Villa Europe 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.

... true Swiss style, you changed trains on the same platform and everything went like clockwork. The Swiss really know how to organise everything. All stations are announced in plenty of time and in at least 4 languages. Everything in Switzerland is also very clean, we even saw a guy polishing the rubbish bins at a train station. I just wish they had a major anti-smoking campaign.

We arrived in Interlaken to fairly fine weather and ...

... point in Europe (supposedly), covered in snow was direclty infront of us. I have taken photos, but in all honesty, they do not come close to doing it justice. We found a trail leading up to a waterfall, spouting from the side of a cliff face. We hiked up and Tom and I both quickley realised we were way out of our fitness element. Walking with backpacks for ages, fine. Walking up a hill, forget about it. But we made it up and it was well worth it. Even just that little bit higher up and ...

... com is tricky, but possible, to get a discounted ticket if you can get the right destination. Two tips: there is a list of destination stations a mile long, be sure you know which station you want to get off at. Second, my VISA card wouldn't work (it is a good card), but, my Mastercard worked. So, patience will provide benefits!
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... on a sleeper train to Prague where people of all ages, genders, sizes, and ethnicities blatantly stared at us. I believe this to be the first of many signs that Prague hated us. Also, the sleeper car smelled like feet. Before drifiting off too sleep(yeah that doesn't really happen on sleeper trains), all eleven of us that were traveling decided to put our hands in and cancel our hostel for Prague. Then we went to sleep.

... clean and refreshing, there is zero graffiti, the entire city is well posted on street signs making it simple for tourist to find their way around, and the best part was the hotel rooms had an outstanding liquid cleaner that was very effective for the body, face, hair, and hands...All in one, soo smart!! We went snowboarding on a portion of the swiss alp mountain range called "First Mountain". The ...

... and some very adventurous parasailers. It was really lovely and fresh up there. We felt lucky we had someone to take us there otherwise it's a part of Switzerland we probably would not have seen and enjoyed. There is also a revolving restaurant up there so you gradually get a 360° view. It's awesome, green, white, alive and very beautiful.

... wheel set up almost in front of the Muenster. There were also a number of other food and carnival booths set up around the city. I remember walking through one crowd which was so thick that you basically could only take a baby step when the whole group inched forward, and even then, your face was still pushed up against the back of the person in front of you. What really appealed to me about Basel was its historic feeling ...

... have included the photos for you to look at. So what else has been going down in the lively village of Grindelwald, well we had a group of 5 guys come over from England for a weekend away. And they were top blokes to say the least. On their first day after i had picked them up from the airport i took them ski guiding in a bit of a snow white out, but we had a great day and the guys enjoyed themselves. On the Saturday they were wanting ...

... peaks. It was the most peaceful imagery I'd witnessed in a long time. Part of me was brought back to the beauty and tranquility of the Pacific Northwest, but another part of me was perfectly aware this was on a much grander, more magnificent scale. The Mighty Alps were far beyond comparison with the Cascades. "Wow" was the only word my mouth could form for fifteen minutes. By the time we arrived in Interlaken, there were officially eight in our group. Unfortunately, the only ...