Davos

Free A cup of Coffee from Sabrina by  J Osdar executive summary By Darmansjah

davos from the distance

Morning, at the end of January at the Movenpick, the international airport hotel in Zurich, Switzerland, the atmosphere is still dim. In some places are still a lot of snow.

moverpick hotel

path landwasser river

It was then that some journalists from Indonesia with a large bus departed eastwards towards Davos, a small town has a population of 13,000 on the banks of the River Landwasser in the Alps region.

Davos, a town in the highest places in Switzerland and Europe, world famous for being the place of the annual meeting of World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum) since the early 1990s.

The journey from Zurich to Davos about three hours. Crossing the smooth winding road, up and down dip and a long tunnel that pierces the parts of the Alps. The trees of pine and spruce stands erect, like thousands of snow-covered Christmas tree.

One hour before going to Davos, the group stopped at Marche restaurant. Going to the toilet or toilets in this restaurant each person must enter a 25-cent coin Swiss franc (CHF), or approximately Rp 25,000.

Coffee

That morning a seat in a restaurant "Marche" was filled with guests. We together with Indonesia's presidential palace officials ordered four cups of coffee a medium-size to the waiter. His name is Sabrina, a beautiful and he was around 19 years. While giving the four cups of coffee, Sabrina gives a smile and asked, with English accents Switzerland (German), "Where are you from?

Sabrina winked hear the word of Indonesia. When called Bali, he smiled that issued the dimple on her left cheek. "One day I'm going to Bali," he said. He was silent for a moment when presented with 100 CHF to pay four cups of coffee. Then he returned the money, and freeing the people of Indonesia from the payment, "No change or it was touched or compassion for us," commented the eunuchs.

Sign in Davos around 10:00. Downtown traffic jams. Since many tourists and participants of the WEF summit came to this city. About 25 large hotels, medium, and small in the city was full. Twenty-seven large restaurants, small and medium enterprises (including coffee shops), many booked for lunch the day and at night.

The reporters covering the WEF summit was given a place in the Hollands House, a former sanatorium. Not far from this place, according to Indonesia's Ambassador to Switzerland Djoko Susilo, a group of ancient Italy exclusive community. They still use the Latin or Roman. "They still retain the customs of ancient Rome," said Djoko.

Among the journalists from several countries are chat-chat at Hollands House, there is Enerel Enkstsag, reporters from the Daily News Mongolia. Indonesia because he had heard so much desire to go to Bali. "I also heard about the tsunami in Sumatra, the case of Luna Maya and Cut Tari," said the yellow-skinned woman and was stocky.

Train

Friday around 12:00 pm local time, me and my colleagues from the National Journal to leave Davos by train to Zurich. Departing from the main railway station Davos (Davos Platz) with tickets per person 56 CHF, or about Rp 450,000 (economy class). We chose the cart path Davos-Platz Zurich Flughafen (airport) via Lanquart. The main class for this route trains per person 175 CHF (Rp 1.3 million) and second class 110 CHF (approximately Rp 1 million).

Travel by train is no less interesting. Not only can look at a number of village houses and wooden churches of antiquity, but also Lake Davos wide and long. Also across the bridge as the railroad made the Jakarta-Bandung in the past

Looking to remember about fish lake. "However, the Swiss really like catfish from Indonesia. However, for catfish imports from Indonesia had to pass through the Indonesian bureaucracy is very complicated and does not make sense. In addition, the Swiss businessman who came to Indonesia often feel no diwongke, "said Indonesian ambassador to Switzerland Djoko Susilo in a meeting with Indonesian journalists in Zurich, the end of January.

Stop at the station Landquart, we change trains. It took five minutes with a quick way to get a train to Zurich. Economy class carriages to Zurich that we were riding empty. In front of us sat an elderly woman who refused to talk in English. At the main station of Zurich (Zurich's Hauptbahnhof) replace another train. Here the place is more spacious and many railway lines. It took 15 minutes with a brisk walk, wondering at the people to be able to find a train to Zurich Flughafen. (Airport).

The railway station here to become one with the airport. Before leaving the train station and airport, we go to malls here. Many goods from countries in Southeast Asia, such as accessories, quality manikam (gemstone, diamond, pearl, and others), clothing, handicrafts. "To be able to sell goods here, Indonesia is under Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines," said Djoko.