Ok, just got back from the doctor’s and he said my infection should have gone now and my leg will be back to normal within a few days. It’s still slightly swollen, but it looks so much better than it did on Thursday night!
So I spent the weekend in Bern, the capital of Switzerland. On Friday night, a small group of us went to Fribourg, not too far from Bern and stayed at Nele’s place. Her room is huge. Lots of windows, huge bed, sofa and space! Many of which, my room lacks. We went out that night, to 3 different bars! We didn’t drink anything however, because they were all so full, so we just went back and sat around in the kitchen. I’m not supposed to drink alcohol, since I’m on antibiotics now, so I tried my best to limit what I drank this weekend.
After a good night’s sleep on Nele’s floor (thanks!), we headed off to Bern to meet the main group. The day started off pretty laid back, just walking to the youth hostel and then taking a walk around the city of Bern. We saw the bears, which are the symbol of Bern and is on the Bern flag. We also had a tour of the Parliament building in which the Swiss government and politics happen. It was pretty nice inside, although we weren’t alowed cameras or anything. I even set off the metal detectors as I walked through. It always goes off with me. Same thing happened at the UN Palais des Nations. Maybe they don’t like me.
After the tour, I just went back to the Youth Hostel. I didn’t want to do too much walking, since my leg wasn’t really better. Was still quite swollen. I helped wash and boil the potatos for our Swiss dinner – Raclette! This is boiled potatoes with melted Raclette cheese on top. I thought it was really really nice. I’d like to try it again. However, I can’t say the same for Blake, who stupidly ate about a whole kilogram or more of cheese? You crazy?
I took an early night to rest my leg. To be honest, I got a bit bored on Saturday, since I had already been in Bern. The novelty factor of seeing a city for the second time seems to wear off, but it’s still a beatiful city never the less, and I did get some different views, e.g. from the top of Bern Cathedral.
Sunday was more like my style. We went to Kiesen, somewhere near Thun, and inflated a load of rafts. From there we set off down the river back to Bern. Since I bandaged up my leg, I went into the dry boat, or the “cripples” since Ryan had injured his ankle on the bungee jump. So we were supposed to stay dry. The time spent on the river was probably around three hours, and there were some stunning views of the alps. I wish I took my camera with me now, since I didn’t get that wet and could have stayed completely dry if I wanted to. However, poor Azadeh who was also in the dry boat managed to fall off and get completely soaked just as she was getting out! But it wasn’t her fault, Tom Fredrik pulled the boat just as she was climbing out of it.
I suppose a nice way to spend a weekend and pretty cheap too. Right, back to work!
