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Our original plan for travel this time didn't include Switzerland. I can't remember why and I can't remember why we changed our minds, but I think it's probalby the best decision we've made on this trip so far.
My first thought as I got off the train in Bern was..... 'holy..... s***' Somewhere between Milan and Bern the temperature had dropped by 20 degree. Clearly our flip flops and shorts were about to be sent to the bottom of the backpack (and so far they're yet to see the light of day)
Bern in fairytale cute and we had a great time stuffing ourselves on Rosit and Fondue, riding the free bikes provided by the city and whiling about the hours drinking coffeein cosy cafes whislt waiting for the rain to pass.
Interlarken. I've been pondering for days about what to say out Interlarken, and I"m still not sure, but figured it was time I wrote something. Mother Nature went all out here.
Definatly the highlight of our 3 days here was our hike to the top of Shilthorn. SItting at 2970m (that'smore than 700m higher than Mt Kosciusko) nestled in amoungst the Jungfur Region of the Alpsit provides some of the best views of the area. Addmitadly we got a head start by catching the bus to Gimmlewald, but that still left us 1600m to climb on our own two feet.
After the first hour of the steepest walking I've ever done I stopped laughing at the people with their walking pole things. I guess I can see how they might be useful now.
2 hours of climbing later we had hit snow....... perhaps gym shoes were a porr choice of footwear.
After anotherhour and a half of walking, climbing, crawling through snow (sometimes knee deep) and one mental breakdown later (think snow capped ridge, slippery slopes on either side, nothing but one lousy wire rope to cling to and a new found fear of hights we made it to the top.
It was the hardest, scariest, most exhilarating thing we've ever done. The views (and the sense of achievement) made it worth it. But would we do it again? At the time we said Hell No. But a week on....... maybe.............. but perhaps this time I'd choose better shoes.
As a whole I think Switzerland surpased both our expectations. there are so many thing to slove about it but here are our top 5.
1. chocolate
2. rosti & fondu (I know it's technicall 2 things, but we always ate them together...)
3. trains that run on time (heck, everything runs on time)
4. super friendly people
5. the best scenery mother nature has to offer.
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