Sunday, March 30 2008

We parted with the boys after Rome because they wanted to go to Venice and we wanted to go to Interlaken, Switzerland!We got to Interlaken around 7:30 and it was by far the most beautiful train ride Hannah and I have ever taken.Interlaken was a small village right under the Swiss Alps.We planned Interlaken as our last stop because we wanted to end our trip with a bang.There are so many extreme adventure sports offered in Interlaken like ski diving, paragliding, hang gliding, canyon jumping, ice climbing, skiing, snowboarding, and lots more.Hannah and I both wanted to canyon jump but there needs to be a certain amount of people in order to go so that wasn't an option.Hannah really wanted to sky dive and I really wanted to hang glide but we wanted to do something together.We worked it out so that I could go with Hannah and watch her sky dive and then she could go with me and watch me hang glide.It was going to work out perfectly until they cancelled everything after Hannah went skydiving due to the wind.They told me I would be able to go hang gliding the next morning before I had to leave to go back to England so I wasn't too worried about it.The next morning it was raining so I didn't get to go, but that just gives me an excuse to go back to Interlaken!So after Hannah went sky diving, we rented out a Fun Car.It looked like a little Barbie car that could ride on the street!We probably looked pretty ridiculous driving our in the Fun Car but it was so much fun!We drove up into the mountains to 2 different villages.The village of Lauterbraunen had a waterfall streaming from the mountain and at Grindelwald there was an amazing view of the mountains!After our time was up with the Fun Car we went to the grocery store and bought milk and cheese. The cheese was disgusting plain but later we ate cheese fondue and it was really good.Hannah and I did the gallon challenge that night with the milk we bought, except we tweeked the rules a little bit.Instead of drinking a gallon in 1 hour we had to drink a liter in 20 minutes!The milk was really good but I lost the challenge!That night we hung out with some of the people in our hostel and walked around Interlaken at sunset.