Toblerone

So I think I found my favorite city outside of the US...Interlaken, Switzerland. The place is just absolutley beautiful. Everywhere you look there are Mountians.

We arivived around 3PM and headed strait for the infamous Balmer's Herbage, or the hostel we would be staying at for the next three nights. As soon as we checked in we headed over to outdoor interlaken to sign up for the outdoor extream sports we would be doing. All three of us were going Canyoning and the other two guys, Josh and Drew, were going to go white water rafting as well. I decided not to go because Noelle and I will hopefully be going in Colorado in a few weeks when we visit our friend David Jones who is working at Noah's Ark for the summer. Luckily There was a rafting trip leaving at 4PM so the guys hopped on it due to the great weather that day. This gave me an oppertunity to walk around the town a bit and then go sit in the park and have some much needed God time while sitting in the beautiful Alps. It was awesome! When the guys got back from rafting we stayed at the hostel and had a great american meal, bacon cheese burger with fries. The beef wasn't exactly like what we get in the states, but it was still a good change in pace for meals.

The next day started early with Canyoning. It was one of the coolest things I have ever done! We road a van up a mountian, then walked, jumped, and slid down the waterfalls all the way to the bottom. The only downside was the water was so cold i couldnt feel my hands after about 5 min, but it was deffinatly worth it. Without knowing it, we happened to be in Interlaken for the annual nissan outdoor games extream video contest. To start the night off there was a sweet air show with some base jumpers and skydivers. Then there was an aweful danish band followed by an even worse American MC. But what made the night all worth it were the sweet videos at the end. It was crazy to see what people could do.

The next day started with a bike ride out to Trummelbach Falls. This ride was up hill the whole way. I was exausted to say the least. Everytime we asked how far it was from Interlaken to the falls, we got a different answer. We decided it was somewhere between 15 and 20 K one way, so somewhere between 30 to 40 K round trip. The actual falls were beautiful. It was amazing to see what water can do to rock over millions of years (or thousands if you are a new earth guy). After the ride back we just walked around town and chilled for the evening. Interlaken is a great place for that. The next and final day was filled with much of the same. Josh and I watched the French Open all day long. It was pretty cool to see Roger Federer play while in Switzerland.

On the evening of our last day we took a night train to Rome. This one was far less exciting as the other one. Everyone in our room was normal, no weird names and we all were in the same car.

It is crazy to think that the end of Interlaken is just over the half way mark for our trip. We are continuing to be broken for the lost in this region of the world. Please be praying that God will shine through all we do on the rest of this trip. Thanks for all the prays thus far.

Till Roma,

Michael