When planning our trip to Switzerland I read that English is one of their official languages and we shouldn't have a problem. This is mostly true. Everyone I have spoken to speaks English to us but every single sign here is in German. If we are lucky, we can sometimes find English in the fine print. But so far we are not having any problems getting around.
When we arrived in Wilderswil we were met by the woman we were renting an apartment from. The place is just a 5-8 min walk from the train station. We got a quick tour and then we wanted to head off to get some dinner. She gave us a good recommendation for a fondue restaurant and it was only a 10 min walk. We ordered just the basic cheese fondue with a basket of bread and about 20 finger potatoes.
When we asked for water they brought out a bottle of mineral water. Our bill came to $95! Well, now we can say we enjoyed authentic cheese fondue in Switzerland and we will be sure to go to the grocery store in the morning. We had a lovely walk back to the apartment, here are some of the views where we are staying.
The next morning Eric went to the grocery store only to find it is closed on Sundays. So he picked up just a few provisions for breakfast at a market similar to 7-11. We have some toast and bananas and we head off to check out some 12th century ruins just up the hill from the restaurant. I start to take some fabulous photos to find I left the SD card in the laptop. You will just have to use your imagination, it was beautiful.
Next we head into Interlaken by bus to find a market and lunch. Looks like all supermarkets are closed on Sundays so we try to find an inexpensive place to eat. Some places we were passing were pretty expensive and I saw the familiar golden arches and thought we would just save some money and be able to compare Swiss McDonalds to American. I walked in and took one look at the menu and my jaw hit the floor!
Am I reading this right? A small value meal with a big mac is 11.50 franks? That is $10.50 US. Apparently all the restaurants try and keep a price standard. So we figured at least we would know what we are getting so we got 3 Big Mac's, a medium fry and a medium coke and it was $27. Oh my, we are really going to need a grocery store soon!
I thought this vending machine on a street corner was hilarious, it is it's own little mini mart. From top left: Candy bar, licorice party sticks, a pregnancy test, cigarettes, lighters, cigarette papers, bottled water, cannabis iced tea, Capri-Sonne(sun), and box of chocolate milk.
Next we headed to the Seilpark Ropes Course. we had fun navigating obstacles and zip lining!
We didn't get to go through all the courses before they closed so we were a little disappointed but we still had fun. It was a long walk back to the bus stop, we stopped and picked up some deli sandwiches for dinner, and headed home.
When we arrived in Wilderswil we were met by the woman we were renting an apartment from. The place is just a 5-8 min walk from the train station. We got a quick tour and then we wanted to head off to get some dinner. She gave us a good recommendation for a fondue restaurant and it was only a 10 min walk. We ordered just the basic cheese fondue with a basket of bread and about 20 finger potatoes.
When we asked for water they brought out a bottle of mineral water. Our bill came to $95! Well, now we can say we enjoyed authentic cheese fondue in Switzerland and we will be sure to go to the grocery store in the morning. We had a lovely walk back to the apartment, here are some of the views where we are staying.
These poppies are huge, larger than my hand!
Even the bees are huge!
The next morning Eric went to the grocery store only to find it is closed on Sundays. So he picked up just a few provisions for breakfast at a market similar to 7-11. We have some toast and bananas and we head off to check out some 12th century ruins just up the hill from the restaurant. I start to take some fabulous photos to find I left the SD card in the laptop. You will just have to use your imagination, it was beautiful.
Next we head into Interlaken by bus to find a market and lunch. Looks like all supermarkets are closed on Sundays so we try to find an inexpensive place to eat. Some places we were passing were pretty expensive and I saw the familiar golden arches and thought we would just save some money and be able to compare Swiss McDonalds to American. I walked in and took one look at the menu and my jaw hit the floor!
Am I reading this right? A small value meal with a big mac is 11.50 franks? That is $10.50 US. Apparently all the restaurants try and keep a price standard. So we figured at least we would know what we are getting so we got 3 Big Mac's, a medium fry and a medium coke and it was $27. Oh my, we are really going to need a grocery store soon!
Next we headed to the Seilpark Ropes Course. we had fun navigating obstacles and zip lining!
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