June 28, 2022

The train ride into Switzerland was gorgeous and we loved looking out the windows to mountains and very cute small towns. Once we reached Bern, our hotel was a very short walk into the old town (it’s in the perfect location). We dropped our bags and then decided to stop into the Aldi next door to grab yogurt and blueberries for a quick snack. 

The Old Town of Bern is full of gorgeous fountains that you can find. Our hostel had a map of their locations so we took a picture and decided we would find them all. In the process, we gave ourselves a very nice tour of the old town. 

After making deciding on a path that would pass all of the fountains (marked on the map), we set off admiring lots of churches and clock towers and bridges along the way. The fountains are so cool as they are all unique and very detailed. 

We finished our loop and counted the pictures to make sure we had hit them all and realized that we only had 9 pictures even though the list had 11 names. We looked back at the map and realized the map only had dots for the 9 we had found, so we looked up the other two names and realized they were the opposite direction. Since we were starting to get hungry, we decided we would get food and find them later. 

There is a Swiss restaurant a block from our hotel that looked popular and had good reviews so we decided to give it a go. The menu was entirely in German with pictures of every meal. We asked if they had an English menu and they did but it had much less detail than the German menu so it was still a bit of trying to pair the English with the pictures to figure out what we wanted to eat. Isabel ended up with chicken wrapped in bacon and Stephanie ended up with beef with 3 sauces, both served with fries. Luckily we were both very happy with what we ordered and really enjoyed it, but we will definitely be spending more time at Aldi because Switzerland is expensive! 

After lunch, we went to check into the hotel and moved our bags into the room before checking out the rest of the hostel. They have a very cute lounge area with a cool view so we decided to sit on a couch facing the view for a few minutes and ended up both falling asleep. Soon after falling asleep, we were awoken by a loud clap of thunder right before it started pouring. We agreed that neither of us really wanted to get soaked so we stayed in for a little longer and make some plans for the rest of Switzerland. 

It finally stopped raining just in time for us to run down the street to a grocery store for some food. We decided to try a different store we had passed on the way to the hostel which looked like it had a larger selection. It worked perfectly and we filled ourselves up. We still wanted to see the last two fountains, so after dinner we went out to find them. Mother Nature must have had other ideas though because it was raining again. We decided the last two would have to wait and instead went up to get ready for bed.