I have been attending a small group off and on since I moved to Zürich last January, and this weekend we had a trip to Thun. One of the girls in the group has a family vacation home in the area, and we were quite happy to have the chance to use it.
We took the train down on Friday night. Aside from a delay due to a suicide on the train track (it wasn't our train, but probably the one before ours), we made it safely to Thun. Of course, this being a small town in Switzerland after 9 pm, there wasn't much open, and we wandered around the town looking for dinner, finally settling for McDonalds, which was really the only open option, since we weren't interested in a fancy restaurant. We played Apples to Apples until quite late, which was pretty funny.
On Saturday we slept in and had a lovely late brunch- pancakes, scrambled eggs, fruit salad and bacon. I am a huge fan of pancakes! From there, we decided to wander around Thun for the day. We walked along the river, listened to a enthusiastic bagpipe player, window shopped, enjoyed a coffee in a little cafe, and visited a castle down by the lake (although we weren't able to go inside due to a wedding). The town was really cute, and the weather was beautiful- sunny and crisp. It's been really foggy in Zürich recently, so I was really happy to finally see the sun. It's still a shock to me every time I catch a glimpse of the mountains- with the fog, it's easy to forget that they're there. I'm so thankful to live in a place where the mountains are so close and great views are everywhere!
We had a fondue dinner on Saturday night and enjoyed watching some Christmas movies, including White Christmas, one of my all-time favorites. We also took a late-night stroll through Thun, enjoying the Christmas lights and the atmosphere of the town at night, with the quiet streets and lights reflecting on the calm river.
On Sunday we got up a little earlier for breakfast and cleaning, as all of us needed to get back to Zürich. I left before most people, as I really needed to get back to start preparing for Thanksgiving this week. I'm hosting about 25 people at my little Zürich flat on Thursday evening and have a full week of work, so I definitely needed the time on Sunday afternoon to pull myself together.
Overall, it was a lovely weekend with great company!
We took the train down on Friday night. Aside from a delay due to a suicide on the train track (it wasn't our train, but probably the one before ours), we made it safely to Thun. Of course, this being a small town in Switzerland after 9 pm, there wasn't much open, and we wandered around the town looking for dinner, finally settling for McDonalds, which was really the only open option, since we weren't interested in a fancy restaurant. We played Apples to Apples until quite late, which was pretty funny.
On Saturday we slept in and had a lovely late brunch- pancakes, scrambled eggs, fruit salad and bacon. I am a huge fan of pancakes! From there, we decided to wander around Thun for the day. We walked along the river, listened to a enthusiastic bagpipe player, window shopped, enjoyed a coffee in a little cafe, and visited a castle down by the lake (although we weren't able to go inside due to a wedding). The town was really cute, and the weather was beautiful- sunny and crisp. It's been really foggy in Zürich recently, so I was really happy to finally see the sun. It's still a shock to me every time I catch a glimpse of the mountains- with the fog, it's easy to forget that they're there. I'm so thankful to live in a place where the mountains are so close and great views are everywhere!
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| Castle 1. |
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| Castle 2. |
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| You can see the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau from Thun. |
We had a fondue dinner on Saturday night and enjoyed watching some Christmas movies, including White Christmas, one of my all-time favorites. We also took a late-night stroll through Thun, enjoying the Christmas lights and the atmosphere of the town at night, with the quiet streets and lights reflecting on the calm river.
On Sunday we got up a little earlier for breakfast and cleaning, as all of us needed to get back to Zürich. I left before most people, as I really needed to get back to start preparing for Thanksgiving this week. I'm hosting about 25 people at my little Zürich flat on Thursday evening and have a full week of work, so I definitely needed the time on Sunday afternoon to pull myself together.
Overall, it was a lovely weekend with great company!
