Day 10: Winter Wonderland

I just realized that the mountain that our room is facing is known as the Eiger, North Face. I think it's the same North Face on the clothing. I'll have to look it up on Wikipedia, but I think that's right. Cool.

Anyways, today, we woke up to a nice surprise...it was snowing outside! I guess the weather front moved down the hillside during the night from where we were hiking. I wonder where the cows all went. On a good note, we managed to see the majority of the Swiss Alps area around us before it got snowed out.

Today, we head off to do a scavenger hunt in Interlaken for a hostel to find a message from her sister Laura who had left it a message in the ladies bathroom about 20 years ago. I doubt they haven't painted over it in 2 decades, but who knows. Mental note: Balmer's Hostel looks like a super-fun place to stay...outdoor beer garden, underground bar/club, giant pub, pool hall, etc. I think it would be a perfect place to stay during the summer when all the college grads hang out for summer break. Oh wait, I'm not 20 anymore?

Turns out, we find the hostel, but no message. That Would have been pretty cool though. On a side note, I didn't know Switzerland had a lot of Thai people, but we ate at a Thai restaurant nearby, which had a whole bevy of Thai folks working inside. Funny. The Pad Siew is still better at home though.

We spend the next few hours doing some souvenir shopping and tasting of the local chocolates. We even attend a chocolate show at Schuh, the most famous Swiss chocolatier shop in all of, well, Switzerland (according to our teacher). Les gets to make some truffles, I paint some cow mold, and taste a tequila truffle. It tastes like tequila. Not so good. They also have a chili-flavored chocolate bar. Interesting.

Welp, our Swiss adventure is at an end today, for tomorrow we hop on a train to Zurich, then off on a flight to Barcelona, our last stop of Euro Trip 2010. I think after this last segment, we'll be ready to come home to the good ol US of A.