Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Interlaken, Switzerland

So I went to Interlaken, Switzerland this past weekend and if you do not know anything about this place, it is heaven to people who love to ski, snowboard, sled, etc. They also have very adventurous activities such as skydiving, canyon jumping, and paragliding. Saying this, you can imagine what kind of place this is. Interlaken is in the middle of the Alps so you could just picture the views we had. Anyways, I did the canyon jump and night sledding. Canyon Jumping was insane but well worth the thrill!! On our way up to the canyon, a bomb went off. No one warned us that they set off TNT for avanlanches to occur before an actual, natural one occurs. I must of hit the ground so fast. I thought there was a war going on or something. Hilarious! Anyways, during the day I went to some local cities just to be a tourist and such and found a world snow festival. They had different sculptures from various countries which can be seen in the photos more clearly. Something I could NOT capture which I wish I had was the night sledding. It was so dark that any picture would not come out right except the one of the Swiss flag and the moon. Anyways, before we went night sledding, we had a traditional Swiss dinner at the top of a mountain. It was cheese fondue with bread. Delicous! Afterwards we went sledding in complete darkness. Scary but full of excitement. What I could not take a picture of and capture was the view from where we were. There were literally a million stars and every constellation was out. Plus, we were so high that we were above the clouds so it looked like we weren't that high up. This view I could only soak up and enjoy by myself. Sorry! I left Interlaken a little sick but it was well worth it. Until next time....

Ciao

The link to see the photos:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2529751&l=d08d8&id=1915685