Bern: July 19-23, 2006

We hiked down from our hut in the Alps, and caught the train back to Bern, where Viveca and Tillman had offered for us to stay in the empty apartment they were about to move into. The apartment was furniture free. Even free of lights, so we camped out there and had candlelit dinners. We planned on staying just a couple of nights, but we enjoyed Bern so much we extended our stay twice. The coolest thing in Bern was the beautiful, clean and turquoise river Aare that flowed around the city. With hundreds of Bernites, we walked upstream for about 30 minutes, then dove in and floated down in the very fast current. The tricky thing is getting out, though. If you miss your exit, you can end up in a lot of trouble downstream. The weather was great the whole time we were in Bern so we swam in the river 3 times. We also rented out free bikes or scooters everyday, exploring the city and the nature just outside of Bern.