Blogs from Matten bei Interlaken, Interlaken, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 2

Beautiful-- the only way to describe Interlaken. Interlaken means between two lakes, and well gosh darn it if that wasn't the most proper name ever, nothing is. Not just any lakes, but lakes that are the brightest blue/green and as clear as gin. However, for as beautiful as the lakes are, the mountains overshadow them. Being poor, we took the more affordable option of the day, and that was to take a funicular (a train that goes up a mountain at an angle) up to a restaurant on the side of a foothill of the swiss alps (mind you we were still some 4000 plus feet up). After lunch, a few of us decided to climb to the top of the peak we were on. The climb was fun and probably only about 2.5 hrs round ... read more

I landed safely yesterday (Wednesday) morning in Zurich and have been in Switzerland since. I spent most of yesterday morning walking around the city of Zurich, then I took a train to Luzern where I toured one of the lakes on a ferry for the rest of the afternoon. After my first hostel experience last night, I took a train this morning to Interlaken. I was planning on doing some hiking in the Swiss alps in Lauterbrunnen today, but it was cloudy and rainy all day. Instead, I toured some waterfalls inside of a mountain which was almost equally as impressive as everything else Ive done. I must say, from what Ive seen I think Switzerland is the most scenic place Ive ever been to (just google image some of the places Ive mentioned). It might ... read more