An der Aare Hotel Bern
Oberer Winkel 2 Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Bears
... he was a bit of a ladies man and he was also offered the presidency of Israel at one time.
After the museum we walked past the church then onto the bears. Bern has traditionally kept bears due to the town's namesake. We then walked back along the main street to ensure we would see the Zytglogge (clock tower) chime. It was a bit disappointing as everyone was standing around watching and nothing really happened! We think that it was broken with age. ...
Canyoning in freezing water!
... are really hard to put on, after putting on feels like your whole body movement has been restrain. We are taken to the abseiling point where we have to abseil down a cliff over 50m. At first I am feeling really scared as I have never done it at such a high height before. But I plucked up my courage and go over the railing and started to abseil down.
Abseiling part, at first everything was fine until a point where I started to feel there ...
Sledging on the Neiderhorn
... emerald colour or if it was the fact that the water came from the mountains themselves, either way it was enchanting. I stood outside staring into the water and watched as it changed from blue, to green to aqua with every fold and ripple. The mountains themselves seemed to draw their colour from the lake. In between the cascaded snow which fell into place after falling from the jagged top of each mountain peak was a deep and dark navy blue surface. This might have been a ...
Christmas Splash
... the room. As Santa's next song came on, he ripped off his over sized red coat and revealed a very tacky Hawaiian t shirt. This intentionally clashing outfit made the crowd laugh and call out to hear his next number.
As the night went on we danced together and laughed until we were all ready to go. Since the buses and trams close down at mid night, Chatrina and I walked back to her flat where I spent the next 5 hours sleeping before another busy day started.
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Paradise
... excited that I am American, gave me another one for free. “A welcome gift,” she said.
Next, I continued on my walk and saw the biggies of Bern, such as the Parliament, the clock tower, and the Swiss National Bank. It was beginning to get dark so I decided to use the free wifi at Starbucks (yes, it’s free in Europe) to try to figure out my problem with the wifi for my comp. I ...
This hotel was formerly known as: An Der Aare


