Grow Through What You Go Through: SWITZERLAND!!

Switzerland is amazing!! Oh, I love it so much and definitely did not have enough time there! But before I get ahead of myself let me start from the beginning.

As we planned all of our trips we tried to find the best flights and travel plans that would be the cheapest but also give us the most time possible in each of our areas. There are no flights that go directly from Iasi to Switzerland so the next best thing we could find was to fly from Iasi to Bucharest and then from Bucharest to Zurich, Switzerland. From Zurich we then took a train to Interlaken where we stayed for 4 days. Thursday night is when we started our adventure, our flight left at 9:30pm, we arrived in Bucharest around 11pm and then our flight to Switzerland did not leave till 5am so we stayed the night in the airport. It saved us money, but I honestly got no sleep! Friday we arrived in Interlaken around 12pm and surprisingly we still had enough energy to get all settled in to our hostel, get lunch/dinner and explore the town. Interlaken is a town between two lakes and on the other two side of the town are large towering mountains!! It is so beautiful there!! There is a large field in the middle of the town where paragliders and parasailers are always landing! It looks so pretty!

Friday through Monday were so relaxing, rejuvenating, and peaceful! I loved being able to be in the mountains! We went on two amazing hikes and were able to walk around and enjoy the green beauty of Interlaken. Saturday was our first big hike and we hiked to the top of one of the mountains right there in Interlaken. It was a pretty steep hike and took us about 2 hours but when we reached the top it was so beautiful!! You could see all of Interlaken, the two lakes that boarded the town and the beautiful alps behind it!! On our way back down there was a big green grassy hill and Emri and I could not just walk passed it without rolling down it, so we did but I paid for it! That night I found a tick on my stomach…. My first tick ever and I got it in Switzerland! Haha. I tried to take it out myself but accidently only ripped the body off, so the head was still under my skin, luckily with the help of my two friends, Kendra and Emri, and my mom on facetime we were able to get the whole tick out! That was a little scary!

Sunday was more of a chill day, we walked around the town and walked down to Lake Thun and enjoyed the sun! There are also cows all over with bells around the neck, so it sounds super cool, but we were able to get some more pictures with them!

-----> I forgot to mention that on Saturday we passed some cows on our hike and I got so close to one that she liked my hand! It was pretty funny, and only a little scary...haha

Monday we took a train up to Lauterbrunnen (a town J.R.R. Tolkien based Rivendell off of in the Lord of the Rings!) Lauterbrunnen is another small town in between huge towering mountains! It is so beautiful and when we first got up there the sun had not come over the mountains yet, so it still had that calm peaceful early morning feel about it! We first walked around the town and to a waterfall down town. There are supposed to be 72-something waterfalls in Lauterbrunnen, after the small hike to that first waterfall we took a Gondola and a train ride up to the an even smaller town called Müren. There are several hikes in Müren that are supposed to take you to more waterfalls, so we chose one that went in a circle up above the town. As we were hiking we came across some cows that were laying down on the side of the trail. We were able to get some pretty cool pictures with them! Our hike continued to get steeper and steeper till we reached the top, but it was totally worth it for the sight that we were able to see!! It felt as if I was in a painting with the mountains being so big, snowy and rocky!! And we had clear skies the whole day! On our hike down there was another big green grassy hill so Emri and I had to keep the tradition up!! Unfortunately, this hill ended up being a bit bumpier and had hidden clumps of dirt (or cow poop). Haha it was harder to roll down, but we did our best!

----> Also forgot to mention that on our way down we walked past some more cows but this time they were not as friendly! One started to walk up to me to I put my hand out to pet him but instead he lowered his head and started pushing me! Luckily, even with falling down onto the mountain side, I was able to get away but as I was sneaking past him he went for Emri and she started to fall down the other side of the trial. She got a video of it and it was pretty funny to watch as she fell. haha! Not to worry, no body got hurt and we were able to get away from those cows scratch free!

Switzerland is pretty expensive, so we made our own sack lunches all four days but the dinners that we bought were so yummy and of course we made sure we got cheese and chocolate fondue!! Another perk of being in a small town in the mountains was the fresh clean air and at night we could see the stars!! (I have really missed the stars!)

Tuesday morning was a sad morning because we had to pack up all our things and head out, we did not have nearly enough time there but there were many more fun unforgettable adventures waiting for us at our next destination! :)