I've got that Interlaken feeling

So after consulting both my (or should i say Leslie's) guidebook and the girl sitting beside me on the plane, I decided if i had one day to see Switzerland it had to be in Interlaken.

Wow, it is the most beautiful place I've travelled so far (as well as the most expensive). I arrive there by train at about 9am. It's this teeny little town of 10,000 people situated between two massive lakes and along the river running between them. Surrounded on all sides by the towering Alps (10,000ft) which are majestic!!

So I completely blew my budget, I will now be in debt until at least Christmas. Interlaken is the adventure sport capital of Switzerland and Europe. And I talked myself into the whole your only hear once thing.

I really wanted to skydive but at 380fr (1 CAD = 1.10 SFR) it wasn't worth it. I can skydive back in Canada for much less and I'm not skydiving for the scenery. But I did decide on a little package deal.

At 11am I took a van ride up 2500ft up the mountain. Strapped myself to some guy named Bruno and a parachute and we ran off of this hill and Paraglided! It was beautiful. Not the big adrenaline rush, but just a amazing view and flight. I took a ton of pictures on the way down.

Then at 1pm I went canyoning. Seriously it was the coolest thing I've ever done. Strapped on a wetsuit, helmet and lifejacket and then came down a river gorge in the mountains. We had 25ft jumps into pools, rappeling down waterfalls, steep inclines where the water has carved a smooth path so it turns it into a massive slide. Unreal! So much fun. As soon as I was done I wanted to go back and do the full day trip.

It was a wild day. I stayed the night in Balmers tent village, which is exactly as it sounds. There was good fun and games there. Then that was it, I left early this morning on a train to Milan before catching my flight to Sweden. I arrived in Stockholm at midnight and here I am, at 4am not having slept waiting for the train station to open so I can train to Sundsvall to see Maria.

Cheers all!!

Logan