Budget-Waldhotel Unspunnen Interlaken

... schoongemaakt en eens goed naar bepaalde houdbaarheidsdatums gekeken :)<br>Piekobello is hij nu maar het heeft wel wat uren gekost.. Maar had het er graag voor over!<br>Lester was tijdens mij schoonmaak woede aan het houthakken!! en heeft gezorgd dat er weer een goede voorraad te verstoken is komende wintertijden!!<br><br>Via een tussenstop in Frankfurt terug naar huis waar Job en Elana (de katten) ons met luid miauw onthaalden.<br><br>Annemarth

... in. I went and got some red wine and chocolate from reception and set myself up to catch up on some serious blogging and internet surfing. The quiet time probably did me a world of good too and may have helped me to avoid catching whatever it was that Witek had.<br><br>I did do some laundry at the same time and yes, I had some laundry issues which enabled me to build quite a solid relationship with the reception girl that night. First I didn&#8217;t see the sign that advised that the ...

... first time..not that we went to too much trouble!! That afternoon we went to the end of the other lake at Brienz where the wooden chalets are one of the features. So many of them have wonderful carvings and nearly all of them are covered in window boxes dripping with geraniums. John braved the waters of the Brienzersee briefly for a swim..said it was fairly chilly!!<br>The next morning we were up at 5 as we had planned to go up the ...

... is an imminent chance of death or severe injury. <br><br>It rained every morning and night the last couple days but was clear during the day while we hiked. Today was our first full nice day so we hiked up another trail half way up a mountain and then rode kick scooters back down to the bottom. A kick scooter is like a bike but without pedals or a seat and in their place is a small, small flat piece of metal you can stand on. I seem to have a much ...

... on my knees. At least I did not land in the lovely horse manure that was directly next to the field that we landed on. We had to wait for two other groups to go, so we walked down to the lake. There was even an RV park next to the lake- the first one I have seen in Europe. I thought Europe was too classy for that, but you learn something new everyday. After watching all of the other girls hang glide down, I had to pay my total. 223 Francs later (about 200 dollars), I was ...

... the Top of Europe was one of the highlights of the trip, it is part of the UNESCO world heritage sites, and rightfully so!! It is the worlds highest train station and restaurant at about 11,000 ft!! We took a video from the top lookout platform that tells the story much better than we ever could. For about the last 3,000 foot climb up the mountain, the train goes through a tunnel dug into the mountain ...

... wasn't actually a swim, more of a drift really, in the Aare River. It's absolutely unique and I've not seen this crazy past time before. Lou, Lynn, Daniel, Des and I dived into the water and were swept downstream by the current. It was wonderful. We weren't alone, the river was full of people all ages. Babies had floaties on and were as young as 2, and guided by their parents, and there were plenty of grey heads bobbing in the water too ...

... are different here? Having the Y and Z in each others place will really slow a typer down. Zurich is a cute little city. You can walk around the entire city in a few hours. I saw the Grossmunster (Great Cathedral) and even climbed the tower to the top. Great views of the city...lots of stairs. Fraumunster is the other big church here. I was surprised by both of them. Both were all stone, no paintings, very small windows. Compared to the churches in Spain and France ...

Having left Lausanne and the French part of Switzlerland that morning we headed up to the German-speaking and little-known capital of Bern. The Swiss are lucky in that respect - their country has three official languages - French, German and Italian and also one percent of people that speak Romansh (a mixture of these and Latin that I suspect must be stuff-all good anywhere else). Most Swiss speak one of these fluently, and at ...

... view was infinitely more impressive. Staring down, mountains surrounding us on all sides, lakes Thunersee and Brienzsee, each a good 20km each in diameter, jettisoning out from the plot of land in the center known as Interlaken, or "between lakes". It all happens so fast and you're experiencing sensory overload at all times that the forty seconds of freefall go by much faster than one would expect. But I was there. If only for a moment, it was an experience I can never forget. I ...