the "Swiss Riviera". French peppers the air. The golden panorama train squeezes through vineyards and gardens on its ascent, one last glimpse back at Lake Geneva,
a tunnel …

黃金快車是瑞士風景最美麗的線路之一。該線路連接沃洲里維艾拉(Vaud Riviera)與著名的瑞士歷史中心琉森湖。同時，該線路也與日內瓦和蘇黎世機場直接相連。

… then black fir trees, fast-flowing streams. Soon green pastures with grazing cows as well. Cosy chalets in the valley and on the slopes, above them peaks crowned with crags: the Saanenland, then the Simmen Valley. A change of trains in Zweisimmen. And Lake Thun soon comes into view. You are travelling to Interlaken. The train, which waits here, wishes to acquaint you with Lake Brienz and the Giessbach waterfalls near Brienz, before moving on. From Meiringen onwards, it starts to climb uphill, onto the Brünig Pass, and from there down to central Switzerland. Once again, mountain air, pastures, cows. There’s still Lake Lungern and Lake Sarnen to see on your descent, and then Lake Alpnach. You have reached the very heart of Switzerland. Lake Lucerne already awaits you after the short tunnel. Lucerne is just around the corner. You have arrived at the terminus of the GoldenPass Line.

從蒙特勒至茲懷斯文

黃金快車從具有濃郁地中海風情的里維艾拉棕櫚樹下出發，沿途穿越長長的隧道、蒼翠的阿爾卑斯山森林、潺潺的高山小溪以及風景如畫的高山村莊……

從茲懷斯文至因特拉肯

第二列火車穿越Simmental地區。峽谷變得越來越窄，河流兩側的森林越來越密……

http://www.cn.goldenpass.ch/webcam

這一路上我們行走在瑞士中部的山區，一片片綠油油的草地與山丘，
牛甚至在我們身旁悠閒地吃草。
老太太在中間的某站下車，我們發現原來她是居民之一，
下車後來一直朝我們揮手，直到火車離開，真是可愛的農婦。
我和Pony都很羨慕她能夠生活在這樣的美景之中。
The golden pass went thru in the mountains of mid Swiss, the green green grass and mountains are wonderful. Cows were just right next to us! The lady got off the train at Zweisimmen and she’s a resident of this region. Pony and I were kinda of envious of her living in such a beautiful land. She was so cute waving hands to us until the train started again.

途中還經過一座大湖，正好是日落時分，
夕陽的光輝被湖水投射，美不勝收。
我們都覺得自己得相機該換了，因為相機無法把我們的感動與美景拍下來，
記憶卡留下的只是美景的十分之一。
It was sunset and we were passing a big lack, the sun shines on the lake, the water reflects the shine, it was fascinated. We need a better camera to capture this view. The only thing left in our memory card will be 1 of tenth of the scene.

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跳轉之後看更多Golden pass的美景

我們在Golden pass的中站Interlaken下車，
laken是德文的河，Inter的字根是交互的意思，
Interlaken就是那種雙河交互、重山關卡的感覺。
這個小鎮也是進入少女峰的隘口。
We got off the train at Interlaken, the word laken stands for “lake” in germany and inter is a prefix for crossing something. Interlaken is also a gate enter Jungfrau.

下車之後，已經接近七點，在處理完票務之後我們在黑摸摸的街道上企圖找到我們的旅館。
誰知道我忘記超電話，所以就只好拿著地圖到處尋找，甚至走到了這個loss street XD
We tried to find our hostel in the dark town, we even reach a “loss street”

最後終於找到，原來旅館距離車站只要15分鐘路程，算是非常方便的地方，
只是地點神隱在河道後面，有點難找，而且一般人根本想不到那邊會有旅館。
在setting完之後，我和Pony終於要來吃今天的第一餐，
看到路邊有非常多亞洲餐廳，看到有家人團圓在餐廳裡吃火鍋，
我們就衝去，坐下來，原本要點火鍋的我們，看到一人分是36CHF，
硬生生把口水吞下去，點了最便宜的幾道炒飯炒麵之類的…
Finally, we checked in and settled things, 30 minutes later, we were in a Chinese/Thai/Korean/Vietnam restaurant, we’d like to order hot pot but we might not affordable for that, so we had fried rice and noodles instead.