Interlaken means between lakes, as the name says, it is between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. Alough it is a small town, there are two train stations here, interlaken west (by Lake Thun) and interlaken ost (by Lake Brienz). We stayed in backpackers Villa for three nights. I should say that it is a great hostel. I am happy that I booked a double room online in advance because their rooms were book out the day after we arrived. It is a wooden house with green windows. The room was big and clean with a huge basin. Some rooms can watch the Jaugfrau peak. The kitchen was very clean and with enough facilities. What most impressed me is that one spainish guy even dried the wash basin after he finished the cooking. There were labels to mark the food whose food it is, if you have food left, you can mark it as "free food", not just throw away. I think every hostel has their tradition, this one has good tradition. Everybody here want to keep a good environment. |
It is a lively place for tour. Many hotels and restaurants around the park at the foot of the mountain. In the evening, the light were bright and the restaurants and souvenir store were busy. It is both peaceful and lively. People like to take this small town as the start place for exploring the Jaungfrau Region. The Lauterbrunnen Valley is around 15 minutes by train where to take the mountain rail to the Alps. |
We didn't take boat in Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. It partly because we didn't have enough time. When we went back from Lucerne, we chose taking boat in lake Lucerne, and when we arrived at Brienz, the ferry was closed, so we had to by train from Brienz to Interlaken. This photo was taken from the train. Fortunately, we had differenct experience of lake from this aspect. The grasses and the bulrush serve as a foil to the sailing boat. |
Lake Geneva
- Lausanne
- Lauterbrunnen and Murren
- Lucerne
Switzerland: 2004 Summer - Travel Albums
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