Switzerland

Interlaken

September 21-23

This cow made my whole day, it was just staring at me, saying look where I live ha!

Day 18

Interlaken was a wonderful affair. I wish it could have lasted longer!! We took the train from Bern arriving around 11, and walked to our hostel, by simply following the signs. We stayed in another world famous hostel called Balmer's****. We put our bags away, then walk to one of the two lakes, Brienzer See. We sat on a deserted beach and enjoyed the view. I couldn't believe how amazing it was there, huge mountains, a cute little city, two lakes, and sprawling fields!!! WOW. Anyway, we walked through the town center, through a fare then back to our hostel. We had a really good meal for 12 franc (which is the cheapest yet), met a new friend and then went to bed!

Day 19
What a way to close out our trip. We woke up and decided to go to the top of the alps. We didn't make it very far up, because we are retarded and got off the bus at the wrong time. We decided that we didn't want to waste the time waiting for more buses so we just headed back. We still had a great time, but we wasted 15franc to get nowhere!! But it all worked out because we rented scooters and had the time of our lives. We scooted, to Brienzer See first and all along the lake, which is indescribable, then made our way to the other lake, Thuner See. We first went up to Beatenberg town, which was recommended to us, and is only 30min from Interlaken. Beatenberg has the most spectacular view of the valley, the lake, and the mountains! We then scooted around Thuner See, and stopped to take some pictures. It was the best part of the trip, and it only cost 30franc to rent the scooters and 5franc to fill up the gas tank, for 4 hours. I would recommend that everyone do that!!!! SO AMAZING!

Day 20
Its sad to say that the trip is over and that I had to go home. It was rough sometimes because of the weather in certain cities, living out of a bag or sleeping in hostels, and riding trains, but it was an amazing trip and I would do it all over again. I am very lucky that nothing happen to us, I didn't lose my passport and I arrived safe and sound in Reutlingen. I hope everyone has a change to do a trip like this at least once in there life!!!



Interlaken is a 5. Switzerland is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe and Interlaken is one reason why!

Brian and Ashley trip: eighth stop. Day 18-20.

Geneva

September 20, 2007

Geneva is like a twin of Zürich except for the spewing water!

Day 17

Another wonderful day! God smiled down on us in Switzerland, I think He felt sorry for us because of all the bad weather we had been having!!!! We took a train from Bern, 2 hours this time, and arrived in Geneva at around noon. We walked straight to the water, we didn't even get a map and didn't need one! We saw the water and headed for it!!! We walked along the bank, toward a park, sat and read for over 2 hours. We enjoyed the view, and sun. We left our spot, and walked back the way we came and noticed some swimmers. Of course Brian decides he has to swim, so he changes into his shorts and hits the water. He swims to a dock, dives back in, swims back and is out!!! It was freezing and he is crazy! After he dries off we make our way back to the train station, in no real rush and take a 4pm train back to Bern. Awesome city!

Geneve is a 4. I liked it al most as much as Zürich, it was just as pretty, but I don't know french!

Brian and Ashley trip: day trip. Day 17.

Zürich

September 19, 2007

One would never guess a sprawling city lies on the banks of this lake!!

Day 16
Today was my favorite day. It might be because it was our first day of really great weather! Or it might because Zurich is such a pretty city! Either way It was a amazing. We took the train from Bern to Zurich, which only takes an hour. We arrived and walked down seeing: Bahnhofstrasse, schipfe, lindenhof, st. Peter Kirche, grossmünster and Evangelisch-reformierte kirche Enge (which is another one of my favorite spots!). We sat on a dock for more than 2 hours reading and enjoying the sun. We just sat and relaxed and it was great! I had a really nice time. We made our way back to the train station but stopped so I could get a waffle, which was almost just as good as my Belgium one, and Brian got a pretzel bigger than his head!!! YUM!





Zürich is a 5. It is a beautiful city with a Boston feel, but an Interlaken touch. I could live there.

Brian and Ashley trip: day trip. Day 16.

Bern

September 18-20, 2007

This is a very peaceful capital city with 360 degrees of picturesque scenery.

cont. Day 15

We arrived in Bern at around 1:30pm. It was really surprising how small Bern is considering it is the capital of Switzerland. It was beautiful none the less. We when got there the entire city centre was under construction. We had to navigate around fences, cranes, people, buses, and random holes! It was a mess, they are putting in a better tram and bus station. We finally found our hostel, checked in and then went for a walk into the non destroyed part of the city! It started to rain so that really made us mad. We were super bummed and annoyed, so we decided to see a 8pm movie!!! Bern has like 5 movie theaters, because each theater only has one screen!!! We saw Bourne, which I had already seen, for 17 franc! Not only the price was crazy but they had assigned seats, and a 10 min intermission!!! Switzerland is crazy!!



Day 16
Today was a much brighter day! We had a good nights sleep, woke up and took a day trip to Zurich. We at chicken for breakfast on the way to the train station, and had perfect weather all day. When we got back to Bern later in the day, we walked around the river, and sat and talked. We then filled up our bottles from the fountain by our hostel and went to bed!!! Yes you can drink water straight out of a random fountain just about anywhere in Switzerland!



Day 17
Today we went to Geneva for the day. We got lucky again and had another day of great weather. We spent most of the day in Geneva only coming back to Bern to get dinner and sleep!! What a life!! We left the next morning to head to Interlaken, which takes about an hour from Bern!!



Bern is a 4. It would have been a 5 if the entire city centre wasn't under construction!

Brian and Ashley trip: seventh stop. Day 15-17.