I hadn't realised how many lakes there were in Switzerland until we got here. Lucerne is situated on one of these beautiful lakes. It's also kinda close to some mountains that we thought we might go up - except for the clouds (again). So we missed out on going up to the mountains again, and instead had to look through the city centre, which was OK coz it was quite pretty. We roughly followed the walking route suggested by the tourist map, and saw a couple of cool...

Ahhh, Interlaken; adventure sports capital of Switzerland. Or for us, the rain capital of Europe. We weren't planning on doing any canyoning or bungee jumping, but after talking to other people that did, we were kind of keen. The weather had other plans for us though. It rained 2 out of our 3 days here, meaning that we were left short on stuff to do. We also wanted to catch a train and cable car to the top of the alps, but because of the weather, the visibility w...

Bern is the political capital of Switzerland, but only the 4th largest city in the country, kind of like Canberra I guess. But that's where the similarities end. Where Canberra is situated on a man-made lake, Bern is nestled in the middle of a horseshoe bend in the Aare River. Where Canberra is a pretty dull place, Bern is just pretty. We spent just 2 nights in Bern, and saw pretty much all of the sights. The highlight of the city was probably the bear pits, whe...