Interlaken, Switzerland

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Climbing over part of the Swiss Alps aboard the train from Luzern to Interlaken we encountered snow! Not a huge surprise given where we were traveling and the rainy weather that was following us. It was definitely nice to be in a comfy first class coach aboard the train! Interlaken is located between 2 beautiful lakes and again, was a stop we did on the bus tour 3 years ago. It's most famous for the high mountain cliffs that surround the city. When were were here before (on a sunny, warm day) we ate lunch next to a nice open grassy park in the center of the city. Several para-sails landed in the field and it was fantastic watching them slowly float down from the cliffs above. This trip, that obviously didn't happen as most of the day the cliffs were shrouded in clouds and rain.

We did manage a walking trip of the city and did some shopping. Lisa found a special cheese knife that she wanted and I of course found CHOCOLATE! We passed up eating at the HOOTERS however but it was amusing seeing the scantily clad young ladies wearing full pairs of pantyhose...haha We've discovered that this time of the year is when all the Asians and East Indians visit Switzerland so being non German speaking Americans we take second seat but I do sense that the locals favor us a bit 😊

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