Kayla got me up at about 8:45 on Day 14 so that we could get
ready, have breakfast, and check out of our hostel. We weren’t leaving
Interlaken right away, but as is normal with hostels, check out time was at 10
am. Breakfast was free at this hostel, so that was nice! Especially since it
was the usual toast, yogurt, and bland cereal spread.
We put our bags in a day locker after we checked out and
then set off into the main part of town to do some shopping. Kayla got some
gifts and things, and I got myself a cute little Swiss Army Knife! I even got
it engraved with my initials (no extra charge!)
After an hour or so of that, we went back to the hostel to
retrieve our things and then made our way to the train station. We caught a
train to Bern at noon, and then switched to one that would take us back to
Zurich. I couldn’t stop looking out the window; you wouldn’t believe how pretty
and turquoise and perfect the mountain lakes were. I’ll never forget that train
ride from Interlaken to Bern. It was like taking a train through heaven!
At the Zurich Hauptbahnhof, we decided to go reserve seats
for our trains back to Berlin. Once again, we had to wait kind of a long time
(what is it with Switzerland and long lines?!), but it all worked out fine.
Starving (it was after 3 pm at this point), we took the tram
back to the AirBNB and made grilled cheese sandwiches. They probably weren’t
even that good, but it tasted like the best sandwich I’d ever had in that
moment.
We changed into swimsuits and headed back into the city center
to find a place to tan. I would’ve loved to have gone swimming, but we didn’t
have much time, and the water must’ve been freezing cold anyway.
Before we tanned, we got the ice cream we’d been craving for
a whole day at a fancy little place we saw on Wednesday when we were exploring.
It was delicious! And worth the wait.
The only place where people were tanning you had to pay to
get into, but we were fine with that. Most of the tanning decks at the place
were really crowded, so we went to the farthest left one to set up camp.
However, before we could even take off our shoes, a man came and told us that
we were in the men’s only section. We couldn’t even be embarrassed because it
was so funny. Who’s ever even heard of a men’s only section, anyway??
So we found a small space to put down our towels in one of
the normal tanning areas, and stayed there for a while. It felt so nice.
We laid out for a while, and then took the tram back to the
apartment to shower. We had dinner, did a little more laundry, and cleaned up
the apartment some. The host had asked us to do a couple things, and even left
us a little money for our trouble. After getting as packed as we possibly
could, we went to bed for the last time in Switzerland. Sad, but I’m getting
excited to go home soon!