Interlaken, Switzerland Part One

I just spent the last two days in Interlaken! I didn't know much of anything about it when I decided to go there, and I wound up very happy with my decision!

I took two trains, and it took about 3 1/2 hours from BA's place. I was quite proud of myself for figuring out as much French and German as I did along the way. The more you visit these countries, the easier it becomes. Bethanne might not say my French is that great though- I was reading her something the other night, and she told me that it actually hurt her ears to hear me reading. Hehe!

I decided to stay in a hostel for the first time, because Switzerland is crazy expensive. I mean, insane. BA promised me that I wouldn't get killed. I stayed at the Balmer's, pictured below, and it was so much fun! I met a lot of people, and might have drank too much wine with them late into the night. Get this though- I met a guy who lives in Lakewood, OH, which is 20 minutes from my house! You want to talk about a small world. We actually figured out that we were at the same bar on Halloween last year. His name was Buck. Very Ohio of him.
I took a few hours in the afternoon to just walk around and check things out. The water there is the weirdest color. It almost looks like there are blue and green chemicals in it, but obviously there aren't. A lot of the things that people do when they visit Interlaken were not up and running, because it's their off season. I guess that summer and winter are the times to visit. Lots of extreme sports going on there.

The part that I loved the best about the town was there there are just random cows and sheep around. And they all have bells on! You walk around and hear them in the background. And, it's super clean there, and everyone speaks English. You ask, "do you speak English"? And they say, "a little". And then you have a full blown conversation with them in English!
This is just the beginning of my visit- wait till blog number two. I just got back from the most amazing experience of my life!