Day 5 - Amsterdam to Bern
If you're just seeing this blog post now, I am writing about my 2 week Europe journey and this is part 3. So if you're wanting to catch up the first 2 posts are already up!
So this journey was the worst of them all. This is where everything went wrong. We had a super long train journey that went from Amsterdam to Basel, then another train from Basel to Bern. We got on the train and for some reason it wasn't showing a lot of the stations. It said Basel on the sign but the stations only went up to one called Karlsruhe. Everyone started getting off as it had terminated so the panic set in. We asked a man who told us what to do, we had to get on a train that went to Rastatt, then we had to wait for a bus for ages that went to Baden Baden, then a train from there to Basel. It took so much longer but we made it! Just got stranded in Germany for a little while, so that was an experience.
Eventually we arrived in Bern, we had to get some change to use the tram, their money is so different to ours. Our Airbnb was a few minutes away, super easy to get to and right underneath one of the bridges. We was knackered from our travelling so just walked around the city and got some McDonalds.
Day 6 - Interlaken
I was so excited for this day. We decided to go to Interlaken on the first full day as that was the only day we were guaranteed sunshine. The whole reason we wanted to go to Interlaken was to see the beautiful views, go up the mountain and take amazing photos. If we had gone after this day it would have been cloudy and rainy. We accidentally sat in first class on our journey but no one came to check our tickets so we had a lovely journey.
First thing we did was go to the top of a mountain, Harderkulm. A carriage takes you to the top which was only about 10 minutes long. I was so nervous for that bit but it wasn't as bad as I expected. The view from the top was incredible. I have never experienced views like it. I got some amazing photos which I love so much.
We then went on a walk to Lake Brienz, it was quite a long walk but with the views of Interlaken it didn't matter at all. We chilled here for a bit taking more amazing photos.
We had lunch in the town which was really cute and they actually had loads of souvenir shops which we were so happy about! We then went to the Funky Chocolate Club which done the best chocolate covered strawberries. They were super expensive but Switzerland is expensive so we expected it.
Day 7 - Bern
Not much happened this day. It was a Sunday and everything was closed. There isn't much to do in Bern and I wish we didn't spend this much time there. We went to their zoo which was awful, we were in and out within 20 minutes. We walked around the city a bit and had to have McDonalds for dinner again, but I do love McDonalds so I didn't mind too much.
Day 8 - Bern
Our final day in Bern (thank god). We tried to fill our day with things to do as we were just impatient to go to Italy. We went to a Botanical Garden which was really cool, the Bärengraben where they have brown bears and the rose garden. The rose garden was at the top of a hill which was not fun to walk up, but the views were amazing.
I'd like to come back to Switzerland but I think I would just go to a more popular place or somewhere in the mountains. Interlaken was one of my favourite parts of the trip!
- Shannon x
