Edelweiss Hotel Engelberg

... few snow fights and built a weird looking snowman.

After this we headed into town to get ourselves some hot chocolate and cruised the shops. The only thing we missed out on was going for a snowboard....apparently the ski slopes arent close by. Spewin!!!!

We are off to France again tomorrow and get will be checking out the casinos in Monaco. Should be fun.

Chat soon.

... dinner for desert and found by accident possibly the best ice cream we have ever had.
We managed to get by with the cash we had left almost to the last cent and were starting to fantasize about eating properly - and luxuries like butter! and ketchup! and sub sauce! or any condiment for that matter. We also swore we would never eat cornflakes again, and we would try to limit our bread and pasta intake as they probably ...

... but the views were outstanding! When we reached the bottom we jumped on a train and it took us right back to where we started. After our day's adventure we went to the grocery store got some food for dinner and cooked a good ol' hot dog and french fry Canadian dinner at the hostel. We made it an early night and we departed earlier in the afternoon for Prague! I will continue the story in the historic city later!!

Cheers!

LW

Well we finally made it to Lucern after a few hours on the train...and we arrived with some daylight left!! YAY!! So we started walking with my lovely directions that I got from a previous hosteller that wrote them on the website...Leanne was out of her comfort zone cause she wasn't in charge and didn't know where we were going...it was great! Luckily for her I am good with directions and had everything under control! So we got to the hostel ...

... earplugs in.. and of course they were noisy!
Thursday Kathleen decided to rest a bit more so I went off exploring on my own. Took the gondola up to a lake called Trübsee. It was a bit spooky near the top as it was only about 50m visibility and really quiet. The gondola behind me (which i couldnt see) had people but all the rest were empty. I was thinking "great, what a waste of money" but when I got up and got to the lake ...

... that it was beautiful and very naturey. However, after being at Lucerne it could not compare. Our hostel was a fun place to be because it had a game room, night club, and lots of young people staying there. The city in Interlaken was cute but the excursions were more what it was about. The river rafting was definitely one of the highlights of our trip. It was a good last place to stay because it was very relaxing and we ...

... We happened across the national history museum of Switzerland while we were walking through a leaf covered park looking for a free public bathroom and ended up spending half a day there. A lot of the art and history connected with what we're learning in Intro to Florence, so of course it was all the more enjoyable since we had heard of it before. The museum covered the entire history of Switzerland so there was a ...

... 3 gondola rides up to the top, including one rotating gondola which is supposed to be amazing to appreciate the views... however, the rain made for foggy conditions and there was little we were able to see. Once we got to the top, Britt, Derek (a fellow traveller) and I ran straight for the snow. Played around a little, and then found a little hill where we perched ourselves on and ambushed any other Contiki group members that came along with snowballs. It ...

... 10, 2006 Today I moved from Martin's house in Seuzach to a hotel right in the pedestrian zone heart of the old part of Zurich. Mark had reserved two rooms in the hotel right after I left London when he and our friend, Neil decided to join me for a weekend in Zurich. Although Martin offered to host them as well, we thought it would be convenient to be right downtown since they were only going to be in Zurich for a long weekend. Mark and ...

... group as we descend the many steps to the square. There are three squares in the downtown area - the Weinmarkt, Kornmarkt, and Hirschenplatz and I'm not sure which one of them this one is. We shop a bit (the shops shut down very early here), mostly Swiss chocolate (heavenly) and a few souvenirs. There are lots of shops that sell Swiss army knives but Godwin already has one ...