Neuchatel
Swiss northwest corner has deep dark forests,green hills and wealth of sights. A day trip from Bern,its easy to get on .Honestly, the places have museum,history and 12th century medieval attraction blended with ice creation too but just sitting pretty on any place and soaking in the beauty made more sense to me.
Open air cafes ,glittering lake and laid back french style surrounded by vineyards, Neuchatel is a place dreams are made of. The sandstone beauty of old town is mesmerizing.
When I boarded the train early morning 7 am from Bern, first cup of coffee was on train. Swiss trains have good food served in inbuilt restaurant. I ordered veg breakfast too which was bread,herb spread and butter.
“You must try La Creperie in Neuchatel”, I looked at the gentleman sitting in front of me. He smiled,” Hi..Indian?” I smiled back nodding .Mouth full of blueberry muffin would not let me speak. ” Wanna share a coffee there?”" He said, I accepted gleefully.. Swiss are pretty friendly and happy to show around, I was in terms with it by now.
La creperie serves Tome Neuchateloise Chaude ., a cheese starter so filling that I skipped my dinner too. Crepes are a must here and potato mashed savoury crepe won hands down, anything faintly resembling samosa will win an Indian heart anytime. Is not that true?
View from distance..
November 19th, 2009 at 8:37 am
firstly i should mention that some swiss words with the ease which you describe are not easy to pronounce the way they need to be..also the expression “dharti pe swarg hain to yahin hai, yahin hai, yahin hai” does not simply hold true only in our indian context is what u seem to be proving very frequently..should say that which makes u skip your dinner would be a must taste..but for now ‘say cheese ‘; oops say Tome Neuchateloise Chaude..;-)
November 20th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
mesmerizing and mouthwatering, that’s what switzerland is framing in my mind from your travelogue. the way you have described this place, it’s really hard to resist a trip there. Dad….. are listening……can i……
November 21st, 2009 at 4:20 am
Hey Ritesh..I am sure you would enjoy it too. from another avid writer of “Evening Of solace”,its a compliment for me.