Bern

View over Bern from the Rosengarten

Bear Pits

We took a nice day trip to Bern before going on an overnight train to Barcelona. We (again!) were lucky with the weather and enjoyed walking around the city. We had lunch at the

Altes Tramdepot Brauerei Restaurant and Derick enjoyed some of their beer that they brewed there. The desserts were amazing, I wish I would haven taken a picture of it!

We spent most of the afternoon relaxing in the Rosengarten and then went on a wild goose chase trying to find one of the Swiss Cowbells for Derick's parents hunting dog. They are such touristy kitsh and we saw them EVERYWHERE. Only of course when it came time to leave the country and we actually wanted to find them we couldn't... we tried store after store and they were all closed. Luckily we found one at the train station :)

Interlaken

The train from Luzern to Interlaken was beautiful! It wound through the mountains and the views were breathtaking. I highly recommend taking the "Golden Pass" train and sitting in the panoramic car!

Me at the top of the Harderklum trail!

Some of the views on the way up

I think Interlaken was one of my favorite cities, everything about it is clean and wonderful. We made some lovely friends here and even made our own fondue dinner one night with them at Balmer's.

Food

Pretty much every breakfast during our trip consisted of something from a bakery.

Gelato!

These sandwiches on pretzel rolls were the best train food by far! What is a trip to Switzerland without Fondue?

Luzern

The Lion Monument - It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris. View over Luzern from one of the towers at the Musegg Wall. We climbed up a few of the towers and along the wall. It was built in the 1300's! Another view of Me on the top of the first tower. View of Luzern from the Tower at the Glacier Gardens.

The Chapel Bridge

Paris

Paris was the first stop on our backpacking trip! We skipped most of the museums this time around but we definitely enjoyed all of the culture and most importantly, the food! Basilique du Sacre Coeur - We had a great night in Montmartre. It's a really cute area full of great restaurants and shops. To reach it you need to walk up a ton of stairs but the view over Paris was worth it! Derick enjoying his first, of many, crepes! My favorite were the ones with Nuetella. Down one of the streets in the Jewish Area. We went out for a great Falafel at L'As du Falafel down the street from here.Outside of the Notre Dame. This is my favorite place to take pictures, the front of the church is always packed with tourists but the small park around the pack is relatively free of people.

Seattle

Derick and I went out to Seattle for a week to stay with his sister and her family. We had a lot of fun going to farmer's markets, hiking AND visiting the flagship Nordstrom (Me) and REI (Derick) stores, both of which are located in Seattle!

Johnson Jamboree

Enjoying some butterbeer at Hogs Head Pub. The whole Johnson Jamboree crew minus the Kasey Jarvis Family. Out for our nightly ice cream treat at Kilwin's.