Hikin up a mountain!

On Saturday night, we saw the strangest thing, a small parade of cows through the center of Interlaken! They were giant cows with huge cowbells around their necks that would ring quite loud as they walked through the street. We had no idea what this was for or why it was going on, like most people on the street, we just stopped and stared!
On Sunday, we decided to go on a hike up a mountain, AJ really wanted to be on top of a mountain before we left! Behind Interlaken, was a large hill with a restaurant on top. Most people take the funicular to get to the top, but decided to make the trek! Here we are about half way up with the town below us.

Most of the walk was in the shade which helped us out a lot, but in the sun it was quite hot! Every once in awhile there would be a clearing in the path that would give us amazing views of lakes, other mountains, and the towns.

We couldn't believe our eyes!

We got such an amazing view of Jungfrau!

We made it! After almost 2 hours of hiking, we made it to the top! Harden Kulm was the name of the spot we finally made it to. And of course the restaurant was really expensive! Around 25 francs per plate! Ouch! Luckily they had a little food shack next to the restaurant for people like us! We enjoyed a couple of really tasty sandwiches and explored a little more of the top before hiking down. The hike down was terribly difficult! Much more than the hike up! It was incredibly steep with all different kinds of terrain, rocky, big tree roots, water, gravel, mud! It took us almost as long to go down as it did to go up!

Funny Farm is where we were staying in Interlaken. It was a really unique place on the edge of town. It was a combination of a hotel and a hostel, you could book any of the things you see on the sign, it had a crazy pool with a slide ramp, a bar, restaurant, and a giant St. Bernard dog!

On ???? evening we arrived in Milan and met our couchsurfing host, Matteo. We headed for an aperative which is one of the most amazing ideas ever! It is at a bar, you order a drink, which is a little pricey, but they there is a buffet and you get unlimited food! All kinds of food! Quiches, pasta, fruit, bread, grilled vegetables! It was so delicious and much appreciated after eating bread and cheese for three days!