Interlaken

May 30, 2011

This free weekend we are in Interlaken, Switzerland, and it seems to be an amazing place. The people, both tourists and locals, are very friendly, and everyone is willing to help with whatever they can. A particularly helpful aspect about the community is the various "travel offices" which can be found in nearly every tram station around the city. This has been amazing, and, they have always been there to help, including, helping us find our hotel, giving us travel books on activities to do, as well as helping us with buying city transportation tickets. Travel offices as helpful and convenient as these should be in every city, and I am sure it would make traveling a lot less scary/stressful, especially in bigger cities.

While in Interlaken, we traveled by tram, then bus, then cable cars to Schilthorn Piz Gloria, a restaurant in the middle of the Swiss Alps. It was an amazing experience to see everything in the area, including the mountains, animals, countryside, and small town buildings. The next day, we visited Trummelbach, an area near Interlaken which has waterfalls which can be seen both inside the mountains as well as outside. It was fun to see such a beautiful aspect to this country and I am so glad that we came here!