Lausanne: This very clean, sporty, hilly, lovely city did not disappoint. Mind you, we had very high expectations of Switzerland in general and were off to a great start! The Old Town and Ouchy waterfront of Lake Geneva were perfect areas to stroll around and take in what is the official Olympic City. In this case, a visit to the Olympic Museum was a must and is highly recommended.
Interlaken: We finally made it after Bee took us on the wrong highway (Gerard driving might we add, but didn’t pick up on anything unusual...) and all we can say is WOW. What an amazing experience to be surrounded by snow capped mountains, clear skies, blue lakes, flowing rivers and of course Jungfrau, Europe’s tallest mountain. We took a 6 hour hike and reached 1850m, high enough for Gerard to end up knee deep in snow and have to navigate the track – (No we left the compass in the car – all that pre-trip discussion of whether we needed one and Gerard didn;t even have it when we needed it!) May we add that Bee did not complain once on this walking marathon, it was a quiet few hours... The following day we hired bikes (after spending over 2 hours trying to figure out if the rental place was even open) and set off on the train, again UP. We visited Trummelbach, the only accessible waterfall inside a mountain in Europe. Can you believe that 20,000 tonnes of water passes through a second? Amazing, as was the bike ride down the mountain... no steps, no hills!