We spent one night in Interlaken in an amazing hostel. If you are ever in Interlaken, I cannot possibly recommend Backpackers Villa more highly. It was one of the cleanest places we stayed, and it had free lockers in the rooms. Now that is a genius idea for a hostel. Everyone was super-friendly, and there were lots of places to sit and relax. We would happily have stayed there many more nights if we weren't eager to be on our way to Gimmelwald.
Switzerland is, well, beautiful, as you might expect. The train ride in was quite pretty (and included breakfast - woot!). Paul snapped several photos:
For lunch, I enjoyed a burger that included shredded carrots, something I think our US burgers are sorely lacking:
Interlaken is sandwiched between two lakes - Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. We had hoped to ride one of the ferries to a castle on Lake Thun, but the ferry hours just didn't work out. Instead, we hopped on one of the Lake Brienz ferries and floated along for three hours as it made its loop around the lake. Switzerland has some great Eurail pass benefits, among them the ability to ride the ferries in Interlaken and Lucerne for free (or, as Paul is keen to point out, more like pre-paid, since our Eurail pass was pretty pricey!). Paul got himself a beer:
And we enjoyed the endless views:
We topped off the day with dinner at the top of the ugliest and tallest building (a hotel) in Interlaken and enjoyed watching the paragliders land:
Switzerland is, well, beautiful, as you might expect. The train ride in was quite pretty (and included breakfast - woot!). Paul snapped several photos:
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