Astoria Swiss Q Hotel Bern

... of Gimmelwald. An excerpt from his travel book: <br><br>"The traffic-free village of Gimmelwald hangs nonchalangly on the edge of a cliff high above Lauterbrunnen Valley. This sleepy village has more cow troughs than mailboxes. Many travelers say, 'If Heaven isn't what it's cracked up to be, send me back to Gimmelwald.' Gimmelwald is a community in the rough. Take a walk- you can tour it in 15 minutes. Its two streets are a 700 year ...

... s wrong with the same shirt I wore yesterday? It still smells okay. (Sorry if that's gross to you; it's the life of a backpacker, and I promise, I am still a good smelling backpacking girl because... I am me and have to! haha :)) And picking between two comfy pairs of shoes makes for a simple decision. It just makes me see that to have a fulfilling life, a fun life, you really don't need much. I find happiness in everything (well, most things ...

... goal was to find something to eat. It proved to be more difficult than I thought. The Swiss Franc is almost at par with the Canadian dollar so it was easy to see that everything was WAY to expensive. $8 deli sandwiches, $6 slice of pizza... and I have never in my life seen a McDonalds menu in the double digits. No lie. Extra value meal (HA!) for 12.49 SF. We settled for the Swiss version of a hot dog: wurst in a croissant (a deal at 3.50 SF). A ...

... en reparler. Cest superbe ici, les paysages sont a coupes le souffle. On creuve ici...memes les gens de la region nous ont dit que ce nest pas chaud comme cela habituellement...mais depuis notre arrivee il a fait 30 degree tous les jours si cest pas plus....hier il a fait 35 degrees. Je me connecte aujourdhui pour la premiere fois...je tenterai de bous donner des nouvelles de vos glamottes preferees bientot...

... some more Swiss beer. We also visited a bastion of Swiss counterculture in the form of a series of old "abandoned" stables which have been converted into nightclubs and coated with spraypaint. The morning of our departure dawned crisp, cold, and clear with the gorgeous Alps in full view from a city park where we stopped for a snack before boarding our train to our next destination. Of lesser importance, during our visit we ...

... of time wandering through paddocks staring at cows. We meandered home along the little river that runs through town, amazed at what an incredible part of the world we were staying in. Dinner was the much anticipated Rosti at Hotel Oberland. Matt had the Oberland Rosti with ham, cheese and a fried egg on top. I still can't do anymore cheese and ham yet, after our time in France, so I opted for the rosti with chicken curry. It was fantastic and went down well with a few beers.

... into some other friends from the young farmer comp at one of the festivals (which was so cool to see them again) and there is a paragliding event coming up so i would love to do that again! So time is flying by and there is too much to do that i just can't fit it all in. I am loving it here and am definitely not ready to leave. I will miss so many people, but that's a good thing as it means i'm meeting fabulous people and having a great time. Lots of love and snowballs, Shazza Haeusler

... the Terms and Conditions bit. Better still, I could read it. The only snag is that this document is a kilometer long and refers from time to time to the Hague's Convention Ruling. For simplicity, I chose to ignore the Hague's Rules, discard the legal jargon and came up with the following simplified version: "Our Shipping Co. is second to none and is happy to take your money for service rendered or not rendered. If you consignment ...

... the system, so I actually 'lost' them on one of the trains because they were annoying me - but they wouldn't learn! I have no idea how I managed to be a trainer and not kill the students. Started talking to this guy in the train station who turned out to work in telecom in Frankfurt. Great guy, almost followed him to Munich, but alas me and my budget were in 2nd class while he was in 1st. Got into Interlaken ...

... motioned the opening of the door. She reached under the machine and pulled on this minuscule piece of string that you basically need a magnifying glass to see, and what do ya know...the door opened. Both Shannon and I were like....OOOHHHHH, and from the look she gave us, I'm pretty sure she thought we were morons. She then touched my laundry and said it wasn't finished, and that I had to put more money in the machine. Then she explained it to me (in German) but I ...