Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Switzerland
PICTURES
Sorry it took so long...crazy trip! so we've had lots of fun in switzerland. Cinque Terre was great but it was still incredibly hot, but switzerland has been AMAZING! spent our first night in Interlaken at the Villa Hostel which was a lot of fun. I got some good beer (finally - italian beer is no good) and some bratwurst. Had a fun and relaxing first night after we rode the train ALL day on sunday. Monday we went up into the Alps. We checked into our hotel in Gimmelwald, rode trains, cable cars (gondolas), and funiculars, and then went on a beautiful hike above Murren. It was absolutely amazing, gorgeous, beautiful...you get the point. After our hike we had a cheeseburger with a birds eye view of the valley and then we walked around Murren some more. We went down to Gimmelwald (where we stayed) and got some fondue and I had a beer and Griff had a wine. We met some cool folks from Seattle who told us about stuff we should check out on our next trip to Europe. Finally we slept in the straw in a barn which was actually really comfortable, a little smelly, but lots of fun (and cheap). I've decided Switzerland is kind of like Italy except in italy the bells you hear everywhere are church bells and in switzerland they are cow bells. In Italy the Gondolas ride on the water and in switzerland the Gondolas ride through the air. And actually, i like switzerland a lot better. It's kind of like Colorado or Utah without the pretentiousness and mormons. Other than that I guess they don't have too much in common We have had lots of cheese and jams for breakfast, the most delicious hashbrowns ever(Rosti) for lunch (usually with some combination of sausage/ham/onions/cheese mixed in), a cheeseburger or two, and Fondue for dinner last night - who knows what for dinner today! We were going to go up this morning to a revolving restaurant on the top of a mountain but it was rainy and cloudy so we saved a good deal of money by coming back down to Interlaken for the day, which worked out wonderfully because today is Swiss National day (July 4th for Swiss). We saw a parade, alpenhorns, cows, crazy firemen, and lots of other sights. tonight is an awesome fireworks show that we have a front seat for on our balcony - we picked up some wine at the Coop (grocery) and are going to sit on the balcony and watch fireworks tonight. Man I have so many stories that I wish I could type up but so little time (and you dont want to read this all day unless you're my mom). Will try and upload all the pictures later today but we'll see. Finally got showers - anyways, we're out! Chuss! Auf Weidersen!
Sorry it took so long...crazy trip! so we've had lots of fun in switzerland. Cinque Terre was great but it was still incredibly hot, but switzerland has been AMAZING! spent our first night in Interlaken at the Villa Hostel which was a lot of fun. I got some good beer (finally - italian beer is no good) and some bratwurst. Had a fun and relaxing first night after we rode the train ALL day on sunday. Monday we went up into the Alps. We checked into our hotel in Gimmelwald, rode trains, cable cars (gondolas), and funiculars, and then went on a beautiful hike above Murren. It was absolutely amazing, gorgeous, beautiful...you get the point. After our hike we had a cheeseburger with a birds eye view of the valley and then we walked around Murren some more. We went down to Gimmelwald (where we stayed) and got some fondue and I had a beer and Griff had a wine. We met some cool folks from Seattle who told us about stuff we should check out on our next trip to Europe. Finally we slept in the straw in a barn which was actually really comfortable, a little smelly, but lots of fun (and cheap). I've decided Switzerland is kind of like Italy except in italy the bells you hear everywhere are church bells and in switzerland they are cow bells. In Italy the Gondolas ride on the water and in switzerland the Gondolas ride through the air. And actually, i like switzerland a lot better. It's kind of like Colorado or Utah without the pretentiousness and mormons. Other than that I guess they don't have too much in common We have had lots of cheese and jams for breakfast, the most delicious hashbrowns ever(Rosti) for lunch (usually with some combination of sausage/ham/onions/cheese mixed in), a cheeseburger or two, and Fondue for dinner last night - who knows what for dinner today! We were going to go up this morning to a revolving restaurant on the top of a mountain but it was rainy and cloudy so we saved a good deal of money by coming back down to Interlaken for the day, which worked out wonderfully because today is Swiss National day (July 4th for Swiss). We saw a parade, alpenhorns, cows, crazy firemen, and lots of other sights. tonight is an awesome fireworks show that we have a front seat for on our balcony - we picked up some wine at the Coop (grocery) and are going to sit on the balcony and watch fireworks tonight. Man I have so many stories that I wish I could type up but so little time (and you dont want to read this all day unless you're my mom). Will try and upload all the pictures later today but we'll see. Finally got showers - anyways, we're out! Chuss! Auf Weidersen!
