The main attractions of Bern were the Bern bear, river, valley and high bridges. It was the most crowded city, flooded with tourists, and that made the trip less exciting.
Shopping was good as there were a number of malls, and street stalls were up since Christmas is round the corner. There were as many as 3 Macdonalds, and we actually went in all three during our 2 days stay – mostly to warm ourselves up with coffee and tea from the freezing temp outside.
We got our souvenirs, postcards and warm socks for Nathan. There was nothing much to say about this city, except for the big clock, which refused to work that hour we were waiting for it to chime. We were not the only ‘goondoos’ who waited below that ‘frozen’ clock.
Last day noon, Chong wanted to catch a sight of the Bern bear. I reluctantly followed, knowing that it would not be anything to rave about. True enough, these two bears were stopping low, munching on their hay stack the whole time while we stared into their wide open bear pit.
We caught the flight from Basel at 9.45p.m. reached Stanstead airport at 1015, took a train to Cambridge and arrived home at exactly mid night. Boy, were we glad to be home.
