Today dawned with the sounds of rain falling and loud trucks driving on the small slick road outside of our room. Not sure how the trucks get up here, and they aren't very big but they are definitely loud. We slept well, but were still a bit tired from our hiking the past two days.  Our legs were sore and walking down stairs took a significant effort, however if we were to get breakfast we had to brave them.   Since Kyle and Carl were leaving today fo...

With a little chemical assistance, we got a pretty good night's sleep. The first couple of days are dicey due to jet lag...going East just kicks my ass. Trying to sleep at 1030pm here when your body thinks it is 330pm, is not easy. So, for the first few nights I take sleeping pills, then I am good to go the rest of the trip. We went down to our complimentary breakfast in the hotel, which had wonderful meats, cheeses, croissants and yogurt. Paige was sc...

We arrived in Zurich, flying over beautiful green valleys, sun and the Alps in the horizon. Our luggage arrived and we got on our train bound for Murren, above Interlaken. It was supposed to be a 3 hour trip, with 4 changes of trains. The first leg was the longest at 1.5 hours to Bern. The first stop was Zurich Central, where the train waited, and waited and waited. After 45 minutes everyone started to get off as they were making announcements in German, ...