City Hotel Oberland

... lake)and decided to get crazy and journey into what is usually described as the "quintessential Swiss" region, the Bernese Oberland. This is the German-speaking mountainous region of the country where one would expect to see Heidi frolicking about among ...

... and said " are you here again?" in a very friendly way.  We chatted, caught up and after one beer, I headed to the City Hotel, a very traditional Swiss restaurant, plenty of dark wood, cow bells and friendly people.  I sensed that they had a large group ...

... was filled with well deserved rest and the consumption of fine foods in preparation for Christmas festivities. Dining at the local Hotel Oberland, we sampled our first taste of traditional Swiss fondue, mixing a selection of chives, onions, peppers and ...

... the pro-typical Alps (meadows cleared for grazing) and window box-trimmed wooden chalets. We arrived Lauterbrunnen, in the Berner Oberland region of central Switzerland, about 5 pm. A masterfully-prepared 3-course meal ended the day and we retired early ...

... Europe and meet up with my friend Angi. The Horner Pub in Lauterbrunnen holds many fond memories of my trips to the Berner Oberland region over the years. I have traveled to this region at least 25 times over the past 15 years and have come to consider ...

... ; The fire wood that is stacked up against every home is cut to the exactly perfect length, the water throughout the city, including the hotel sink is amazingly clean and refreshing, there is zero graffiti, the entire city is well posted on street signs ...

... when we got off the train.  The town is small, very clean, cute buildings, and friendly, helpful people everywhere!  Our hotel is very nice as well.  Spacious with comfy beds, clean and a great shower, something we havn't had in ...

... area and took off. After a very beautiful train ride around one of the big lakes next to Interlaken I finally got to the Bernese Oberland area. It is a valley with sheer cliffs rising up on each side with waterfalls falling like 1000 feet (not a typo) on ...

... talked to Mummy Papa in Dehradun and Lucknow who congratulated us on our anniversary and wished me on my birthday… back in hotel Anurag arranged for a small strawberry pie(which served as a cake) which I cut and we celebrated our first marriage ...

... I could imagine living here as Zurich is 1 hour away and additional mountains are within a 2-3 hour train ride. Hostel - Tourist Hotel Friday - Zurich (river Limmat) Free bikes were available, but due to the rain we opted to walk. Highlights ...

... that was used in the James Bond "Goldeneye" movie. We watched people bungi jump off the bridge. Yikes! We headed back to Hotel Posse for a ham and mascarpone pizza, beverages and played cards for hours. In the evening we had a ham and mascarpone ...

... ; In Lauterbrunnen, we took the Gondola to Grutschalp, and then from Grutschalp, we took another short train ride to Murren. - Our hotel was across the street from the train station.  Upon check-in, we received a free room upgrade to a superior ...

... between the wagons. On arriving to Interlaken, I suffered my first disappointment with my internet organised holiday. The website of the hotel I thought I booked at shared the page with another hotel. We, of course, were in the not so flash section. ...

... hotel to see if I wrote down the wrong address.   Well, I had the right address, just not the right city.   Our hotel was actually in Stettlen.   This is like looking in Sacramento for an address in Carmichael.   We ...

... a good day because last night after dinner and the visit to the internet cafe, we decided to stop in at the Swiss Casino at our hotel in St. Gallen. I played a bit of roulette and doubled my money in 45 minutes, yahoo. ( I would actually love to use the ...

... ; We hiked back and stopped for a couple bottles of Rugenbrau, the local beer, for enjoyment on our awesome balcony at the hotel.  As we’ve experienced many times around Seattle, sometimes the best part of a hike is the reward afterwards. It ...

... snowed and stormed the whole time, so Im at least thankful that didnt happen. Anyway, our first afternoon there we wandered around the city looking at shops and things.  And then that night we tried our first bit of Swiss food!  It was just too ...

... ; it was interesting to note that all the buildings surrounding the Parliament are banks: does this say something about Switzerland?). The old city of colonnaded walks stands inside a big U made by the River Aare.  At the point curvature of the U, on ...

... see a lot more of the town - full luggage in tow - than we had expected.    We finally located our hotel, which is quite charming - the Tuscano - quickly dropped off our bags and headed back out to catch a train to nearby ...