Day #12 - "Don't look out the window..."

Day 12, and I wake up to Katie telling me, "Oh no...don't look out the window." So, naturally I do, and what do I see - SNOW! Great. The weather forecast has now gone from bad to worse - Katie and I are now convinced that we are bad luck and are bringing the bad weather with us wherever we go!

The snow pretty much ruled out any plans we had made - hiking in the snow didn't appeal to us, and the visibility was even poorer than the day before - you could barely see across the town of Lauterbrunnen, let alone see the mountaintops. So, we did what we could, which consisted of being lazy getting ready, going to the bakery for breakfast again, and then just going to Interlaken for the afternoon, for lack of better options. We pretty much just walked the main street in town again, looking in souvenir shops some more. Katie did have a succesful day though - she bought some shoes! And not just any shoes, but sophisticated European ones. :)

We got back to Lauterbrunnen later that afternoon, used the Internet for awhile (for 10 Swiss Francs per hour - this is the price I pay for this blog!), and then it was time for the highlight of our otherwise uneventful day - our fondue dinner! Our hostel offered fondue for 16 francs, with just cheese and bread, but Katie and I decided to get more to go with it, so we had bought potatoes, fresh broccoli, and some diced ham, and cooked them in our hostel's kitchen. The fondue was really simple but really good - just Swiss cheese, melted and bubbling over an open flame. We stuffed ourselves, and it was amazing. :) A pretty good ending to our time in Lauterbrunnen, I think.