Bern

Finally we have had our first day alone to go explore. Brett still had work today but I went with him and took a book. Yes I actually read, fell asleep a few times though. After work we went home to change and straight to Bern. It was about a 30 minute train ride. Bern is the capital of Switzerland. It has a beautiful old town to enjoy right out of the train station. The train station was the biggest train station I have been to, given I haven't been to very many that's not saying too much, but it was big. There were double decker trains and it was underground! It was cool to experience a train station.

Right out of the station we came into the old town of Bern. It finally felt like we were exploring. It's a more touristy area and there were Asians all over the place taking pictures. We tried to watch where they went so we knew the cool places to go, but people started laughing at us so we stayed clear of the Asians. The street looked like what you imagine Europe to look like: bustle of people, cobble stone, shops lining the street, red trams etc. It was full of weird people as well. We stopped at the local grocery market in Switzerland called Migros (doesn't really sound German). We bought a water bottle and a piece of chocolate. Even though we bought the cheap chocolate, it was still the best I have had. We drank the water right up, it's so clean though that it seems to have no taste at all, just really flat. Brett wanted to show me that you can just fill you bottle up at a fountain and drink it. People were doing it everywhere, so we filled ours up too. Tasted just like the water that was in the bottle originally, pretty cool. It was perfect weather to stroll, not too hot and

not too cold. We visited their capital building which was very beautiful and saw some pretty architecture with cool clocks.We went to the end of the town looking for a bear cave that they have there but never found it. What we did find though was a pretty river flowing through the town. We went on a bridge and could gaze over the town and see all the little chimneys... so cute. Brett said it looked like a scene right out of a Disney movie. Chim chiminey chim chiminey. We headed home that night feeling like we had a pretty great day in the capital of Switzerland.