Interlaken

Interlaken :)

So this morning I woke up before everyone as usual so I decided to go for a walk down to the lake. The view from our window is so beautiful and the bed was so cozy. I went And wandered around for about an hour. I didn't know where the beach was so ended up walking through someones front yard haha. Finally found the beach which is goregous. They have a lawn and sea kayak you can borrow and a floating dock out in the lake and a standing dock. There were two adorable swans there that wanted me to feed them... Either that or they were as interested in me as I was them. Don't think I've ever seen a swan so close. I sat on the dock for about 30 min and then hiked back up to our place. Everyone was still asleep haha. When they woke up we made breakfast and then went back down to the dock, this time with our swimsuits on. I got one of the canoes out and put it in the water which stared to fill with water but not very fast so I got in. Made it almost out to the floating dock before the water reached my bum so I booked it back to the shore and hurried out. Now with wet jeans which took all day to dry. I froze to death. Then andrew jumped in and I put my feet in. So so so cold. So we decided to run off the dock and jump in. It was te coldest lake in the world. Like I jumped in and swam as fast as possible to shore. We later found out that it's really dangerous and last year 4 asains did it and died of heart attacks. Oops. We survived don't worry. 

Then we ran home and I layed in bed trying to heat up. We caught the next train into town and walked around in a search for pants or a jacket for me. Finally found a fleece just in time. We then got on a bus to go white water rafting. They had us put on wet wetsuits and shoes... Still freezing. Little did I know that was the warmest I was going to be for another 5 hours. We all loaded on the bus and drove up the canyon about 20 min to the put in. Got all the info an chose the goregous guide and headed down to the river. Oh my god was the water cold. Glacier water. Glacier. Water. Which coincidentally was the same river that runs into the lake we swam in earlier. Awesome. So I sat in the front of the boat... Noooot my best idea. Facefuls of glacier water, it went down my wet suit and they made us grab onto the line that ran along the boat. Mind as well have just put my hand in the water the whole time. I smartened up and stopped listening to that command after a while. But there were 2 sets of rapids that were so much fun!! And it was 7 of us from class in one boat.. Good bonding experience. We had to take out and then drive about 5 min and put back in the river because of a nature reserve. I thought we were done and I was so exicted becuase I could not even feel my left hand at this point it was so frozen. But we got back in. Right when we put in we did these class 4 rapids called the double f***er which was so intense!!! We have pictures that someone off shore took. Don't worry. Oh and my mouth is wide open in every picture. Get excited. But the first part of the rapid we went off this 4 foot-ish drop. So much fun!! That rapid was a ton of fun. Then we pulled over to wait for the other boats and they found a throw bag floating in the river so we waited for about 15 min while our guides tredged through the current all roped to eachother to get it out. Then the rest kinda sucked because or was cloudy so it was feezing and we couldn't see the scenery. The river was just flat so we weren't working an just got really cold for about 20 min. Then we came out into the lake I had been swimming in earlier. Haha. Oh and bill I took the camera on the trip and guess what? It actually is waterproof!! Haha

We got on the bus and changed. My hands were so frozen I couldn't undue my helment, button my pants, zip my pants (you can imagine the friends i made asking someone to zip and button my jeans for me), zip my jackets or practically anything else that involved movement. It was rediculous. They gave us drinks and then we walked to the grocery store to get more food. I finally found a pair of tights and a sweater! Then we caught the train just in time to get home. Or that's what we thought. The train drove right past our stop and continued 20 min on down the road hahah. So we got some good pics of the lake and then got to walk around for 30 min until the next train. The boys were pissed hahha. Oh well!! We made it back and showered, those wet suits smelled so so bad! Ugh. Then I just wanted to goto bed but they all wanted to go out and eat so I felt obligated to go... So I went but I ate before we left to save money. Turned out I could have happily stayed home. We had to wait 30 min for the train...  We had the schedule wrong. I just sat and watched
Everyone eat, the chocolate fondue was torture so I left for the train back so I didn't have to pay for a taxi. I also got a rivella, The red one, which is a soft drink only available in Switzerland which is the #1 selling pop. It tasted like liquid smarties. Pretty good! 

When we got home I just packed and then passed out. So tired! Happy fathers day! See you all tomorrow... My today hahha.