Well, today is the first day with no plans, but washing, in over a month. And there was much rejoicing! And the weather man knew, because he made it rain today. The hostel was so quiet when we awoke around 7, we thought we were the only ones here, but when we went downstairs it was bustling with people and foreign languages. After breakfast we got some change from reception and they gave us the washing detergent and we went down to the laundry in the basement. So...

Our tour wasn't until 10.15 this morning, so we had a really relaxed start to our day. Today's tour was Switzerland mountains, cheese and chocolate tour. Tom was really worried we might be doubling up on experiences, but today's was nothing like anything we'd already done. There were 13 of us on the little bus - a lovely young couple from Melbourne, another lovely young couple from Mumbai (who arrived here yesterday after three days of getting married - I admired...

What a day! Early start today for our tour scheduled to leave at 8.30am, but we've got these trams and buses sorted, so no problem. Our coach was unusual with only an upstairs area, no downstairs at all. There were 50 people on today's outing, from all different countries. We set out from Zurich, stopping at Lucerne to collect more passengers before continuing to Interlaken for a coffee break. Then it was straight on to Lauterbrunnen to catch the cog wheel train ...

Today has been the most glorious, gorgeous summery day. Such a wonderful day to be alive! So we had brekky as normal, but after studying the public transport maps for ourselves, decided on the combination of a bus that stopped just up from the hostel, and the tram that connected with it at a later stop. This tram took us all the way to the bus depot, no worries for an old woman with osteoarthritis of the knee! So we arrived at the bus depot and were spotted by ...

After a restful night we had the usual hostel fare for breakfast, although not as good as the St Moritz hostel's spread. We walked up to the tram stop and caught the tram into the central railway station. We walked through the station to the bus terminal over the other side and found our tour operator. There were only 12 people on our tour, six from Australia. There were 3 from China, 1 from India and 2 Americans. Our guide was Costa Rican. So today's travels s...