As usual, we woke up early and were on our way. Today we left Lucerne with a destination of Thun, a medieval city in central Switzerland, on Lake Thun, which is one of the largest lakes in Switzerland. Along the way, we made a stop in the town Interlaken, which is between the two lakes of Brienz and Thun. I had been to Interlaken in 1970 while camping throughout Europe and again in 1977 with Gail. As was the case with Lucerne, Interlaken was basically unchanged except for the increase in the nature of the tourist populatio
n. Many more tourist shops have also made their way into the town. As Gail and I did 30 years ago, we went into a supermarket, bought bread and Emmentaler cheese and ate it in the same park in the center of the town....... it was great to be back, but 30 years was much too long. After playing typical tourist, looking in the shops and buying postcards we continued on our way to Thun. We arrived in Thun an hour or so later to be greeted with major road construction and heavy rain. After a major ordeal to get the car parked, we finally checked into the hotel. Finding a place to eat dinner in the pouring rain was not quite what we had in mind. We finally found a very small, excellent Italian restaurant (
http://www.trattoria-rimini.ch)quite close to our hotel. The food was all homemade and excellent, and after a very relaxing dinner and a few glasses of wine we went back to the hotel for a good nights sleep.
As usual, we woke up early and were on our way. Today we left Lucerne with a destination of Thun, a medieval city in central Switzerland, on Lake Thun, which is one of the largest lakes in Switzerland. Along the way, we made a stop in the town Interlaken, which is between the two lakes of Brienz and Thun. I had been to Interlaken in 1970 while camping throughout Europe and again in 1977 with Gail. As was the case with Lucerne, Interlaken was basically unchanged except for the increase in the nature of the tourist populatio
n. Many more tourist shops have also made their way into the town. As Gail and I did 30 years ago, we went into a supermarket, bought bread and Emmentaler cheese and ate it in the same park in the center of the town....... it was great to be back, but 30 years was much too long. After playing typical tourist, looking in the shops and buying postcards we continued on our way to Thun. We arrived in Thun an hour or so later to be greeted with major road construction and heavy rain. After a major ordeal to get the car parked, we finally checked into the hotel. Finding a place to eat dinner in the pouring rain was not quite what we had in mind. We finally found a very small, excellent Italian restaurant (http://www.trattoria-rimini.ch)quite close to our hotel. The food was all homemade and excellent, and after a very relaxing dinner and a few glasses of wine we went back to the hotel for a good nights sleep.
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It's so great keeping up with your adventures...the photos and text on the blog...great job, guys!
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