Switzerland

I really wish I could tell you great and funny stories from Switzerland. To be honest this was the most relaxing country we visited. We enjoyed the landscape of the Alps and easy going ways of the Swiss people. We did not enjoy the cost of everything. You know it's bad when the dollar menu is replaced by the three dollar menu.

We moved around visiting 3 different cities in 3 days. We heard such great things about each that we had to see them.

Zurich is a big city and we spent the least amount of time there. It has a great mix of old and new. We walked about 30 minutes to our hostel which turned out to be the place to be at night. The bottom floor was a restaurant bar and we actually passed the hostel twice not thinking check-in would be at the bar. When we returned from dinner the place was packed, in fact there were 25 people outside on the corner hanging out and enjoying drinks. I was able to sit and talk with a couple of them about.

The next morning we took a train to Luzern. Places to stay were so expensive we decided to just make it a day trip. We did a walking tour around the entire city, but I don't remember much about it except for the beauty of it. What stole my memory was at the end we were able to get free Swiss chocolate. Your knees buckle at tasting some of this chocolate. I might even take the stance that Swiss chocolate is worse for short term memory than three shots of tequila. It's that good.

That night we ended up in Interlaken. This is the place we were able to relax. The hostel was incredible. They had free washer/dryers, free wi-fi, and the best hot chocolate in the world. LA will back me up on that. We hiked about 6 miles around Lake Brienz on Saturday. There was a great place to relax on rocks and throw apples and zucchini at various targets.

We actually a progression of 6 pictures here of me trying to get in the picture by beating the 2 second timer on my camera.
Friday night we ran into a pub that had live music outside. We noticed the really cheap beer ($1.20) and the free soup and thought this must be a Friday night thing. Turns out it was the pub's 50th anniversary so they were selling beer at prices from 1969. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Yes, they charged $1.20 for draft beer in 1969. How does anyone afford to stay in this country?

After the hike on Saturday we both took a nap and then turned on College Gameday and watched college football from the hostel room. Between the hike, naps, and college football all intertwined it was a day we needed to unwind. Thank God for those days.