Good Morning Berne! Quick walk to COOP Market for Jana & Sydney to get breakfast; croissants, yogurt, fruit...Back to the Common Room at "The Glocke", which had a surprisingly great kitchen, comfy couches & nice tables for meals. Next up, meeting Jane for a day of touring Berne.
View from our room...
Jane on her cool electric bike she commutes to/from work on!
Touring town on bikes, our new fave, especially because they loan for free in Berne, just have to leave a deposit. Here we are in front of the Parliament Building, their White House. Can you believe you can just ride right up to it, no guards, nada!
Jana could not get over these "underground" stores. Behind the cellar like doors are shops, cafes, small theatres.
Just visited the town bears for which the city is named after, Berne. The city was named after the first animal that was spotted by funders. We are across the city, overlooking the Aare River, where we're headed next to float!
One of Jane's daughters Kim joined us for a lovely morning and to be our "float leader". She's delightful and had cool floaties too. Even locals use them as the current in the Aare are strong.
So fun, let's do it again and again and again!
We spent most of the day lounging riverside and before we knew it hundreds of others had filled in around us some on holiday, others taking their lunch break and even a quick float before going back to work.
This pool is next to the river and the grass area was where we sat and relaxed for hours. There's also a lap pool and it's all FREE! The Parliament Building is in the distance.
An afternoon gelato before our goodbyes. It was nice to have Jacob, Jane's husband join us for part of the day. On his day off no less as Thursdays, doctors have the day off.
Loving filling up for free with fresh cold water! Note, despite Jana telling Syd repeatedly, filling up was o.k. Jane finally convinced her.
Tired and weary after Easy Jet flight from Basal, Switzerland to Gatwick Airport in London, England. At about 11:00pm....
Just after midnight and still figuring out trains to get to our hotel...
SAME BUT DIFFERENT
LOVE the Swiss bike locks. So easy to use and no fuss with combos or the darn coils smacking you in the face.
Saw these recycling receptacles a few places in town. Each one for different types of rash.
FPOD:
Shelby: Floating in the river and riding bikes
Sydney: Floating in the river!
Jana: Jane & Kim as tour guides, biking in Berne & relaxing @ the park
Scott: River float and riding bikes
EDITOR'S NOTE
Today was one of our longest travel days to date and we all felt the effects.
Within minutes of boarding the train in Berne, headed for Basal, there were tears, threats, a dramatic storming off and much of the remainder of the ride was in silence. Hopefully a good nights sleep will do us all some good.
Location:Berne, Switzerland
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