Krebs Interlaken

... expensive. We could see that there was some sort of market or festival going on beside the lake near the train station so we had fajitas and hot dogs for dinner while the girls had some fairy floss. There were guys selling roasted chestnuts, I had tried them years ago, but couldn't remember what they were like. Both Greg and I really liked them and I can understand why Europeans really miss them when they move to Australia.

... and eventually found our way to the cable car. Somehow we got the ride for free as I asked at the bottom where I could get tickets and they said at the top, but at the top there was no one at the ticket booth! Again, I handled this cable car ride with ease, thought to be fair it wasn’t that high again.

At the top we headed off on the walk the receptionist had told us about. It was very cute, passing by little farms where you had to open and close gates behind you ...

... day, but we still got some good pictures. We went out for breakfast (apple pie because we thought we deserved it for getting up in time) and went back to bed. We planned on staying one night but extended it to two. We tried to stay three but the hotel was booked. We thought we were out of luck until we arrived in our next destination. Interlaken is twice as nice with half the people. The town is at the base of three huge mountains with paragliders, glaciers, and two ...

... need two tickets even when you talk to a clerk and tell them the exact route you're taking, which just so happens to involve two of those trains that you need two tickets for. And just for the fun of it, let's not put any ticket counters or ticket vending machines inside the train or in the train waiting area so we can really get those tourists. We'll send them in with no way to get out. I firmly believe French people hate us.

I kept thinking, 'I must be an idiot ...

... r*ise your voice *fter 10 pm. How cr*zy is th*t? After *ll of those shen*****ns, * good m*jority of the group he*ded below the hostel to Metro B*r. I did not intend to drink, but I discovered th*t they h*d Strongbow on t*p. STRONGBOW. N*tur*lly, I h*d to buy one, *nd it w*s prob*bly one of the best purch*ses I m*de. At some point l*te in the night I re*lized th*t I w*s the only girl left from my room. The problem with this situ*tion is th*t there is ...

... camper as I write this. Due to the Northwest-Delta Merger and the negative impact with the devaluation of NWA miles, I have decided to burn my miles this first quarter, therefore I will be traveling much in the next two months. I will be in Switzerland for a week, then to Iceland for 6 days, back to Europe to France and Luxembourg for a week, then 8 days in London and the island of Malta, finishing with a two week trip to Hong Kong ...

... was quite fast and you couldn't touch the bottom. We traveled about 3 kilometers, but others went in further upstream and finished further down than we. If we had kept going we would have ended up in the Rhine. Evelyn kindly stayed with our clothes and we walked back to her parallel with the river, with all the other drifters. Daniel said people put their working clothes into waterproof containers and float downstream towards their homes ...

... are different here? Having the Y and Z in each others place will really slow a typer down. Zurich is a cute little city. You can walk around the entire city in a few hours. I saw the Grossmunster (Great Cathedral) and even climbed the tower to the top. Great views of the city...lots of stairs. Fraumunster is the other big church here. I was surprised by both of them. Both were all stone, no paintings, very small windows. Compared to the churches in Spain and France ...

... a second quite well, not too mention a fair amount of English, especially in the more commercial cities like Geneva and Zurich. With only 130,000 people this was the prettiest of the Swiss cities we saw. The central Munster cathedral was impressive, even for those now getting thoroughly churched out. With our three hours parking up we returned to the van and, to the usual stares, backed out. We drove to Interlaken for the night ...

... think since I wasn't worried about when to check my altimeter, pull the ripcord, or anything else, I was able to enjoy the event that much more, live in the moment, and fully absorb the awesome rush of adrenaline. The appropriate Simpsons reference would be Homer accidentally jumping Springfield Gorge on Bart's skateboard. "Oh, my God. I'm gonna make it! This is the greatest thrill of my life! I'm king of the world! WOOHOO! WOOHOO!" Funny how when I woke up this morning, I had no ...