I woke up on Saturday morning in Interlaken to a beautiful day. I stepped our on to the balcony of our hostel room to take in the view and almost dies from shock SNOW AND ICE!!!!!!!!!! having never seen snow or ice i was beside myself that upon yonder mountain there it sat. OMG, words can not express how I felt. I think I screamed. I think LC thought i stubbed my toe or something.
Interlaken is beautiful beyond words. It is quite a small town nestled between two lakes high in the swiss alps. Everything here is perfect, everyone has pretty gardens which they take pride in, cute little houses, plenty of fresh air. Things make sense, somebody obviously put some thought into planning. I decided to head out and see a little of what the town had to offer- first I headed over to the 'wildlife park'. Admittedly I was a little disappointed, I think adelaide Zoo's child petting area has more animals. But on the upside these were my first real european animals. and the babies were really cute. I was going to catch the Funicular up to Harder Kulm, the lookout above Interlaken but I had just missed one so I decided to take a stroll. due to the landscape by stroll very quickly turned into an amazing hike. Within a few minutes I was climbing the mountain and it was absolutely wonderful. So much green, so many little wildflowers (I have a whole blog dedicated to my study of swiss flora!). And gasp- the views!!!!
I'd been walking for a while and I decided to head back to get the funicular but as it turns out it was WAY out of my budget so instead I wandered back in to town. I walked past a shop selling swiss army knives and literally could not resist. I used to have one when i was a kid and then rediscovered it in later life to be a very useful item. The best thing is that it has lots of things that I didn't bring with me- a knife, scissors, a can opener, bottle cap opener and corkscrew. Everything a girl could need!
I spent the afternoon down by the lake skipping stones on the blue water. I couldn't help but think my grandparents would like it here. They could get a house by the lake and Ned could build another boat. There is a steam train as well and I think a model train village near by. Grandma would love the pleasant atmosphere of the town and would probably get a kick out of going to Hooters for dinner! An then there is the really good chocolate and coffee that would make them never want to leave. haha. not that this town is for old fogies or anything!
That night LC and I treated ourselves to burgers a Hooters- totally hilarious. After that we headed back to the hostel and hung out with the two guys from Seattle who were in our dorm. They had been paragliding that day and had an amazing time. We ended up going down to the bar for a drink. It was pretty funny and slightly embarrassing to be associated with the loudest americans at the bar. We headed up to bed around 3 so that we could get an early start for what would turn out to be THE BEST DAY EVER- TOP OF EUROPE!!!!!
Someone left their Tuba in the driveway, you can just imagine their mum "Billy, get that damn Tuba out of the driveway before someone reverses over it. that thing is worth a fortune!"
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