switzerland travel vlog 2025 🇨🇭 the most beautiful country (and most expensive $$)

Hi guys, welcome back to my channel and today we are starting to vlog off in Zurich. We are currently staying with Kyu and I'm currently making her matcha latte with my signature breakfast bowl because I really wanted her to try it. I'm not gonna lie, making this trip here, I was pretty nervous because with the recent plane crashes, she has this like electric whisker thingy. That was my first time using it actually. It did spill just a little bit. So the previous day we did some grocery shopping and the produce here, they're good quality except that I just couldn't read the ingredients so I had to have Kyu translate. Good morning y'all, first full day in Zurich. Today we're gonna be going to Interlaken. I wanted Kyu to try my signature breakfast. Blueberry is very sweet, I like it. Wow, I'm gonna start doing this, what? So fast too. Are you telling me the blueberry is really good? I currently am on the train and it is so packed and we're sitting in reserved seats right now. The train is supposed to be two hours. I'll update you guys as I go. Okay guys, I like crashed out. Do not sleep with your contacts because once you do, my eyes right now are so dry. Okay, we're currently at Bern, the capital of Switzerland. I'm whispering because there's a lot of people here. We have one more hour left. That's the vibes. I'll see you guys later. I walked out. That sounded a bit like yesterday. Look at this. See you tomorrow. This is where they film Crash Landing on You. It's like that 1k drama. Yes, it's a little cold, I'm not gonna lie, but it's like at least it's not raining, like the sky is blue. The ocean is literally blue. Let's just walk in. Kyu was the one who booked this place for us and you can see it's like quite spacious. I was wearing like these platform boots and I switched out of them. Thank god I bought my sneakers. When we landed, Kyu was like, you want paragliding? And I went, I honestly think that she's a dog. I'm just a cat. I'm an indoor cat. I like to be on ground. Okay, hi guys. We're currently heading out of the hotel. It just feels like it's straight out of a green screen, guys. Like look at this. It's so quiet. There's nobody here. You definitely do see tourists, but it's not too much. We are here in March. I don't know if it gets warmer. There's gonna be more people. Also, I just think we're so lucky with this weather. Currently 36 degrees, but it's not windy. The sun is hitting right on you. I don't even think I hear birds. Huh? You hear birds, no? Oh, I do. If I really focus, I do. Currently staying at the Strand Hotel. We walked into the restaurant and then we were trying to find a reception. The lady was like, where are you going? And we're like, we're looking for a reception. And she's like, that's the toilet, babes. I think the best trips are usually like the ones where you have absolutely no plan on what to do. So we're just gonna walk around. I know Kyu wants us to have a plan. XYZ location. Anything you would like to add? Yeah, so I would love to like hit XYZ spots, but honestly... Have some therapeutic walk in the nature. Watch some grass and water. Watch some ducks chilling out there. Where are the ducks? There, there, there. Two of them, like us. Weather is good. The sun is out. Can't ask for more. Yeah. Let's go. Let's go. Look at her, look at her running. Look at her running. Oh my god, guys. You have to pay to like go over there. Even if you don't have coins, you can pay it digitally. This is like top tier nature. Like the sky is blue. There's clean ducks down there. There's mountains. There's flowers. There's beautiful houses. Like why do you need a plan? You don't need a plan. Oh my god, guys. One of the primary reasons I even ever came to Switzerland the first time is because I wanted to pet the cattle. But the first time I was in Zurich. Where can I find that in Zurich? But guys, I think I see animals right now. I literally called an Uber to get there because we missed our bus. And we're only here for a day, so I'm like, we cannot waste time. And I see donkeys. My Uber's literally coming in eight minutes. I'm making up this hike. They're freaking real. Oh my god, those aren't real. Those are real life ******* donkeys. That's a sheep. That's a ram. A goat. No, there's a donkey and a goat. It has horns. Wait, is it? Oh wait, wait. No, you're right. Never mind. I thought it was a sheep. It's actually a donkey. Dude, it's like looking at me. I can't believe this is real. That one's like not moving. Inside that is all cows. This brown one is significantly smaller than the white one. The Ubers here are very expensive. I do not recommend calling it unless you're in like a desperate situation because in some areas like the hotel that we're at, it only comes by hourly. Anyways, the seat inside this Uber is so interesting. Like, I don't know if this is like a European thing because I remember in the UK they also had seats like this. I'm borrowing Q's scarf because my scarf is wool and I'm wearing a black trench and I always have to use a lint roller. And this is cashmere and this one doesn't get on me. I have body lotion. It started off with like her being like, I want Italian food. Do you want Indian food? Do you want Japanese food? Do you want Chinese food? The first time I came here, we went to like an Asian-Chinese restaurant and it was not good. You guys can correct me if I'm wrong. I don't know if I trust