Hotel Florida Bern

... within, I started to worry. I thought about how I hadn't told anyone exactly where I was going, plus the fact that I didn't feel confident I was anywhere near my target destination, and I had Lincoln with me so if we did encounter a lynx or something he would probably aggravate it and he would lose the fight. I decided I would have to turn back around 2:30pm because I didn't want it to get dark while I was alone in the ...

... and I'm just not all that hungry... it's something you just get acclimated to doing this type of travel. And you start rationalizing things like, would I rather see this _______ (park, church, museum, exhibition, statuary, etc etc etc) that I don't know anything about and then take pictures of wow, things I don't know about either or instead, get a bottle of wine with my new friends, you chose the wine. I don't know if that's the best ...

... the city itself. We've visited several European capitals and Bern seems to have the least visitor appeal. It's odd considering how beautiful the country is. Once again, Rick is right... why spend time in Swiss cities when you can enjoy the mountains?<br><br>Our last stop was the famous Bern bear enclosure (aka a big concrete pit), but it too proved disappointing. The bears were either hiding or not in their pen as we could find neither hide nor hair ...

... to make the most out of my day. Where the hell is everyone and everything i thought... mental note they build down in europe... I just forgot to go down. So finally i found a locker and started walking. Straight out the station and into a market place... all of a sudden someone in a very very bad accient says gday mate-no problems mate- how u going? I couldnt help but smile it was one of the swiss market guys loving the idea of talking to me in my own lingo... it ...

... After breakfast, we made our way to the gift shop, a short Piz Gloria video, then outside for more pictures. Then it was back down the mountain, and back to Bern to catch our overnight train for Prague. Before I leave you, I have to tell you about the little town of Murren, which is just below the Piz Gloria. You have never seen such a pretty little village, Randy and I want to go back just to stay there. It was so quiet and peaceful.

... outdoor pools, a diving pool & lots of gardens. The water was freezing 17degrees but i still went for a swim. I then went to Italy Rome for 4 days & took the train back to switzerland to Zurich for 3days. The train ride in both directions to & from Italy was amazing, lots of beautiful huge lakes, green mountains & of course the swiss alps! Also lots of castles built up high on the hill tops. Zurich was a lot colder than Bern which is ...

... one! It all started off with some cheese fondue then veal and to top it off some strawberry ice cream! So fondue etiquitte - if you drop your bread into the fondue pot you are to kiss the person on the left. Some took advantage of this while others were VERY cautious to keep their bread pieces in check! So over the course of our meal, I got to experience some yodeling ...

... you agree with our Terms and Conditions, please sign on the bottom line" Now, we all know that it is important to read the small print but that does not detract from the fact that a delay, such as the one we are experiencing now, is totally unacceptable. I have written to the Shipping Co. and demanded compensations.To his credit, our Agent has also written a formal letter of complaint. Stand by for more news, Chin up, c'est la vie! Eric

... I will go hiking up in the mountatins. Met this really nice crazy older woman who has traveled alone and she gave me a bunch of tips of where to go. I keep talking to all these older people (guess it's just like back home with me and all my old aging friends;)). I love telling people I have no idea how long I will be here or where I'm going next. The freedom is unbelieveable and I'm loving every single second.

... like travelling completely vertical without tipping and I got to saddle one end of the raft and rode it at a 45 degree angle - amazing. It was the most incredible part of the tour so far...... absolutely freezing but we all agreed we'd do it again in a second! Spent the night in a contiki village in the Austrian Alps with 3 other groups were we all had a mad time at a 'back to school' dress up party which went til very late. Today we drove quite a long distance ...