We started by heading about an hour west to Bern which is the capital of Switzerland and another beautiful city. This one was for Lauren though as one of the big things to see here is a pair of brown bears that live at the older end of the city.
Bern also has one of the biggest train stations in Switzerland and was once the home of Einstein. In fact, Einstein's years here were among his most productive. Sadly the small museum was closed as most things are on Monday around here.
Although the forecast called for rain all day we got lucky and it was bright and sunny when we left as well as when we got to Bern. Pulling out of Bern heading back to the Alps the rain started but as the sun came out again we decided to hop off the train in a town called Thun. Thun is an older town, more medieval than the others we've visited so far. We took a little stroll up the hill to the castle overlooking the city and the lakeside; a very beautiful place.
But also a bit quirky:
Luckily for us (seems we've had a lot of that today) the rain began again while we were waiting for our train to continue back to Interlaken at the base of the mountain but cleared again as we reached our destination. We stopped at the west station of Interlaken for a beer and the last grocery store before heading up two trains, a cable car and 5,000+ feet again. Back in Murren for one more night, very tired and glad to have just made the last cable car of the day.
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