Krebs Interlaken

Weekje sneeuw en RELAXEN<br><br>Wat een heerlijke week!!<br><br>Hij begon wat gehaast en het bezoek aan de SEATdealer (knipperend dashboardlampje); was ook niet echt bepaald gepland..<br>Onderweg veel werkzaamheden op de duitsesnelweg wat tot de nodige vertraging zorgde maar .. waardoor we ook van mooie herfstkleuren hebben kunnen genieten.<br>Na 12uur rijden kwamen we in het donker aan in het wel vertrouwde huisje Wengi.<br><br>De volgende ...

... area, surrounded by cool mountains and sitting between two lakes. Halloween is definitely better spent in the US, but Interlaken was definitely a great alternative. This morning we got up and helped around the Hostel and then walked around Interlaken before my friends went bungee jumping. Unfortunately I didnt get to go watch because it would have been 20 dollars just to go up and watch, which would have been silly. So I took the train home. <br>

Got into Interlaken (Lauterburren) and love our room, but found out that Andy wont get his luggage until tommorrow. We spent 4 hours hiking around Lautterbrunnen...saw 6 base jumpers parachute off cliffs- AWESOME! They landed about 40 feet from us...scared us at first. We ...

... the car and onto our next stop which is Interlaken.<br><br>Along the road we pass signs saying 30 or 34 degrees Celsius, it is warm, but we didn't think it that hot. We make a stop along the drive to look at a clear lake that is a beautiful blue colour. Yes, I think it is that hot out.<br><br>Once in Interlaken we find a camping sign and follow it here. We pull in and then walk back into town for diner. We sit at an outside table just ...

... are not yet in action, like the sledging tow ropes etc. However we still had lots of fun and Ben and Robert had lots of runs down the mountain and back up via the chair lift. We then had a very well deserved beer at the Tepee bar (that's right an actual Tepee in the Swiss Alps) while waiting for the train back to Grindelwald Gund and then to Interlaken. Very tired, cold and exhausted from skiing, snowboarding and walking many times up the slope to go back down again.

... a sad farewell (hansueli actually got all teared up, the big softie! And it was very hard not to join him but I insisted that we all be happy and celebrate the fantastic time I spent with them!) and drama with next family was sorted, I had to go to the original ones which I had no info on at all so was in for a surprise of where and who these people were. Had a wonder around Zurich, fabulous! All those old churches and lovely architecture, and lots of gays ...

... ride back to Freiburg. As we were discussing our luck at having gotten a free ride, the Deutsche Polizei came to our cabin and asked for passports. Josh's was fine because he had his student visa already. The other girl (a Canadian) did not have her passport with her as she had forgotten it. They hassled her a little bit, but after an official-sounding phone call and seeing her health card and driving licence, they let her go with a warning. I had my ...

... god that the shute opens properly and doesn't make us plummet to our death! Ok, so it wasn't that drastic, and I felt safe at all times, but it was against all logic to run off a cliff! When we were up and soaring in the air, we got a great look at spectacular Interlaken. Ducky (as that's what I'm going to call him) told me that Interlaken means between two lakes, and that's obviously how it got its name. Being the first to go, I was obviously the first ...

Thought we'd make the most of our interrail pass with a day trip to Bern. The cobbled streets were lively, filled with shoppers and tourists alike. Personally, we derived most entertainment chancing ...

... DC and sit in it." "I'll let you drive it. I don't care." "You've got yourself a deal." I told him. He had heard somewhere about a Hall of Mirrors and picked the gathering of Sunday churchgoers standing in front of the Cathedral to get directions from. When they were unable to assist us, he inquired with a couple of women eating breakfast at a sidewalk café. On the path towards our destination was a remarkable lion statue carved into the cliff side. I recall ...