ROAD TRIP PART 1 ~ Germany, Switzerland, Italy

Monday 8/9, Sonila and I left Heidelberg heading southbound for Rosolina Mare, Italy where Sonila's cousin and family had a beach house that they offered for us to come and stay with them for a week. We took our time driving down, making a few stops along the way. Before we hit the Swiss border in Basel, I took one last shot at breaking Mike (Sonila's husband) speed record on the Autobahn. He had never been past 120 mph and I am proud to say that I surpassed his record by reaching 122 mph... in his own car! It felt wonderful!

Our first stop was, of course, at the Swiss Temple in Bern. It was so peaceful out and we just took our time walking around and feeling that feeling that only the temple offers.


After we left the temple, we continued on our journey towards Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen. This is the first snapshot of the Swiss Alps that we could grab. We both looked out the window and said, "C'fare ne bote!?!?" (What in the world!?!)We were driving along just singing, dancing, blabbing in our wonderful English/Albanian dialect and then BLAM-O! This comes creeping in out of nowhere, right outside the driver's side window. Welcome to Interlaken.Had we not been in a restriced parking spot, I have no doubt that I would've hurled myself off of this diving board on this pier. But we decided to let this cute young couple enjoy it in peace.

Downtown Interlaken was quaint and ridiculously expensive! We paid 7 euros for our icecream and in Germany it would maybe be 3 euros! We walked up and down the main streat and admired all the stores, the hotels, the people, and the surroundings.