Interlaken, Switzerland Travel Blogs

... as I've expected (many places have been so foreign, I had no idea what to expect), but go to Interlaken and you're in the Switzerland of your dreams. The fields are immaculately green, the houses are all wooden chalets with brightly colored flowers on all ...

A travel blog entry by danblank
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Trains in Switzerland are simply amazing. To glide through the countryside with snow capped mountains rising from massive blue lakes and lush green fields makes even a train bound for nowhere an absolute pleasure. Well guys look at this space tomorrow ...

A travel blog entry by catters
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... to go canyoning! Heh - i'm looking forward to this one. We waiting outside Funny Farm where the instructors picked us up. "Outdoor Interlaken" was the company taking us. They dorve us up the road to some shed where we all grabbed our gear. Wetsuite, 2 ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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... arrives... I am excited! On this train we met another Ausie couple and these 2 older American woman who are doing Amsterdam and Switzerland for a womans week away! haha good on em! This train entered a hole in the swiss alp Eiger. All of a sudden the ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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... Jungfraujoch, but this was well outside our budget, plus, the trip can be done from Lucerne anyway. We couldn't leave Switzerland without having a Fondue, so we asked the staff at Backpackers for a recommendation of where to go. They suggested Pfistern ...

A travel blog entry by worldramblings
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... really snowboarded until you ride the Switz mtn. This was vastly different from my Poland experience and the runs are huge here in Switzerland. You first take the gondola all the up to the peak of the mtn (2500 meters) and from there, you start riding ...

A travel blog entry by yah27
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... to Interlaken) was stunningly gorgeous. Snow-capped mountains, blue lakes, deep green forests... Switzerland was just as beautiful as I'd heard. When I got to Interlaken around 2, I followed the signs and maps to Balmer's Jugendherberge - a sprawling, ...

A travel blog entry by easyread
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... the original plan to stay only for two days, it was possible the dive maybe off for good. The hostel, Balmers, at Interlaken is absolutely brilliant. Its one of those places where people just can not leave and I can understand why. Just a brilliant ...

A travel blog entry by catters
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"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it." George Moore Before I forget, I had forgotten to post my pictures from yesterdays walk around town and my hike with the entry. They are now interweaved within ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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... this morning is worth the cost of the meal. I walk around town and take a bunch of pictures then head back to Interlaken as I am exhausted from the lack of sleep. Two days ago I wrote that I was lonely. From that point on I've met ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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Today I planned to do nothing but rest. I wrote this whole entry about "My NOTHING Day!" on the train back to Frankfurt tomorrow. Then I got home and accidently deleted it while deleting my old entries that had been copied here from my Outlook drafts ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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... towering Alpine mountains, crystal blue glacier lakes and rolling green fields, picturesque to say the least. Switzerland's little jewel... -- Balmer's Hostel Although a little reluctant after our stay in the student accommodations in Budapest, we ...

A travel blog entry by lucky
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Interlakens setting is pretty hard to beat. Set between the lakes, Thun and Brienz and locked in with the huge young snow-capped peaks towering above. Our campsite was in prime position on the waters edge. The actual town itself was a complete tourist ...

A travel blog entry by jag
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This morning I wake up and it's raining. I head down to the breakfast room and the TV is showing the view from the top of the various mountains where there are restaurants and touristy stuff. There isn't a view at this time. The snow is coming down hard ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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... the cargo area to the air passenger terminal and then walking to the train station) in time to catch the earlier (noon) train to Interlaken, Switzerland. I had to switch trains in Basel. Both trains had 4 or 5 stops. You don't see much landscape at 240 km/ ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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... or hotel/hostel. In a place so beautiful, you couldn't care less that you are mixed in with thousands of other tourists. Interlaken is Europe's original ski resort and has a long history of holiday makers coming to traverse the slopes. It is also home ...

A travel blog entry by amullett
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... in the world. I know this because I have met people from almost every continent and we all feel the same way. Interlaken is amazing. There are beautiful mountains all around and it is sandwiched between two huge lakes. Hence the name. I am staying at ...

A travel blog entry by whereshegoes
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... like this. I am so happy to be alive right now. I feel so grateful that I have this opportunity. For those back home, Interlaken is just like Banff but the buildings are really old. There is so much history here. I spent an hour watching all the cookoo ...

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... in less than 4 hours. Then its a whole new place. Maybe with sun not rain. But even the rain is special in Switzerland. I was speaking to some travellers yesterday about optimism. One said that he was a true pessimist. I argued that really, how bad could ...

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... opened parachute and you run off of a cliff and just float around in the air. It is by far the best way to see Switzerland and the Alps. The rest of the trip consisted of eating at Hooters (I never knew they had such great food!), having cheese fondue, ...

I was so incredibly delirious and tired yesterday I could not write much.......but the beauty of Interlaken, and Switzerland overall is indescribable!! The majestic snow covered Swiss Alps surround us on all sides, and a crystal clear glacier river runs ...

... time has been spent walking around town and spending lots of money on food and entertainment. It is just really expensive here in Switzerland and when you start doing adventure sports, it just gets more expensive. It was so worth it though and like my ...

Christmas Day

So yesterday after we got back from the rafting we showered and went downstairs to get some beers and cheese fondue. It was all delicious! Tipsy, we went to town and tried to find ice cream. Got that and it was awesome. Today we got up early to go ...

We went Hang Gliding........so much fun and great views too Top of Europe tomorrow. just below 12,000 feet. There goes our budget. It is expensive here, even if our dollar is 1.20 swiss franc. It is almost twice as expensive for a pastry and ...

... much quicker, about half an hour I think. From Klein Scheidegg, we go down via Wengen and Lauterbrunnen to Interlaken OST, and spend our last day in Switzerland browsing through the shops. We go to our favourite Co-op store for the last time to stock up on ...

... we would have made spectacles of ourselves. The rest of the ride is uneventful and the views from the train are very beautiful. Interlaken is a small town at the base of the Alps, and literally means between two lakes. And that's exactly what it is, a ...

... . I was originally going to fly into Italy, but it did not work out, so I ended up flying to Zurich, Switzerland and taking the train to Interlaken.........From here I plan on visiting friends (who I met in my other travels) in Spain, France, Holland and ...

... close as it was moving large equipment out from the forest... man, does it create a lot of wind!! I later went back to Interlaken to do some thrill seeking, but Ill talk about that later. Lucerne: its my favorite Swiss town. It has beautiful hotels ...

YHA, Interlaken, Switzerland Ricki: Yet more stunning scenery today. We left Montreux and took the Panoramic Train to Interlaken, 3 hours of wending our way through rocky mountains covered in autumn colours, and deep deep valleys with ...