Category: Winter

Geneva II

18/4/2012

I love going out in good day especially if there's a company to walk with. Pictures of me taken by Wira.

Jika berkunjung ke Jerman pada akhir musim gugur atau awal musim dingin, maka Weihnachtsmarkt (pasar natal) menjadi salah satu tujuan yang harus dikunjungi. Weihnachtsmarkt adalah kegiatan dalam rangka menyambut hari natal yang biasanya diadakan pada akhir bulan November sampai Desember. Weihnachtsmarkt di setiap kota memiliki ciri khasnya masing-masing.

Weihnachtsmarkt yang besar di kota Berlin bisa ditemukan didaerah Alexanderplatz. Disini makanan khas yang dijual adalah sosis khas Jerman sepanjang 30 cm dan gluhwein (wine/anggur hangat). Jangan tanya apa rasa kedua benda itu karena saya tidak mengkonsumsi kedua benda itu, tetapi bau yang tercium sangat menggoda. Di pasar ini bisa ditemukan juga penjual aneka permen dan kacang-kacangan serta permainan seperti di pasar malam di Indonesia.

Selain di Alexanderplatz, beberapa weihnachtsmarkt yang cukup menarik untuk dilihat adalah di Potsdamer Platz dan di Neukoelln. Jangan lupa untuk bermain toboggan jika mampir ke weihnachtsmarkt di Potsdamer Platz. Sedangkan yang di daerah Neukoelln mempunyai suasana yang berbeda. Stan-stan penjualan dan permainan yang lebih tradisional dibandingkan tempat lainnya.

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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

27/2/2012

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Last February 2012, Wira, 2 of our friends and me went to Mont-Blanc. No...we didn't climb the mountain, but we went to the closest place so it feels like the Mont Blanc within our reach. We went to place called Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. We took the train from Gare Cornavin. On the way, we have to change trains twice. It takes almost 3 hours to get there.

From Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (1030 m) we took 2 téléphérique to L'Aiguille du Midi (3842 m). First téléphérique went from Chamonix Mont-Blanc (1030 m) to Plan de L'Aiguille (2317 m) and it takes 10 minutes. The second téléphérique took us from Plan de L'Aiguille to L'Aiguille du Midi (3777 m) for another 10 minutes. And then we can continue the journey with elevator until it reaches 3842 m. When we went there, the téléphérique going up open from 8:10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. And the last téléphérique return was 4:30 p.m. The return ticket price for was € 45.60. Always check the schedule and ticket price in here because it changes with the seasons.

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Frozen Day at Versoix

12/2/2012

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Geneva still frozen on the second week after snowy day. The temperature still reach 10 below 0. Because we still curious about more frozen around Lac Leman, we decided to go to Versoix. In Versoix you can see cars that froze near the lake. This cars had made news all over the world. So we had to see it ourself.

We took bus number 5 until Nations and continue with bus V until Versoix. When we reach Versoix, there's a lot of people. It became a touristic site in this few weeks. I took plenty of pictures and about an hour later we decided to went to go Carouge to take pictures in less icy place. Yeah...our feet started to numb after standing on ice for an hour.

Note: Pictures of me taken by Wira. Pictures of us taken with Joby.

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Frozen at 10 Below 0

5/2/2012

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It was Sunday (05.02.12) and the temperature around 10 below 0 when Wira and I decided to go walking outdoor. If you think it's crazy, I will absolutely agree with you. But there's something interesting about walking this kind of weather.

After the snow in the end of January, the temperature drop until it reach 20 below 0 and the wind makes it even worse. If I looked through my window, I could see the trees blown by the wind and the sound that of it through the gap in my apartment window. And our housemate shows us pictures around Lac Leman. It was frozen in most part of the lake. And that reason make us want to see it ourself.

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Snowy Day

31/1/2012

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Snow came late this winter. I remembered last winter snow came on late autumn. But this time in Geneva snow only come twice. The first one was on the day we got back from Berlin (Dec 22nd 2011) and caused us arrived really late in Geneva and had to walk halfway home because no more bus running that night except one but to different direction. The snow only lasted few hours. And the second one was on January 31st 2012. The second snow day lasted all day long and the snow was stayed for 2-3 weeks.

I was so happy to see snow in the trees, make the trees look pretty. Some children played outside enjoying the snow. Nice white day...although I spend most of the day at home :)

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Ski di Mount Jura

22/1/2012

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Pertama kali pergi main ski waktu ikut pertukaran pelajar tahun 1993-1994. Ya...18 tahun yang lalu. Waktu itu diajak oleh host sister & host brother. Bukan pengalaman yang menyenangkan karena langsung main dari atas gunung padahal berdiri diatas ski aja gak bisa. Walhasil setelah jatuh bangun berkali-kali, saya putuskan untuk turun jalan kaki sambil menjinjing peralatan ski turun. Keesokan harinya, badan saya pegal-pegal dan lebam-lebam.

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Geneva II

Weihnachtsmarkt

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

Frozen Day at Versoix

Frozen at 10 Below 0

Snowy Day

Ski di Mount Jura

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