Seegarten Hotel Marina Spiez

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 ...

... Parliament building and the austere Bank of Switzerland, than watch a beach volleyball tournament?! That was good fun, see photos attached. And then it was on to Spiez for a great mini-holiday. Lake Lausanne beckons now, then tomorrow Claire's folks arrive in Geneva and we're heading to Annecy and the French Alps for the week. Great to hear from everyone, sorry I haven't replied to many mails but we do love hearing news from home. Take it easy! Mark and Claire xxx

I got back to Spiez yesterday from Geneva and had a few hours to clean up the apartment before my mom returned from her trip to the US (she got back today). Greg, a pretty good friend of mine from Austin, has a brother that lives over here in Switzerland. I actually met Greg and his brother Todd in Austin while Todd was there on vacation. Although Todd is an American, he has been living here in Switzerland (in Bern) for about 16 years now. For all ...

I've been chilling out here in Spiez, Switzerland. Jason, a dude I met and traveled with for a bit in Poland, arrived on tuesday. He is hanging out for a few days to check out Switzerland and then he is off to check out Italy. We did a bit of hiking and some chilling out. Last night we went to check out the night life in Interlaken and it was pretty empty ...

... rocking chairs, overlooking the lake across the fence &amp; road, an impressive kitchen with all kinds of gadgets and tools &amp; the sharpest swiss knives. Back of the house was a garden hosting 2 plump guinea-pigs munching on apples fed from heaps of baskets stacked up with apples. The landlord said they pluck apples from their gardens and crush them to make apple juice and we are free to take as many. Unfortunately none of them were fresh! Having settled down we ...

... BBQ with exchange hosts. And of course we watched the soccor! > > I am very proud to say that the smilies (the team i was part of) won the > exchangee games!!! (Hopp Smilies!) And not only will i forever treasure > the > IFYE swiss army knife trophie for ever, but i will also treasure the > memories and friendships that were made on weekend. All 11 exchangees were > very gratefull for the weekend and had a sensational time. So thanks once > again to all the ...

... almost every restaurant or bistro. In the afternoon Jessica and I sat by one of the museums and fed the most adorable little birds bread. The birds were not afraid of us.. we almost had them eating out of the palm of our hands.. We had such a good time doing this.. i think we sat there for 2 hours... we met some cool people from Africa and chatted with them for a while. In the evening on a monday there is not too ...

Today I did a lot of running around. First I headed to the Kunsthalle. I don't know just what to think of this museum. Some of the art in it was just amazing. There was something from all of the important painters, Renior, Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Picasso, and even Salvador Dali. I'm not sure that I have seen any of his originals before. On the other hand much of the art was modern and I just don't care for that ...

... to hit my first official tier: a main road with a hotel/restaurant to purchase some water and check out the view from the balcony. From there, things were a little easier for a while. I followed the main road that twisted and winded up hill, sometimes out of the way but much easier than attempting noticeably dangerous shortcuts. I passed through Beatenberg around 3:30. Beatenberg is a quaint little town about halfway up the mountain where I filled up on water and bought some ice ...

Cloudy. Early train to Thun. Adrian met us at the station. Walked through old town, up to castle, down by lake. Boat to Spiez where Adrian left us. Went on to Interlaken. Took boat on Briensee. Brief walk, return to Interlaken. Met Monika for drinks and dined at small cafe. Returned via train.