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The beautiful Alps
... unpleasant smell, just very definitely.. cow.
We were hoping to find a spot to have breakfast in Austria, overlooking the lake which was also bright and blue and simply unbelievable to look at. We were not fortunate enough to stumble upon what we were looking for, and decided to push on to Switzerland. The trip must have taken us around 5 scenic hours, passing through Austria to get us to Switzerland - and yet ...
Hard Knock Life Living in a Postcard
... i.e. Confoederatio Helvetica or CH for short). Why Helvetians you ask? Google it...
After a long day of travel we retired early and took advantage of laundry facilities at the hotel, which seems to be one of the constant challenges we faced in Europe (finding laundry).
After consulting Christopher, our innkeeper, we had decided for our first full day in Switzerland to do "the best" ~7,000 ft “easy” trek from Grindelwald First to ...
Two Passes, Two Rivers, Two Cultures
... to the north, into the Rhine River and all the way to the North Sea. The Furka Pass is at the watershed of two of Europe's great rivers. To the south, Mediterranean Europe, olives and the sun. To the north, the plains of Central Europe, root vegetables and bitter winters.
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Beyond the Furka Pass we stopped at the village of Meiringen, which is close to Reichenbach Falls, ...
Alpine weekend
... but still expensive (this is the Swiss Alps after all..) Murren is an easy 1km walk from Interlaken Ost - the main train station which is close to the centre of Interlaken. It's not as close to the cute shops but has a good Irish Pub (The Three Tells) that just opened 3 weeks ago and has great food and athmosphere.
The streets here are lined with adventure travel and biking shops and in the Winter of course it's snow-boarding and ski gear - Robbie has ...
Outdoor Exploration
... me something to look forward to when I get back for skiing.
Hooters was expensive, I spent 25 Swiss Franc on a half liter and burger and fries.
After this I went back to the hostel and it was happy hour again. I bought 2 beers and only ended up drinking one. I gave one away to some 20 year old american girl who was staying in the same dorm as me. I went to bed at 11. She ended up coming in around 2 and woke me up. Ah to be underage ...


