Lauterbrunnen
The train ride here was awesome. Riding a few hundred meters above cities covered in snow. We had to change trains in Spiez and then Interlaken. Spiez is a beautiful little town, cross between an Italian town on the lake and a Swiss village in the mountains. Interlaken is the spitting image of (or perhaps the original) Queenstown. It is the Swiss adventure capital and the gateway to the ski fields. We are staying in Lauterbrunnen, which is 20 minutes train ride up the hill from Interlaken.
We dumped our bags in a locker in Interlaken and had a good look round the city. It is very beautiful, and the whole place is blanketed in snow. It is nice to actually see REAL snow, instead of the icy crap they have at the Aussie ski fields.
And speaking of Aussie, Happy Australia Day everyone. We attempted to cook an Aussie meal to celebrate, snags on the barbie, but instead ended up with bangers and mash (English) using Bratwurst sausages (German) and drinking Czech beer. Well, I guess we did the multicultural thing.
We didn't end up doing that day trip in Milan. The weather was crap - sleeting and windy, and we missed the train to Genova so we spent the day shopping instead.
Well, I'm loving Switzerland already (well apart from the place we are staying in charging for everything - including 2 francs for 15 minutes on the stove in the kitchen). Hopefully we can take some awesome photos out and about tomorrow.
posted by Mackey at
3:32 pm
2 Comments:
lol, I thought it was only Balmer's Hostel in Interlarken that charged for the hotplates! I think they were 1 or 2 franks for 15mins. Its a ripoff. The only thing that didn't cost money at Balmer's was the shower water (even that had a timer button), sitting on a chair and the bread roll for breakfast.
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27 January 2007 at 8:37 pm
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3 February 2007 at 9:01 pm
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