rahhhr bern bear!

so in the spirit of the large sum we paid to get some 1/2 fare we decided to go play in the capital city of good ole switzy... bern. named after a bear, go figure. we literally had no idea going into this what was going on. jen and i slept in [which was fabulous] and then hopped a halbtax ride to st. gallen where we bought round-trip tickets to bern... our train was right there [or so we hoped] and we got on and then only about three hours later we arrived in bern! luckily jen had brought her rick steve's guide book so we went on the self guided walking tour of the place. awesome. its just a really well kept city, not many cars and a lot of great history. they did a great job integrating the old city into the new city.. adding in modern fountains that enhance the original crazy old architecture from the 1200s. i was honestly not all that excited about the day trip but i think it was awesome. and we tried the chestnuts that were roasting [unfortunately not on an openfire] ont he side of the road in these stands, they smell fantastic so we finally decided to give them a try. no wonder there is a song written about them. i think i'd like to go back to bern when it isn't raining, but even in the rain it was awesome! basically i feel as though all the adventures we've had this week have been ridiculous in a great way.. yay for the arrival of jen! also.. check out my facebook album of my first month in switzerland! this week marks the beginning of my second month already! crazy how time flies...