Zurich 15th & 16th July 2010 The 50 minute train journey from Lucerne to Zurich, meant that we had arrived well before the check in time. As is the norm with Swiss hostels we were prepared to just leave our bags and come back after 3. Surprisingly we were able to check in just after 11am. We climbed the 5 flights up stairs up to our dorm (101 steps!) had a quick sit down - or recovery from the steps - before heading back out. We grabbed a Zurich guide f...

Lucerne 13th & 14th July 2010 Leaving Lauterbrunnen, we had a 2 hour train journey to get to Lucerne. After changing trains in nearby Interlaken we boarded the 'Panoramic Golden Pass' train. The trip was magnificent, climbing up mountains, passing lakes and going through some stunning scenery. It was very easy to just sit and watch it all go past instead of reading or playing on the laptop like we usually do! When we eventually got to Lucerne, we had...

Lauterbrunnen 11th & 12th July 2010 We arrived into the tiny town of Lauterbrunnen around 1.30 and after about a twenty minute walk we found the caravan park (It wasn't hard - there is only 1 street in Lauterbrunnen!). We had to sit around until 3pm until we could check into our little bungalow, which would be our home for the next two nights. With an hour and a half to kill I sent Dan out to see what they had for us to do at the caravan park. He return...

Bern 9th & 10th July 2010 After we got to Bern, it was again straight to the hostel to check in and dump the bags. We gathered plenty of reading material from the reception and made a decision as to what to for the rest of the afternoon. Bern is known as the city of the Bears, but in our Lonely Planet guide it stronglyadvises tourists not to go to the Bear Pit to look at the cities 'pets' as it's cruel and inhumane. All the material we had been given at...

Lausanne 8th & 9th July 2010 Arriving into Lausanne around 3pm, we checked in to our hostel. As soon as we'd checked in, and picked up our free transport card (Common in Switzerland!) we got changed into our togs and jumped onto a metro down to Ouchy. The strangest thing about the metro was that there was no driver. It was like an underground tram, but there was no dude up front running it. It was all completely automated. Stupid Swiss, good at being sm...