City Am Bahnhof Bern
Bahnhofplatz 7 Bern, Bern, 3011, Switzerland
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Shopping Mecca
Well we took the train at 8 AM from Paris to Bern. It took about four hours and we were a little tired by the time we got there. A young man we met on the train told us we would like Bern and said we should go to the Cathedral and told us all about himself. A little too much actually I was a little exhausted by the time he got off the train in …
Switzerland, Piz Gloria and Bond, James Bond
OK, we moved on from Venice to Bern Switzerland. Long train ride, got to Bern about 9:30 pm, then off the next morning at 6:30 am to go to Piz Gloria to see the famous rotatiing restaurant that was Blofeld's lair in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. We had to change trains about 4 times, and then came my favorite part of the trip, ascending to over …
Unplanned stop
So Bern wasn't a planned stop. We were going to drive all teh way to Chamonix but the drive was taking longer then expected, especially with our stops. Chris was really tired and it was getting late so we pulled off into Bern. We only really saw the center of town. It can be interesting driving in cities/towns as sometimes roads just look like they …
Off to search for family Part 2
Neuchâtel is the major city right next to La Chaux de Fondes, and to get there, you go through the Jura part of the Alps. It was definitely a beautiful drive, and I only thought we were going to fall off the mountains a couple of times. Geoff's great grandmother lived on 22 Rue de Fleur, which amazingly was easy enough to find. The town was pretty …
Back in Bern
We took the car back to Bern, and once we arrived in the city, Tomtom went out! We had to find our way back without her! Eventually though, we made it back to Avis, right when I had reset Tomtom. We decided to go to Italian for dinner and made our way to Bärenplatz La Gioia restaurant. I had vegetarian lasagna, and geoff had a Calzone, which …



