Hello one and all. I am currently sitting in Mike and Sandra's apartment in Fribourg. They are friend's of Levi, who is here too. Some of you may have met Levi before, he came to Auckland in the first half of 2002. Anyway, they have been kind enough to let me stay for a week and I'll be doing various tourist things with them. I may take some time out to see my cousin who is in the area (you can follow her weblog if you like at euronutters.co.nz).

    So yesterday, after swearing I'd not move one than one step, I walked all the walk to Chamonix rather than wait the same amount of time for a bus (15 minutes). Such a tourist based town, it was a big change from being up in the hills and I didn't like it. So I started my Eurail pass and headed for Bern, the capital of Switzerland in case you didn't know. Once there I headed straight for the hostel and off loaded my much heavier-than-I-remembered bag. I wandered the streets for a while, before picking a kebab for dinner. Apparently I don't know enough German for 'not very spicy please'. The shops were all shut, or about to, so I walked along near the river. There is a big play area, with free swimming pools and plenty of space for frisbee and volleyball if your feet aren't making you limp like a three legged dog. Even though it was a Saturday night in Bern, I had to go to bed early because my left foot was (and still is) kinda swollen like a red balloon. I don't know what is going on there. perhaps I'll start another weblog called Craig's Feet and there can be daily updates on what is wrong with them at the time.

   Today all the shops were closed in Bern, it's Sunday and that's what they do. But after my walk beside the Aare River, I found a number of cafes putting their chairs out into the main square. They seem to have funny little underground shops, that look like they should be wine cellars or something. Unfortunately none of them were open so I have no idea just how far underground they go. I took a train to Fribourg and met Mike this morning, and the plan is that we'll head back into Bern to go swimming. Quite possibly right next to last night's hostel :-)