Monday, November 7, 2011

Switzerland: Bern

Thursday, September 29

My mom, Kelly, and Josh took us on the royal tour of Bern.






It started with seeing the bears and the “bern show” (the highlights were James getting to see some sheep close up and then watching Josh, James, and Thatcher ride on a little kiddie toy).

...then we went to the Gurten which is the highest hill/mountain in Bern and took a funicular to the top. On top of the Gurten the boys went on a train ride with Josh, then played on a great playground with Kelly and Josh where they played and drove cars around. They also followed the example of some other kids and stripped down to play in the water. Thatcher reasoned with us and just took off his pants, but James usually insists on everything coming off.






We climbed a very tall tower and looked over the entire city of Bern (it was a little foggy, but we could still see a pretty spectacular view).


We then went back into town and went to the Munster cathedral and Eintstein’s house. It seemed like every where we went there was something kid-friendly for the kids to do. It made it so nice to be able to see Bern, but also to know that the kids were having fun too.





Went back to mom’s house. Kelly watched the boys while Josh, my mom, Ty, and I went on a bike ride along the Aare river. We passed the Bern zoo, lots of sunbathers, a guy surfing, the pool where my family swims, and other beautiful views. We had a great time. We came home, had dinner, then headed back into town with the whole family to hear the street performers. There ended up not being that many performers, but we walked around to a bunch of different vendors and then ended the evening with mom treating everyone to ice cream.

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