Hotel Central Continental Interlaken

... br>Deze hebben we eerder tervergeefs getracht te beklimmen in 2004 én 2007. <br>Helaas ook deze keer zijn we op de helft gestrand... <br>We hadden reeds 4uur omhoog geklommen van 1620 naar 2050 meter hoogte! Volgens de bordjes zouden we hier echter 2uur over moeten doen; Door de sneeuw was dit voor ons niet mogelijk.<br>Eerst was de sneeuw nog leuk maar na dat hij tot de schenen en vervolgens tot de knieen was het bijna niet meer te doen ...

... 3 families: von Allmen, Brunner and Feuz. With 130 townsfolk sharing hte 3 surnames. To keep prescriptions and medical records straight, the doctor in nearby Lauterbrunnen goes by birth date first, then the patient's name."<br><br>It is definitely one of those places where if you were able to located some brocade curtains and stich yourself a pinafore, you could twirl around, channel Maria von Trapp, and belt our a rousing rendition of ...

... side of the river. <br><br>We obliged and it took us a good twenty minutes to retrace our steps and then another half an hour along this path before we FINALLY found the lake. We had been walking for over two and a half hours at this point, and the whole walk should probably have taken us about an hour if we had gone the right way!<br><br>At the end of the path we found a couple of swans waiting for us who seemed most upset to see us. Witek being Witek tried to pat one and it ...

... made up to the moutain at 3pm and set off. I found some paths and started my journey. Just like Mt Olympus, I found that I was either out of practice, or the mountain was really steep. I think a lot of both. At first I was cursing then once I got going, I seemed to do pretty well. I made it up about 1,000 meters up from the start and at my destination. Then headed back down another path. As I was going down, I came upon a cable car ...

... made our way over mountain passes. We have even found our way blocked as we tried to take a pass that was, much to our surprise, closed. We&#8217;ve driven around snow and rocks on the road. We&#8217;ve had lights flashing hoping to be seen in dense fog. It has been a wonderful week. I absolutely love the atmosphere here in Switzerland. The architecture and the love of nature&#8230;not to mention the food!<br><br>Tomorrow we head to Zurich to spend time with Katherina. <br><br>

... and afterwards it is backwards- gets a little tough- Now our meal, Chicken with potatoes and salad. and an apple streussle-- MM! After dinner we all just chilled and talked and some took more advantage of the bar on hand. I chose to save myself from a hangover to prep my body for the full workout that is to go on the next day! Mountain Bike riding- just one of the optional excursions offered. Off to bed I went for a good night of rest and relaxation!

... between towering trees and steep slopes (9). It was like riding through the blue ridge mountains but about 13 times more nerve-racking. We'd wanted to go to "the Top of Europe" (a winter playground at the peak of the huge mountains) or at least to First (a flat part farther up the mountain) but there are obviously no roads that go there and the cablecar rides were way too expensive. We walked around Grindelwald for a while and took in ...

... NO luggage room. It was an interesting squeeze. I've noticed in Switzerland the sheer fluidity of transportation in the form of actual smoothness of the train ride, to the well run and rarely late public transportation. It's almost like the swiss motion watch was just brought to life in the swiss transportation system. Dr. Fegley tried to explain to me why the trains didn't shake as much as U.S. trains do, but I really don't understand it very well. I might ...

... my reverie by Del's return. I look at my new Swiss watch. 6:30. "Chet, dude. I found these girls. They want to get high, y'know what I'm sayin'? So, I went down to the park by the lake, y'know? And I'm rappin' with this dude, he gives me two free joints like that, dude. No problem. So, we gotta meet these girls down in the lobby at 7." "Well, who are these girls?" I'm curious to know. "Are they cute at least?" "They're OK. Nothin' gorgeous or nothin'. But they ...