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Interlaken Slideshow
Interlaken
Travel Blogs from Interlaken, Switzerland
Interlaken was definally not a let down!!!!!!
... only for a couple of days. When I was in Paris 4 months ago I had the opportunity to meet a wonderful family from Bern, Switzerland. I contacted them before I made my way into Swtiz just to get some feedback on what to see and what to miss. Markus ...
A Room with the most Awesome View!
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
I don't even know where to start i guess ...
... , Paris, Barcelona, Avignon, Cannes, Florence, Siena, Pisa, Rome, Ancona, Venice, Prague, Krakow, Oswiecim, Budapest, Munich. Nothing beats Switzerland. Nothing comes close. What can I say? I fell in love. I have no desire to leave, but I know I have ...
Zurich to Luzern to Interlaken
... restored though. It has flowers on its sides and the roof almost looks Japanese style, curved up. In the afternoon we left for Interlaken, another very scenic trip. Interlaken is a great little city, again very touristy, lots of young people there for ...
Outdoor playground
... skiing, sledding, skydiving, hiking, bungee, mountain climbing, rafting, fishing, you name it. Unfortunately it comes at a huge price. Switzerland is probably the most expensive place we've encountered. A combo meal at mcdonalds costs at least 10$ cdn, ...
The Alps, Extreme sports, and my first Asian
... of the mountain there was still snow on all the surrounding peaks. During my two nights in Switzerland I stayed in a small town called Isalwald which lies just outside the major tourist town of Interlaken. Both Interlaken and Isalwald ...
The Swiss Alps (with snow)
... driving by in a Bmw. Lief had arrived from Adelaide a few days before and I wanted to know what the deep dark heart of Switzerland was like. We headed of for the weekend to the town of Interlaken. This is the tourist center for the central Alps and is ...
The Tourism Haven of Interlaken
... -magnet, a blackberry or a huge wad of cash will suffice. Having neither, we were somewhat out of luck in Interlaken. However, a little common sense allowed us to figure our way to the Jungfrau area--Interlaken's real draw--without bleeding ...
The Alps Await
... in Florence becoming hectic as midterms approached, I felt it would be a good idea to get away from it all. I decided on Switzerland and embarked on what turned out to be a wonderful solitary adventure. I boarded the train in Florence, found my sleeper ...
White Water Rafting
... as it got filled within five minutes(signups are now down to 40 seconds). The destination was the adrenaline town of Interlaken. Its a funny little town. One half is super rich American holiday makers, and the other half is slack jawed Australian and ...
Switzerland
To be Updated when i get back to Sydney in Jan 2007... Highlights: St Bernard Pass Geneva ...
best day of my trip: SKYDIVING over the alps
... about right now is how bad i want to it again. totally AWESOME. the sky was so clear today you could see ALL of switzerland during the freefall - no joke. you could probably even see the german border, but i am not geograpically smart enough to tell you ...
Interlaken, Switzerland
We decided to make a quick exit out of Switzerland because we were going to go broke if we stayed for any length of time. So we took the scenic mountain route out of Lucerne with our EuroRail pass - no expenses other than a sandwich or two. ...
Zurich to Interlaken
... out. We walked to Balmers, one of the top rated hostels in the world (along with The Pink Palace). Turns out Interlaken is one of the outdoor sport capitals of the world. Sky diving, hang gliding, parasailing, canyoning, you name ...
Italian transportation rant
... without too much chaos, but had some kind of wrench thrown in (usually just the general Italian chaotic M.O.). Our travel to Switzerland was a perfect way to leave the country. We dragged ourselves out to a quick 6:45am train to a larger town where we ...
Hooters and Beyond!!!
... The skiing is very good here but the place is not very pretty and I would have much proferred to have gone somewhere else within SWitzerland, but somtimes these things are not possible. So I will be mixing with a new crowd in a newish place which will be ...
Any One Who Thought I Was Dead Say Aaaaiiii
... and instead promote the word monopoly. Examples of this can be found in the fact that the only two chocolate manufacturers in switzerland are Mars and Nestle , Cadburys are not allowed in. Coca-Cola control about 95% of the drinks market over here and ...
PARAGLIDINGGGGG in the ALPS
I will let the pics do the talking....interlaken was absolutely beautiful. also expensive! so we didnt stay long. paragliding= running off a cliff and gliding in the wind! check it ...
Philosophy and Homesickenss join me
... in, I went to lunch - where my waiter was South African. Then it hit me from the crisp, clean, clear air of Switzerland - homesickness. I suddenly missed home. This couldn't be happening to me - not so soon. I wanted everything that reminded me of home - ...
Me and switzerland are friends.
... Whatever, I’m going up. I go to buy my ticket. That was 138 chf. Boy, they really like to take it out of you in Switzerland. That was with my eurail ‘discount’. I hop on the next train, careful to avoid the car full of a tour group. ...
Outdoor Exploration
... Interlaken. I took the Panoramic Express, which took 3 hours. Along the way I saw some very beautiful scenery of switzerland in the spring. THere are farms with little wooden house villages scattered throughout the rolling hills at the base of ...
Switzerland
We arrived in Switzerland late Saturday night. Weird experience as the check-in is at the bar! But all in all, it turned out okay, for what we paid anyway ($70/nt). I think i'd stay here again. So this was supposed to be our day for some crazy hiking ...
Saas Fee
... offered as either a one day or a three day service. Depositing the luggage at Zermatt Station before 0900 for collection at Interlaken at 1800 enabled an unburdened day excursion to Saas Fee in the next valley to Zermatt. A train goes to the ...
Jungfrau
The journey to Jungfrau starts with a train from Interlaken East (567 metres) to Lauterbrunnen (796 metres) – it was absolutely packed. The groups of Indians, Koreans, and Chinese seemed to be in a competition of who could shout and scream the ...
Lauterbrunnen Valley, Schilthorn, Schynige Platte
... much in its favour, it's gently downhill so very little effort is required. The path carries on all the way back to Interlaken, but at Schilthornbahn, less than an hour’s walk from Stechelberg, the cable car travels up the valley wall to Gimmelwald ...
Thun and Thunersee, Brienz and Brienzersee
... makes a fast connection back to Interlaken East and to the train that goes to Brienz on the other lake of Interlaken, Brienzersee. Brienze is a small town, providing mainly hotel accommodation to the tourist trade. It has an attractive lake ...
Trummelbach Falls and Bern
... account – it was interesting to note that all the buildings surrounding the Parliament are banks: does this say something about Switzerland?). The old city of colonnaded walks stands inside a big U made by the River Aare. At the point ...