Hotel Artos Bern

... mix need reviving. The weather was clear on the main view side and overcast on another. Evidently God didn't feel that the view and revolveing restaurant was good enough for us, so he threw in a couple of snow falls for good measure. Gotta love the guy!<br> <br>We made a couple/few revolutions, took a few dozen pictures, and started our descent. We decided, at the encouraging of Rick Steves, to stop off at the tiny, and I mean TINY ...

... amoung the girls... so that made me feel better and frankly, normal. <br><br>Regardless, this trip of mine has been nothing short of incredible, and I am having the time of my life!<br><br>I have learned SO much while I've been away. I think I am going to (I can't believe I'm about to admit this...) miss living out of a backpack when I get home! Seriously. It makes life simplier having so few things with me. Choosing clothes? Hell ...

... stoplight in Switzerland, do not use that particular moment to comment on how green the Swiss countryside is... it may cause your driver to jump the gun and run the light. Oops.<br><br>We arrived in Bern shortly after two. We parked at the Bahnhof (Rick advised that although it is not the cheapest option, it is the most convenient for a quick tour of the town... he wasn't kidding either -- $15 for less than six hours.)<br><br>Having missed lunch, our ...

... ruines romaines, La tour bel air metropole, la tour de lale, la cathedrale notre dame de Lausanne, chateau saint-maire (de lexterieur), le chateau de Chillon (magnifique), on a montee aujourdhui 378 marches dans la cathedrale St-Nicholas de Fribourg. On a aussi ete a Gruyeres voir comment se fait la fabrication du fromage (Gruyere). Joublie certainement quelques petites choses mais on aura la chance de ...

... showcases the history of the Swiss provinces on its exterior. We also had a chance to visit an outdoor market on Saturday under cloudy and cold skies, but mercifully clear of rain. Our biggest treat, however, came in the form of a huge fondue feast cooked for us by our gracious hosts! It was delicious! The same night, we ventured out to explore Bern's nightlife. We danced to showtunes in an old converted sporting gymnasium and ...

... our bags in the room and we were off exploring the town. Matt has been here many times, but still hasn't had a chance to see much of the Valley outside of town. We walked up to the Staubbach waterfall just outside of town and got very wet climbing up to the path that takes you under the falls. The heavy rain we had today made the falls flow so fast that the spray was quite impressive. We continued our walk further down the Valley from Lauterbrunnen towards Stechelberg, and lost ...

... i love this couple too, they are so kind and funny and i will be back one day for sure to see them. I just love them to bits. I am going to the big bundy party and then the next family on Monday, but they sound really nice too and i will see Christof (our exchange boy in oz) while I'm there and have been invited to a party from another rural youth club (Simon's, another oz exchangee, mad bloke from young farmers comp) which i will hopefully go to while i am there too. I also ...

... the paint work is faded.....that is, if and when we when we get the bikes! So, what should we do to ensure that such a stuff up does not happen again? Read the SMALL PRINT man! Well,I tried to read an entire A4 page at the back of the bill of lading but the printing is so small that I could not read it even with a magnifying glass and my reading glasses on. I went onto the Internet, found the Shipping Company web site and...hooray ...

... Switzerland where I had decided I wanted to go. So I got the ticket. I walk to the train station and there are these three people from Trinidad (all I could think about was Trinidad and Tibago in the miss universe parent) who were hopelessly lost. They asked if I sole English and soon I became their personal guide to the trains. They just wanted to follow me and wouldn't learn when I tried to teach ...

... who is temporarily living with us until she finds a place) to try and open it and she was as successful as I was. So I ended up going to the first neighbor to ask for help. Turns out she didn't speak english or french...DARN IT! So then I played a fun little game of charades trying to get her to understand that I was a poor Canadian who can't speak German and that needed help with the washing machine. And it did work eventually. She came down to the laundry room...and ...