When I bought my orange Holland sunglasses in Salzburg, I had no idea that we'd be entering the Dutch fan zone in Interlaken. But all of the Netherlands games are being played in Bern (only 45 minutes away) so the Dutch have taken over this city. Even Interlaken has a Fanzone and the orange is painting this city like the Swedes painted Salzburg yellow! Abbey and I are getting used to the car horns blasted at us from Dutch fans expressing appreciation for my sunglasses and we no longer jump out of our shoes every time it happens :).We arrived in Interlaken last night. Realizing that we had no address for our guesthouse, we called the lady who owns it who promptly insisted on coming to "pick us up." That meant walking to the train station and leading us to her guesthouse, an easy 3 minute walk from the station. It's a really nice place and I've concluded that guesthouses are the way to stay in Europe!
Interlaken is beautiful! We had our Swiss cheese and chocolate fondue last night for dinner and after exploring the town a bit we made an early night of it. This morning we'd hoped to head up into the mountains, but while it was a gorgeous day here in the town, the mountains all had their heads in the clouds and the live cameras in the train station didn't look promising. So we elected to chance it tomorrow and spent a leisurely day in the town instead. We started by walking along the Aare River that runs between the two lakes that Interlaken is between. We walked as far as the second lake before heading back to find a cafe for lunch. After lunch, we souvenir shopped and then dropped some stuff off at our guesthouse and headed up to the base of the mountains for a short hike. 
We found a little trail that headed up to a viewpoint overlooking Interlaken and then quickly navigated the slippery and rocky trail back down before the rain that we saw moving across the lake found us. So that was our "leisurely" day :).
We found a little trail that headed up to a viewpoint overlooking Interlaken and then quickly navigated the slippery and rocky trail back down before the rain that we saw moving across the lake found us. So that was our "leisurely" day :). And here I sit at McDonald's in Interlaken, Switzerland, watching Austria play Poland (go Austria) and catching up on internet business! Thanks for reading!! I've posted as far back as the 8th and added some albums on Picasa!
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Oh Amy, Interlaken is a special place that Marc and I visited. The views of the Jungfrau are stunning. We loved the cleanliness of Switzerland and the beautiful green grass with snow capped mountains. Hey, we have that here in Washington too! Did you awake to cowbells in the morning? I love reading about your days and sight seeing. Love, Karen
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