From the Dungeon to Winter Bliss.

Hello all - Manda here. Brad has been doing most of the hard work on the blog, so think its about time I pulled my weight, especially as he usually carries the heavy bags as well and never complains about that.

Geneva is an interesting little place - more watch shops, banks and jewellers than you thnk it could possibly sustain, and quite small but very busy. We thoroughly enjoyed a tour of the UNited Nations, saw the big water jet, did a walk around the old City, walked the Botanic gardens, and went out for a few quiet meals. Probably a few things we missed (the Red Cross museum) and the Flower clock, but squashed a lot into a few days.

Were orginally booked into spend 2  nights in Geneva in the very expensive dungeon room, but when I woke up crying in the middle of the night because I had a dream that the people running the place were mincers, and subsequently that Mookie was minced, and then my dad, we decided it was perhaps not the place for us to stay. I know you're probably thinking, Manda thats what cheap accomodation is like!, but seriously this place was freakily disgusting and not fit for humans. Hence we moved on a little early, and have arrived in Interlaken, in the Swiss Alps.

Swiss Alps are just beautiful!! We look out the window of our lovely, clean, warm (really, actually is lovely and incidentally half the price of the dungeon/mincing house in Geneva) little youth hostel room window onto the enormous snow covered peaks, most of which go way up into the clouds, and although its pretty fresh outside, the town is super cute. The train ride between Geneva and Interlaken was also stunning, passing by the big lakes as sun was setting and then sneaking up on the huge mountains. Trains quite pricy but well worth the beautiful views. Today we did a spot of shopping to buy me a superwarm jacket (should have listened to my mum!), and then did a couple of hours walk through the forests and snow between two of the little villages in the mountains. Walk was refreshing and words will do no justice to the views - we even stopped taking pictures because they didnt even come close to capturing its beauty! Forest looked like it might have fairies living in it, and we got very excited about being hidden in the swiss alps together. A real honeymoon moment, haha. Considering a day of skiing tomorrow but will see what the weather is like and also what else we might like to do.

Also had some AMAZING raspberry and blackberry swiss chocolate today, and fudge caramel chocolate, and oh yes, Brad was very excitd to see his first squirrel in Geneva. In other important news, Brad thinks my face is getting a bit fat, so may have to slow down on the chocolate and pastries.

Lots of love,

M&B