Valentines Day in the Swiss Alpes

view from our balcony
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Flew into Switzerland on Valentine's Day!! hmm...romantic trip?? hehe.. well, flew into Geneva at noon, caught the train to Aigle n then the brown train from Aigle to Leysin!

About the brown train, we arrived Aigle at 1.45pm and the next train to catch is at 1.55pm... guess what, we missed it n have to wait for another hour! Sam went in and asked bout our connection train, and all the lady over the counter told him was "BROWN TRAIN, BROWN TRAIN"... so he came out n say brown train.. all that is left at the station was 1 stationery brown train that looks like it hasn't move in ages!!! we almost try to get onto it!!  it was me who then found out that the next brown train comes in an hour!!

Leysin, small and quite village... clean fresh air!

brown train
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It was lovely going up the the mountain to Leysin, where we stayed for 4 nights. Our hotel sits right next to the station!! was very convinient and our balcony faces the alpes!! great view! Besides skiing/snowboarding, there's nothing much to do in Leysin.. I guess you'll be pretty much knackered after a full day of skiing!

Leysin is populated by students doing their Hotel Management course and there's an American and a Japanese school there too!!