the Asian food in Europe but the white people food. White people food is good. Yeah, the white people food is good. Alright, shall we walk in the city or next to the river? Where are we right now? Right now we're like in the city. We can go to the river. Call me lazy, call me whatever. But I do realize that when I travel, I tend to not really make plans. Especially in an area that I'm just not too familiar with. Every single street I cross, that's a street I've never been on. Sky I've never seen before. The mountains is also new to me. The gaudium trees are also new to me. You see all these trees? They're just all in one place and the trunks are freaking thick. Actually, these trees like belong in the forest. Like, what do you mean? It's like right here. And something that I do realize is that in Switzerland, people are very, very active. Like, people felt like birds. And then here, we're just going down into the city and we pass by this really, really cute little gift shop. I usually like to go to gift shops when I visit different countries because I like to collect magnets. So here, I did buy interlocking magnet and I also was checking out the toy. They were a little crazy in price. So I was like, I'm gonna put that down and pretend I'd never touched it. And this toy right here reminded me of childhood. I don't remember what the name. It made me feel so nostalgic. Oh, the sun was setting. Most of the time, we were definitely just like strolling around. It just depends on what type of traveler you are. But the scenery and everything, it was beautiful. I just love looking at architecture. Even when I'm in the States, like if I'm in New York or if I'm in Boston, I love just going around. This might sound so creepy, but I don't mean it in a creepy way. But I love just like house watching. Like, I love like looking at people's houses and just admiring it. Seeing what color they are, what type of shapes they are. I do realize European houses, like the windows are just longer. They look like art pieces. It was so relaxing to just walk around. You just see a house and then far down, you just see a mountain. You just see glaciers. Also, tip tip tip. If you guys come here, bring comfortable shoes. On my first few days here, I was wearing like these platform heel boots. And honestly, they're not like uncomfortable, but nothing can truly be a pair of sneakers. I know beauty is pain, but sometimes it's not worth it. Sometimes you just can't enjoy the scenery as much. Everyone here wears sneakers, just very practical shoes. Afterwards, we came into this really cute little store. Um, I didn't really know how to play this instrument, but Q was like, you have to hit each and one of them separately. I mean, you just have to glide the instrument down. It's really cute to just visit little shops, even though I think the owners might find us. They don't know because we didn't buy anything. It was getting late, and if you know Q and I, when we're together, our quality time is eating. So today, we were craving pizza, but we saw this one restaurant. Okay, she looked very bougie, but honestly, prices wise, I think it was very similar to like other food in Switzerland. The prices of food here is very comparable to the prices in New York. I really wanted a burrata pizza. Half of it with no prawns and half of it with prawns because I'm vegetarian, and then we ordered a little salad. I was thinking of ordering spaghetti, but we were thinking like maybe that's too much. I did order some white wine because these days, I want to try out different sorts of white wine and find out which one's my favorite, and I could never get over the bread here. Apparently, you're supposed to put a little bit of salt into the olive oil, and it is a game changer, and the pizza was honestly so yummy. It was so crisp. It wasn't too oily. It tastes healthier. Anyways, that's a wrap on dinner, and it was very yummy. To go back to like the hotel, I checked the bus. Oh my god, the last bus was at eight o'clock. The next bus comes in 10 minutes, so if we miss this one, it's done. My god, we have to rush right now, and I felt so bad because like I was rushing the waiter to get like the check. If you don't give me the check ASAP, I'm not getting home. Okay, guys, we're gonna give you a room tour, okay? So this is our little room that we're only staying for a night. It's honestly very spacious. This is like one small carry-on bag. This is like where we went out at, and this is the heater itself. When we just came back, we literally had the door open, so it's so damn cold inside, and it has like a lot of space, and I like that they give you a mirror, and then there's a TV, and there's a desk. I've never seen this before. One bed, but it's two separate, and then in here is the bathroom. It's pretty nice. Actually, what do we have? We have towels and $225 a night. Oh, it's actually pretty expensive. It is a touristy area since people come here because of the K-drama. Left the door open, so like she was ******* blaming me, but she didn't remind me ----. Okay, we were both in this room. She was saying that she was in the bathroom, but I'm like, guys, just look at the distance from the bathroom to the door. This apparently is the heater, and I'm just leaning against it, and I think Q is planning on sleeping with her jacket. Q lend me like this PJ thing. I might just wear it tomorrow. She's just so productive because like when I wake up, I'm just gonna be ready to go. Dude, you, you