Part I: Mission to conquer the Alps
The main aim of my journey was clear: to conquer the Alps with the easiest and safest way. I'm not a Tibetan nor Patagonian who can physically resist the high altitude atmosphere. Hence, I had chosen to climb up the most famous range in Europe by taking train to the top. The target was Jungfraujoch. Indeed, it was a tough journey for me. It wasn't only because of I had to face the extreme condition but also the coming technical matter regarding traveling option. Flew with Ryanair, I landed at Friedrichhafen flughafen in the morning. As I can't rent a car, I changed my plan to Jungfrau by zug (train) as suggested by the airport staff. The final destination on that day was the Interlaken which is the gateway to Jungfraujoch. From the flughafen (airport), I took a zug to the nearest Friedrichhafen port. Here at the port I traveled to a bigger town across the 'see' (not 'look' but lake in English) named Konstanz to reach another Bahnhof (train station). It was a nice ferry and the lake is definitely big. Konstanz is a big town which is near to the German-Swiss border. After having short sightseeing at Konstanz town, I continued my travel to Zurich, again by zug. It was early afternoon when I reached Zurich HB (Zurich train station). Here is the link for the Switzerland's train service. While waiting the right train to Interlaken, I had my lunch at a Pakistani restaurant, Bombay Karahi just few meters away from the station. Thanks to the Pakistanis who gave me info for that restaurant. He worked at the grocery in the Bahnhof . I wasn't prepare to find any halal restaurant in Zurich because it wasn't in my initial plan. My journey continued for another 2 hours. Guess what. If I traveled by car I might pass through Lucern. However, as the plan changed, the train took me to Bern first which is further to the west, before it took me to Interlaken.
Ticket pass enclosure. How nice!
