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Interlaken Slideshow
Interlaken
Travel Blogs from Interlaken, Switzerland
The Downside
... my head injury was throbbing and in general I was in a crappy mood. I left Bern at around 10.30am, arrived in Interlaken with no issues and caught a taxi to my lovely hostel. Unfortunatly a few hours later after watching a few episodes of House I ...
A room with a view
... tin can would we're not sure the Audi's engine would. HIGHLY recommend this area, the views as we entered Switzerland were breathtaking. Italian wooded hills gave way to rustic farmhouses in green fields beneath snow capped peaks..half expected to see ...
Interlaken Swizerland..... Number 8 on Rene's List
... So we went to Tremleaccc...---something....--- and got to go inside the only mountains that are open to the public in Switzerland. All throughout the mountains were caves with glacier waterfalls. It was unblievable. The waterfalls were roaring and we were ...
The Alps at 12000 Feet!
... took a scenic ride through the Alps towards Interlaken, where we stayed for two nights. The adventure-sports capital of Switzerland is well known for its wide variety of adrenaline rush activities including sky diving, bungee jumping, canyoning, ice ...
Getting lost in the Alps
So our new room: us and four Asian guys. Actually our whole floor is Asian except us so that's kinda funny. So we Cooped it up in the morning and just got breakfast, lunch, and dinner all together: two peppers, coffee, bread, two bananas, and liver ...
You wouldn´t last long without a credit ...
... wouldn´t last long without a credit card in this town. Most backpackers can only afford to stay two or three days. Interlaken has this way of sucking you into participating in its overpriced organized outdoor activities. The most popular one by far is ...
Switzerland
... crackers because the waitress feels sorry for us I think. We are ever vigilant for marauding Gypsy pickpockets but so far Switzerland is pretty mellow and safe but we are trying to be ready. We probably look very vulnerable but we are ...
Jungfrau & Interlaken: Alp-alicious
... had a cheese fondue with bread and some ice cream for dessert. It was pretty decent and not touristic, as they say here. Interlaken is a pretty little town situated in the heart of the Oberland region under the Swiss Alps. We wished that we had more time ...
Independent Travel Part 1
... it, though, since we drove through the beautiful snowy countryside (5). After several hours of train confusion, we arrived in Interlaken Saturday night. It's a really pretty town in the Alps, situated in a valley between two lakes. There's only one ...
The hills are alive
... drive into northern Italy along the A1 was uneventful. Coming out of Milan on the A22, mountains appeared. As we crossed into Switzerland and stopped for the mandatory vignette (road tax sticker), we felt a definite change. Along autoroute 2, we saw peaks ...
A wet day in the Alps
... , and Ursula placed a reservation call for us. The first outfitter was booked for the morning, so we booked passage with Outdoor Interlaken. We climbed into the transport van at 10:55 am and headed to the outfitting center after stopping to pick up fellow ...
High adventure
... just as they were trying to get off the ground. Fortunately they were able to regroup and take of again.. The flight into Interlaken was breathtaking. The only danger in paragliding, Richie said, was that we would become addicted. We hugged the mountain, ...
Interlaken
... the top due to poor visibilty, but about 2/3s of the way up the view was incredible. the colour of the water in switzerland is amazing. its like this bright teal blue colour. and the two lakes outside of interlaken looked incredible. Just a little info, ...
Scenic train rides across Switzerland
... city of Tirano and then a bus ride from Tirano to Lugano (Lugano is the Swiss city, so the ride ends in Switzerland)...this panoramic train requires advance seat reservations even though the fare itself is covered by the Swiss Pass...I made my ...
heaven!!
... canyoning...i had never even heard of canyoning until recently, but it basically involves climbing on rocks and jumping into freezing cold water. Anyway, i absolutely love switzerland! if everything here wasn't so expensive i would love to stay ...
Three cities later...
... wrote, we spent more time in Berlin, then went to Munich for a few days, then over to Lucern (Switzerland) and now we are in Interlaken. I am having a hard time remembering exactly everything that we have done, but every minute has been absolutely ...
Snow, snow, snow
... by something so playful. Once we had had our fun we caught the bus back to Grindelwald and explored the town there before heading home to Interlaken. Tomorrow we head to Zurich, our last stop in Switzerland and Jodes last stop before she heads ...
Life at Balmer's
So we arrived in Interlaken yesterday afternoon around 3pm, and we immediately began to look for a hostel; we didn't want to end up stuck outside like in Lyon. Fortunately this guy who spoke native English came up to us and asked us if we were headed to ...
Date with Alps
... to my love for Indian Cinema whatsoever! It was my love for nature, to see Mother Earth in its utmost purity...and I was right..Switzerland is well kept and beautiful part of the world. The days I spend are the most Beautiful days of my life. The ...
On top of the World
... . After that john and I headed to Grindelwald..not the charming place it was 30 years ago...a bit too touristy, then back to Interlaken. We met up with Stuart and debbie for dinner...being fitter and better equipped than us they had hiked part of the way ...
Car Drama, but what a view the next day
... transfer our contract to one of their cars. Then he drove us to the train station so we could pick up the new car at the airport. We finally get to Interlaken after midnight and when we work in the morning we were in this beautiful valley. ...
Switzerland
While on break, I was smart enough not to take my laptop with me. Something told me that was unwise. So on the train to Switzerland I got some random sheets of paper from Rose's notebook and wrote... and wrote and wrote, and drew. So here it is. A hearty ...
Switzerland
... we failed all the glory us tanned, fit, gorgeous (to be) people, i.e. us, will not be forthcoming. Well that has been Switzerland, Rob has really been taken with it, its beautiful and well worth the visit, the transport and ease of visiting is second to ...
Friends on the road
I'm finally leaving Switzerland tomorrow, and it looks like in good tiem because it started to rain here today. I've basically been relaxing the past couple days, and i've really began to feel like a local. I've picked up a few of the words in the ...
Interlaken (PARAGLIDING)
After much debate, I went for it, I decided to pay the sum of 160 CHF (144$) to go paragliding, and boy was it ever fun. Amazing thrill, now I need to go sky diving ...
Fun in Interlaken
... The game ended 0-0, but everyone ran onto the field afterwards anyway, so Chris and I followed. We decided to head to Interlaken, a small town in Switzerland and take it easy for a couple of days. Interlaken is in the middle of the Swiss Alps, and there ...