The Swiss Alps with Reto

Picture 74575, originally uploaded by John Foong.

My friend Reto lives in Thun, a beautiful town nestled at the foot of the Swiss alps and next to the giant Lake Thun (naming coincidence?). Man, Switzerland is beautiful – the combination of huge mountains, beautiful lakes and lots of chocolate and cheese definitely gets my thumbs up.

We spent the weekend sailing on the lake (ok, I was sitting in the boat eating pastries, the other guys did the sailing), visiting the towns (they’re pretty small! But nice) and climbing mountains in the Alps (assisted by large cable cars. I did have to climb a set of stairs to get to the cable car from the ticket office though, giving me a sense of athletic adventure …).