Lauren's London Times: Land of the yummy cheese and chocolate. And really cool mountains.

I'm really quite terrible at posting my blogs soon after I go places. I've been back from Switzerland for a week now. But hey, better late than never, right?

Well, Switzerland was awesome of course. I stayed in Interlaken, which is a relatively small city located between two lakes and amongst the beautiful Alps. I left to go there on Thanksgiving and got to have a real Thanksgiving dinner the next day at our awesome hostel, Balmer's. I spent most of my time in Switzerland shopping and relaxing, but I did spend one day hiking up into the Alps. The hike consisted of a bus ride, a train ride, a very long walk through an adorable Swiss village with a really cool waterfall, and then a gondola ride (not the Venetian kind) up a mountain. And then I ate a Toblerone and took a bunch of pictures. Then we came back down.

I regret not paragliding while in Interlaken. A variety of extreme activities such as skydiving (which two of my friends did), paragliding, cliff jumping, and so on are one of the greatest draws to Interlaken. I am determined to paraglide someday.

My purchases for myself were a Minichamp Swiss army knife (with Henry on it!), a silver necklace with an edelweiss charm, and a Swatch watch to add to my collection. And chocolate. I think I lost count of how many Toblerones I had while I was there...

Some of my favorite pictures...