Hotel Restaurant Alpenblick Bern

... the "Her Majesty's Secret Service" movie in the late 60's. <br>In case you weren't a fan, they had plenty of notifications of this fact to let you know. <br><br>In spite of it being from a package mix, I can tell you that it will likely go down as being the most memorable hot chocolate I ever had at Piz Gloria. Actually make that hot chocolate mixed with Grand Marnier. Hey, the Swiss felt the restaurant needed revolving and I felt the ...

... of the terrible hostel I stayed at, which I am very certain drove me directly into my travel wall and the Italian men were just getting to be too much for me, to put it simply. I had such a blast with my friends - I really did, and will never forget the memories I made there and keep in touch with everyone - but it was just time to go. I've talked to some other backpackers about their experiences there too, and the same answer was common ...

Heads Baden-Baden, tails Bern... Attila wins with Bern. Party Pooper. He just doesn't want to try the nude spa. Coward :)<br><br>So today we're off to Bern. We had a late start as our hostess, Beate had some students over this morning for some English practice. So but noon we were on the road. Once again we chose to go off the beaten path. This route took us through some lovely villages and hilltop castles. And a small piece of advice: when stopped at ...

... par exemple). Une femme nous a meme demande quelle langue nous parlions... Nous montons et descendons constamment des collines car il sagit dune region tres montagneuse evidemment. Nous aurons de belles jambes musclees a notre retour... En gros, a date on a fait beaucoup beaucoup de marche mais on a vue le Lac Leman, le musee Olympique, le museede lart brut, musee du design et de lart applique contemporain ...

... the encircling hills. The park made for a pleasant place to lunch, thanks to the reappearance of the sun. The distant Alps remained hidden behind a hazy veil. The following day, we explored Bern a little more thoroughly, visiting the area near the Hauptbanhof, which is a bit more lively than the touristy shopping street. The main train station is near the houses of the Swiss Parliment, which are in a moderately large building ...

... there was a lot of mist obscuring the tops of the mountains, but it was still a spectacular drive. The Lauterbrunnen Valley is like something out of a fairytale. Apparently it was the inspiration for Tolkien's Rivendell and I can see why. We are staying at a little chalet owned by the Hotel Oberland, on the main street of town. It is very cute and very Swiss. Our room has a balcony with views out over the Valley and to the JungFrau. Spectacular!! We barely had time to ...

... maybe just a bit too close to those walls and signs. And that night we ate horse(not of the Wayne mutter variety, the ones with 4 legs that go whinny) for tea, and it was really nice. It looks like roo meat and tastes a bit the same too but this was marinated. So i have to leave here soon which sucks as i love it here, the view of the mountains from this house is great (when the clouds disappear which hasn't happened much unfortunately) and there is so much to see and do ...

... it a big fish because it swallowed up a lot of smaller fish and got bigger and bigger to the delight of the shareholders. For the past 13 weeks our motorbikes have been riding up and down the crest of the waves and wobbling from side to side with occasional drop off to some unscheduled ports for a bit of a rest. Does anyone know whether motorbikes can get seasick? I will let you know in the affirmative or negative depending ...

I left Dublin aright (I honestly have no recollection of what day or how long ago - guess i'm finally in the vacation mood:)) and got into Frankfurt Germany. I had been there before and really was in no mood to stay there - it's just a financial city to me. I thought I would have to spend the night there but I walked right to the train station in the airport and they said I could leave in 20 min for a train to ...

... from the bottom of the washer, it would start. Yeah...no. All that did was let water come pouring out of the machine all over the floor. SWEET...just what I wanted! The machine actually did start when that happened (I think that was just a lucky coincidence though). Then when the machine stopped, I tried to open the door (TRIED being the key word there). I tried every way possible to open that stupid door, but it just wouldn't open. Then I got Shannon (another ...