Bern, Switzerland

  • Rösti in Bern and Ankle Injury in Geneva posted October 29, 2010 by Holly Hayes

    Thursday morning we left Lucerne for Geneva, at the far west corner of Switzerland, which was about a 2.5-hour drive. But we broke it up with a stop in Bern for lunch. Bern Bern is comfortable and familiar to us, as we've visited...

  • Border Criss-Crossing (and a DUI Test!) in France, Germany and Switzerland posted May 21, 2008 by Holly Hayes

    Greetings from Freiburg, Germany! We have been doing a whole lot of criss-crossing of countries the last few days, which has really put our humble language skills to the test. From Chamonix we went to German-speaking Bern for two nights...

  • Solo Day in Bern posted February 3, 2007

    Fortunately there isn't much to tell about my afternoon alone in Bern. I say fortunately as one of my goals of the Swiss vacation was to have at least one day of taking it easy. This was just the opportunity I was looking for, although I...

  • Solo Day Trip to Lausanne and Geneva posted January 22, 2007 by Holly Hayes

    On our last full day in Bern we were divided as to what we wanted to do. I wanted to take a day trip to Geneva, mainly for its famous Reformation sites. And there is also a cathedral to see along the way in Lausanne. David, on the other...

  • Churches in Fribourg; Roesti in Bern posted January 19, 2007 by Holly Hayes

    The Rough Guide to Switzerland couldn't rave enough about Fribourg, a French-speaking city about 15 miles from Bern. The book said Fribourg is "one of Switzerland's best-kept secrets" with a "winningly attractive medieval Old Town" and...

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