Blogs from South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 115

It was our first free weekend to travel anywhere in Europe we wanted. So six of us girls packed our bags and headed off to Switzerland. It was perhaps the best first trip one could ever take because it taught us so many truths about backpacking through Europe. The most important being that the only thing you can really count on is things never going as planned. Gaming, Austria (where I live) is like no other place in the world. Basically, since the town is so small and there aren’t accessible means of public transportation, hitchhiking is an acceptable thing to do. It’s fast, effective and saves us from having to walk 45 minutes to the train station with our monstrous backpacks on our backs. Four of the six of us hitchhiked down to the train ... read more

(Posted October 18 by Kim) We totally enjoyed sleeping in on our second day in Interlaken. We got up and decided to try and go sailing before taking the train back to Zurich that evening, but the sailing place was already booked up for the day. The weather was very cloudy and cold, so we decided para gliding wouldn’t be very fun either. We decided to just take the ferry boat to the end of one of the lakes instead and then either ride it back or we could take the train from there. It was a great way to just see the lake and the mountains! The water was so blue in the lake and the river in Interlaken that we joked about it being dyed blue, like the treated toilet bowl water. The water ... read more

hey everyone!! i'm finally able to update. i tried in italy twice. the first time, the page wouldn't load and the second time it wouldn't recognize the @ sign on the foreign keyboard. but, i am staying at a hostel that has a US keyboard. my back hurts from carrying my pack, which we decided to name (my packs name is jerome) since they were the weight of midgets. i have blisters on my feet, bug bites EVERYWHERE, and sunburn, but i couldn't be having more fun!! so...so much has happened since i left a little less than a week ago. because sarah (the friend i am traveling with) and i are crazy, we decided as soon as we landed at rome that we were going to take a train directly down to naples so we ... read more

Veni, Vidi, Venezia, Roma and Firenze (I came, I saw Venice, Rome and Florence) Hi Everyone, How's things? Hope you're fine and/or dandy. Another entry ensues as I am motivated once more to sit in front of the pc after some much needed rest after Italy. I've just spend around ten days in Italy and it's an amazing place. It really has 2 great things that you hope all destinations will provide: - things to see and do, and - great things to eat I took the overnight train from Austria into Venice, which was ridiculously cheap (a mere 5 euros), but also ridiculously uncomfortable (a night spent 'sleeping' in one of those 6 person compartments when it was full). The bad night's sleep meant that my initial impression of Venice was a little unfair. It ... read more

Interlaken, Switzerland August 6-9 Hostel; Balmers Herberge...One of Europes 15 most famous hostels We have officially been gone one month now! Sure doesnt seem like it! Anyways, now we are in Interlaken, Switzerland...which is the most opposite of flat Grand Forks you can get. By far the most prettiest and spendiest place we have stopped. For example, we found McDonlads to be the cheapest, which usually is not the case and for 2 meals there it was nearly 18 US dollars! Sooooo, that means we were no where near having the money to do adventure sports such as skydiving (300 USD), paragliding, (150 USD for 25 min.), hangliding, canyoning and such, but the trip is definatly not over yet, and maybe in Australia well re-visit the idea. Things were so expensive it honestly made us laugh, ... read more