Weekend in Switzerland

I have just gotten back from spending my weekend in Interlaken, Switzerland. Another beautiful small town that should be on everyone's travel list! It's a fairly small town in the Alps that pretty much runs on people coming through to either go skiing, hiking, paragliding, skydiving, and tons of other extreme sports. I unfortunately didn't do anything that extreme, but maybe next time? We took a train up to Switzerland(about a 3 hour ride)on Friday morning and then spent the day there going into little shops and took a hike out to one of the surrounding lakes. At our hostel, there were 2 guys from Ireland in our room so we ended up going out for dinner with them. Over the course of the meal we learned from them what an "American" accent sounds like...but we were sure to return the favor and gave them a taste of their own "toppa the morning to ya" accents as well.
Saturday morning, one of my friends headed out skiing with our Irish friends, while another friend and I signed up for a snowshoeing trek in the mountains. Unfortunately, they didn't have enough to make a whole group so we decided to rent some hiking boots and make our own little excursion. I know what many of you are probably saying, "How can you go to Switzerland, the Alps, and not go skiing?" Well I have actually never been downhill skiing before. I didn't want to be miserable and have my first time in the Alps. My one friend who has skiied a few times and went this weekend had a blast, but said it was a lot harder than she was expecting. I'll go back someday and ski:) Anyways, we took a train up into the mountains and got dropped off in a small town called Wengen. We took off from there onto some hiking trails and made it to some great picturesque views in the Alps. At some point we went off road a bit and climbed up to a ledge where there was a small railing between us and a complete drop off! Then we made our way up to a skiing hill and enjoyed a few more pictures and views up there. The ironic thing about being in the mountains was that we were surrounded by very deep snow, yet it was beautiful out and sunny to the point where we didn't even need jackets most of the time. On the ski hill there are even deck chairs for people to lay out on and just from being up there I got some color. Who needs beaches, just go to the Alps!
I bought my first and very own bright pink Swiss army knife and indulged in some famous and delicious Swiss chocolate (how could I not?) Again, an amazing trip. It's hard to think I'm already over a month done with my abroad experience and still there's so much more I want to see. Just to give you guys a preview, here are some of the things I have planned for this month: AC Milan soccer game this next weekend(David Beckham will hopefully be playing), possible day trip to Bologna, Italy, a trip to Rome to see the Rome Marathon and do the Marathon's 4K "fun run" through the ruins, and then I'll be ending the month with a trip to Paris. I'm also looking forward to visits from my boyfriend at the end of the month and my lovely parents in April. Anyone else want to come for a visit? :)