Switzerland trip part 4 - Bern and Trummelbach falls

I am soo late in my updating. Can't believe that I'm still at only part 4 of my swiss trip! After swiss, there is still the trip I did with Pris (who came to visit me and jy) to York and Liverpool, and Berlin trip, and just this weekend, North Wales trip with aunt nic and liping! gosh... when will I ever finish posting everything? :(

Anyways, so back to Swiss trip. The next stop while we stayed at Interlaken was Bern. Do you know that Bern is the capital city of Switzerland? Many people probably thought its Zurich or Geneva. But, its actually Bern.




There are many many such fountains around Bern. These public fountains were added in the 16th century to serve to show the power and wealth of the city, as well as to provide fresh water for the people in the city. This is one of the 11 fountains which feature a large allegorical statue.


The Zeitglockenturm, and astronomical clock.

After that, we went to the house where Albert Einstein stayed in when he stayed in Bern, and where he derived the famous formulae, E = MC2.


Einstein's family tree


A very nice display of Einstein's life story and achievements.




The Bear Pit. This is actually a living place for Bears. Too bad when we visited, the entire place is undergoing some expansion plans, and the new Bear pit is due to be opened Oct 2009. Too bad we didn't get a glimpse of the bears as they are being moved to a nearby zoo for the time being.


View of the city at the Bear pit.


A pretty display

Next day was a visit to the Trummelbach Falls with its 10 glacial water falls in the mountain.














This 小妹 was trying to scare people who walked past her by hiding in a box! Quite cute though, although we really got a scare when we suddenly heard someone said "hello!"


Starting our cruise of Lake Thun.








Guess what the person in this stall is selling? Strawberries! haha..


We specifically went to find a pub to watch the Champions League final between Man Utd and Barcelona. But what a disappointment we got. Man Utd played so awfully lousy :( They deserved to lose!