This time we headed for Switzerland's biggest city, Zürich. The trip from Interlaken to Zürich was a beautiful sight! Maybe even more spectacular than the one in Austria.  Big blue and green lakes, and around the lakes, small villages with the classical Tirolhouses. The road was quite narrow at many places as we climbed up and down mountains, and through tunnels with our golden car. This was still our shortest drive whole summer, but one of he most breathtaking.

We didn't have many expectations to Zürich. We arrived quite early at Hotel Sternen Oerlikon in the northern part of the city. There we met a very cute and friendly girl in the reception who helped us with everything we wanted. Our Megane was placed in a parkinghouse for the next two nights before we headed into the center of Zürich.


Zurich is a charming city, we got a nice view from the top of the church tower.

The city itself is quite beautiful. It has an old and a new town center. The two centers are split by a emeraldgreen river called Limmat. On the river lots of white swans swims quietly. In the street the people were strolling around. On a corner three people played lovely classical music with their oboe, violin and cello. Around them people sat and listened with their eyes shut in appreciation.


The music set a very nice mood for the quiet pedestrian square. People were sitting around drinking coffee and having ice cream, listening to the music and relaxing in the sun.

We went to a church in the city. Inside there was a man playing organmusic. We could see some rally old paintings in a crypt. After that we went into a tower in the church so we could take a look at Zürich from above. The sight didn't disappoint us. In Zürich we went to another movie, this time we saw the fifth Harry Potter movie. The movie was bit of a disappointment. The cinema on the other hand was a little impressive. We wandered around old town, and had a few very expensive beers at a bar. Also we stumbled across ana arcade, and got to play some of Fire's favorite games, shoot-em-ups!



After Zürich we set our course toward Berlin. We were going to stop in Leipzig at a hostel. After eight hours of driving we arrived at the right address. No signs of a hostel was there. We looked at some doorbells and found one that had the right name on it. A few seconds after the button was pushed, the lock opened, and we went in by ourselves. There was nothing at all that looked like a place that rented out rooms to travelers. No staff met us in the hall, so we went up some stairs that was there. At third floor a man sticked his head out of a door, wondering if we were the norwegian guys. He then ordered Dice to tie his shoelace, told us that they were overbooked, stuck 6 euros into our hands, and told us to go somewhere else.

Not long after, we were on our way to another hotel, the B&B hotel. It was really ordinary, but the free parking and a good breakfast was a huge bonus. The closest diningplace to the hotel was McDonald's, so for the third time this roadtrip we had some good fast food. It tasted surprisingly good.

Two hours after the breakfast at the hotel, we sat our feet in Berlin. The smells and sights were familiar. We had been here before. We knew our way around in this town. It almost felt like home!

Get us our freakin' room already!
The hostel we were going to sleep at was closed when we arrived. A note sent us to a cafè close by, so we walked there. They only sent us back to the hostel wich now was open. There this guy told us to go to another place, because we were going to stay at a guesthouse that cooperated with the hostel. At the guesthouse a woman met us, looking confused and trying to communicate in German. She didn't have a booking from us, but a man that came ten minutes later knew of us. To him we had to pay 20 euros before we could be shown the room. This sent us for a long walk o the nearest ATM. After that we went back to the guy who needed the cash. After this we had to go for another walk to the room that was in a completely different building. We spent almost two hours just getting into the freaking room! We had expected another hostelexperience as well, but we ended up by ourselves in a completely different building than the others. We were very disappointed!


Berlin has got plenty of beach bars by the river! It's great hanging out there, a very relaxing atmosphere.

Funky berlin
The last two days in Berlin didn't disappoint us. At evening we sat in a beach bar in beach chairs and drank Becks beer.We also had a trip downtown to see if there was any good places to have a drink. The mood on the town was great. It was a fun and relaxing experience. Next day we spent a few hours in a park. We didn't get much sleep since we had to leave the room before 9 in the morning. That guesthouse really was the worst sleepover experience ever. Because of this we tried to sleep a bit in the park. Parks are great for hangovers and relaxing.


The East Side Gallery is a 2 km stretch of the Berlin wall, which graffiti artist have been invited to decorate. This Spawn painting was very cool!

Kurfürstendamm is one of the biggest shoppingstreet in Europe. After the park went there to get a feeling of that part of Berlin. The street was wide and huge. At the beginning of the street what used to be a big church stood. It probably had been bombed during World War II, so it was more like a ruin. The clocktower still stood so it was still an impressive sight. The rest of the streets was filled with different shops and cafès. All the sidestreets were similar. Unlucky for us, bad weather hit us, so we went back on the subway and got to the car.

We got to the airport and delivered the car. We were very nervous, and then very relieved when they told us the insurance would cover all the damage, and we didn't have to pay anything! Satisfied, we got on the plane, and headed home to Bodø, Norway.