OUI, OUI: Bern

Happy Easter or rather Joyeuses Pâques!

Yesterday Sarah and I went over to Bern, Switzerland, and we had a great time. Every time I go to Switzerland I like it more and more. The scenery is gorgeous, the people are friendly and it is amazingly clean.

It is hard to believe that Bern is the capital of Switzerland because it is quite small. I think only about 120,000 people live there. The town is located in the bend in the Aare River. The architecture is interesting too because all the building match, which makes all the streets so pretty.

We first went to the Munter Cathedral and climbed up to the top. The views were amazing even though it was a little hazy. The climb up wasn’t too bad although it was almost 400 steps. Coming down was probably worse because the staircase was so narrow and steep.

After we had lunch we went to the bear pits. Bern is named after the German word for bear. Apparently they named it that because when the area used to be hunting ground the first animal killed there was a bear. They have had bears in Bern for hundreds of years. I guess they are kind of like city mascots.

We also went into some shops in the afternoon, and I bought some good Swiss chocolate for Easter. I don’t think there is anything better.

This week I only have two days of work because tomorrow is Easter Monday. In France it is a holiday, and people don’t work or go to school. Then I don’t have to go to my two classes on Friday because they are going somewhere. That means I have lots of time to do laundry and pack my stuff for my trip. I only have 5 days until I leave. I am really excited. I think I have everything finished, so now all I have to do is actually go!!

I will leave you with some pictures from Bern that Sarah took. She likes there to be people in her pictures, so she usually just has me stand in the street and smile, although I also had her take some with the two of us.

I didn’t know what else to do…