positioned the phone. You are so thick right now. Take it off. Who made me take off? Yeah, guys, she stings with our face. She really doesn't, but she made such a big deal. Why do you mean you haven't borrowed my sweater? How the heck is the heat even coming out? Good morning, everyone. Look at this beautiful view. I just did my skincare, and it's so cold out, but this view is crazy. Wow, it's like pink, orange, and blue. What? It's a little chilly, but it's not like super cold, but imagine waking up to this in like the spring or the summer. It's so pretty. Last night, I slept okay. Let me just give you guys like a brief review of the hotel so far. I would say that the bed itself, it's pretty damn soft. Remember how it was like super cold? That was our fault. Afterwards, it was very warm. The ground of this bathroom is very warm, and I like how hot the water gets. The sink right here, it doesn't drain, and you have to manually lift the drain. The wi-fi, not so good. Outlets all work fine. He will say my breakfast is really good. So we're gonna get breakfast later. There's not really any restaurants near us. Currently, it's like 8. Breakfast starts at 8.30. We're gonna probably leave here around like 10 because we want to catch the 10.30 bus. I just finished getting ready, and I'm literally taking this view right now. Honestly, when I woke up in the hotel room, I was like, there's nothing too special going on. This is what we paid for. I don't know if you see that. There's like a little boat right there. You know those water bottles that have like the mountains on there? That literally just looks like what it is. Like you see that? Like that mountain right there, it's so pretty. I'm sorry if I'm showing you the same frame over and over again. I just genuinely cannot get over this view at all. Ew, don't pee. Aren't you allergic? Okay, all right. Hello, do you have like milk? No, we don't got milk. This is a butcher shop. What type of meat do you want? Do you have cheese? It's a butcher shop. I want like a ribeye. How about that? Yeah, you look good in this frame. I'm the butcher with good face cards. When I go into stores to buy like the cows, I never have to pay because I go I just don't want to sell to you. Yeah, I want to buy you though. It's my freedom of choice to stand here. Don't hit your head. She's coming out of the butcher store. Can you guys guess where we're heading to right now? Okay, so we switched trains multiple times because we had to do some transfers, but we are going to Basel. Let me tell you what is my favorite restaurant of all in Switzerland. It's Tibbet's. Q was the one who bought me to this place. Like the first time I came to Switzerland, she bought me to Tibbet's and I freaking love it. For those who don't know, it's basic vegetarian buffet. They weigh it by the pound. It's not like a buffet where it's like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Y'all, did you guys see that tiramisu right there? That ---- was bullshit. No, she was so good. Also, the top is made out of yogurt, I'm pretty sure, and they just have so many different desserts. I just don't know how they come up with it. It's not like boring white quinoa food. Like they season it and some of these actually look like meat dishes. Q is not vegetarian, but she told me how she and her girlfriends would come here. So basically at the end, they weigh it by the pound and you can also order a drink and with each meal, it comes with a piece of bread. So the total of the two plates right here was 45 francs. Later, I will get like a second plate of savory food and then I would end with desserts. So I just will not find this in the States. So I'mma eat. Tibbet's is like the only place that I will like, I will pick out. I'll just eat as much as I can. I do not care. It looked like when I eat this, I will be the happiest person in the world and goddamn, I was right. New York City, come on. Can we make a Tibbet's here too? I'm not really picky about food, but I do have things I do not like. It's olives. It's just olives all around. It doesn't matter which country is in. It just tastes like a whole bunch of salt water in my mouth and there was like this one patty thing that literally pulls. It looks like meat and it was so yummy. Anyways, now we're gonna go cruise around the city. Guys, I've been seeing so many Claire's. I don't even see that many Claire's in the States. Like Claire's is so popular. Like back in like middle school, Claire's was like a big deal. I can't get over the trams here. They're actually on ground because I'm just so used to like seeing trains going underground. So seeing them like being so close to people is actually kind of crazy. Oh my god, did I tell you? We're currently in Basel. We're heading to downtown and later we're gonna go to an art museum. Apparently they say that this is the longest river in Europe, so that's pretty interesting. All this ground is like cobblestone. Not really much of a hike here. I mentioned that this is a scene that I must see, so you better go see it. I was like, no, I don't want to do it. She's like, I highly recommend this. Longest river in Europe, huh? How many countries does it run down? Five. Europe is well connected. See, these days I still don't know what's considered a pond, what's considered a lake, what's considered a river, ocean, a sea. He's looking at me. I'm like, I don't know how to explain that either. Anyways, okay, we're gonna hike up. Let's go. That's the