The capital of Switzerland.
Bern is a beautiful city set on a river that curls its way close to the
inner city. Bern has a sad, but getting
better, bear enclosure. This may seem
random but Bern means bear, so of course they have a few token bears in a
enclosure for people to look at.
The best part of Bern however is the shopping, unlike Zurich
which has all the designer and really fancy shops I don’t even dream of
entering, Bern has the mid range shops.
I live in Lausanne, a city just 1
hour away but let me tell you, the shopping is far betting in Bern. First of all its all in one street. Lausanne
has so many shops but they are hard to find and its a challenging walk to go
around and around the city. Bern has one
main strip with all the shops on it. The
great thing is that because it doesn’t have the Gucci’s and Marc Jacobs etc it
is good for the average Joe. They have
great H&M etc.
Bern is also extremely accessible. Most trains stop in Bern and their public
transport is phenomenal. On time and
accurate. God I love the Swiss!
Bern has all these cute little apartments with the little
courtyards and flower boxes. They are fun but I have never seen a decent sized
fridge. All fridges in their apartments
are tiny bar fridges...and this is what they use for everyday living. Strange how we keep so much food in ours.
