Swiss Stop-Overs - Interlaken & Lausanne

The accoms at Hotel Stechelberg is at the base of the steep trail that we were to embark to Gimmewald. The room and bed are a tad small but the view is quite stunning. The room window is like an gateway to a lostland, allowing one to step right into the mountain-embraced fields, shadowed by low-hanging clouds. In the early morning, the view gets more interesting as the misty clouds rise slowly from almost ground level and drift with the softwinds sweeping across the field. Another commendation goes to Hotel Stechelberg for the warm-hearted "Ah Ma" serving the breakfast, fussing over her guests like her children/grandchildren.

The full day at the Interlaken area was unfortunately marred by rainy weather. The supposed impressive view along our steep trek to Gimmewald was obscured by the all the mist and clouds. The gondola ride from Gimmewald back down though made up a bit with the excitement of the steep descent and the decent view that it offered over the valley.

It was the day in which we had the best workout as we followed up our steep trek with an hour's session of tennis and another 6km trek up from Lauterbrunnen to our accoms at Stechelberg. The tennis experience was a refreshing one, with the enjoyment of cool weather and Alpine scenery.

The weather turned out bright and sunny the next day.View of Inter-laken Lakes on the way to LausanneUnfortunately, we had to go already to Lausanne for a visit to Musee de l'Art Brut, featuring artworks of the mentally- disabled/unstable.

The artworks are not exactly haute art but it was more of a voyeuristic experience, as one relates the artworks to the accompanying life-stories of the artists.