vibe. So right now we're just gonna go. That's the vibe. So the first Sunday of every month, museums have free entrance. They can like explore all the museums for free and pay like $20 if you're an adult. It's free? Yeah. Okay, this might be the craziest museum I have ever been to. So this museum has like a lot of animals. A lot of these sculptures, they don't really put a fence around it. That just shows you how much they trust their citizens, honestly, because imagine this in the state. It'll be vandalized, like people will ruin it. But guys, one of my biggest questions is, are these real? Oh my god. Come on, come on. These are sculptures, right? They look so real. Okay, are these sculptures or are these real? Like when am I ever gonna get this close to a wolf or when am I ever gonna get this close to an otter, right? But these binocular things were pretty cool. It felt like I was like a researcher in the wild, looking into animals, except that that will never be me. Okay, let's explore the rest of this museum, okay? That's Via and that's the Mega Anteron. Via is like out in the wild. I don't know how she's gonna survive. I can't bike, I can't swim. She's gonna incline walk. What's that? This is like a dinosaur, no? Gomphoterium. It's a big elephant. Have you ever like, um, ride on one? No. No? We should go to Thailand and do that. No, I want to do it. I'm gonna go there to eat mango sticky rice. That's Via and that's Mammoth. Mammoth and Via. What is that? Are they talking? No idea. It's like, it's big. Even like, running will not help. They're gonna squash me like a watermelon. Is that eaters? I wonder. What are you? I'm probably that one there. Why'd they include a human skeleton in there? Oh, maybe they're trying to show size comparison? That's a giraffe. That's huge. Most people are sitting outside. Nobody's sitting inside. I hope you can hear me just like music playing. After grocery shopping, we're gonna head back and I'm gonna make Q one of my signature plates. It's gonna be yummy. I've actually never tried hummus Switzerland before, so I'm excited. It's always so crispy on the outside and so soft on the inside. Like you can just tell what it's made out of and it's so nice. Usually when I go to certain places, food is not the number one thing that comes to my mind that I want to buy. Can I bring bread into the country? It's like so obvious I'm the foreigner here. Maybe it's because I'm just Asian. Nobody is sitting inside. I think there's like one table who's sitting inside. Everyone's sitting outside because it's like 51 degrees. It's honestly the weather where you should be sitting outside. Also guys, I posted all my Instagram story. European men are just a little different. Okay, oh my god, I hate to admit this. Moki, he was cute, so I left ASAP. And anyways, here I did some grocery. I consider grocery shopping in other countries like a cultural experience, you know? Even in the States, it's like a mall. It is retail therapy for me, except it's grocery shopping. So this clip, you can see how I'm dealing with the potatoes first. Potatoes take a long time to cook in the oven. I read online, they were like, you just cut the potatoes up and just put it in the air fryer. We put her in the air fryer for like 15 minutes. Something that is very necessary for all my plates is the broccolini and the tofu. Currently, I am back in the States. I am back in New York. The plates just do not hit the same. With my carrots that I put in the oven in New York, they taste really hard. But with the ones in Switzerland, with the same amount of time, it tasted so soft. In the States, the burrata is gooey. In Switzerland, it had like a pulling texture. And guys, I found some purple tomatoes and I freaking loved it. So we didn't have any like spray oil. So yeah, I was oiling up the veggies. And so because my hands are so oily, I asked Q to sprinkle on the salt. Oats here in Europe, they don't soak up all the water. And then overnight, I would see that the oats are still kind of watery. It was the same at the Interlochen Hotel. Like I noticed the oats was kind of watery. And Q mentioned maybe in the States, we put salt. So the food is now ready. And Q is not a fan of the burnt broccolini. And Loki, I don't know if that's good for you because I like my broccolini a little burnt, okay? And this smoked tofu is so good. So we also did buy drinks. I bought like some plum juice because I wanted to try the juice here. But anyways, let's dig in. This is so good. The burrata tastes different too. The dijon mustard is so salty. The tomatoes here, very sweet. Oh, the radishes. I'm excited. So crunchy. It's good, right? This tastes better than the one you make in the States. Yeah, the ingredients is just fresh. I apologize if this vlog ended super abruptly because actually there were 20 minutes of footage left. I don't think I can get it done in time for it to be posted tomorrow because this week I was also editing the first episode of my podcast, which is my second channel. If any of you guys missed my journal entries, I will be posting on my second channel. Editing that took a lot, a lot of time. Basically, there will be a part two to the Switzerland vlog. I wanted to put it into one video instead of making you guys wait for two parts. There's just not enough time and I'm sorry. Anyways, that's it for the vlog. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Let me know what you guys think and I will see you guys all next week. Bye-bye!