Milan-Bern-Corseaux, Switzerland Day 11

April 10, 2010

Day 11 Milan-Bern-Corseaux

Our day started at 07:00 rushing to get some breakfast before our train to Brig.  The train ride was nice with great views of the Alps the closer we got to Switzerland.  At one point our train had issues and we had to go back to the nearest station and change trains.  It delayed us a little bit, but wasn't a big deal.  We finally arrived at Bern, a place that we thought we would have to cut out of our trip, but we managed to work it in.  The reason why we went there in the first place was that Albert Einstein lived there and you can walk through his house and there is a museum devoted to him.  So we walked down the cute streets of Bern with statues of jesters in the fountains and made it to Einstein Haus.  Apparently the one floor was the original house.  There were family pictures, pictures of his wife and his kids.  It was really interesting.  We looked around, watched a little movie, finding out that Israel had asked him to be their president and he had declined, and then we headed to the Einstein Museum.  Bern was quite cute and crossing the bridge to the museum allowed us some pretty views of the river.  At the Einstein Museum we learned about the womanizer that Einstein was and got to see a bunch of his belongings including his passports, a letter to President Kennedy, letters to Sigmund Freud and a picture with him and Marie Curie!  Craziness!  We also learned that Trevor is following Einstein's path pretty nicely (I can't wait to see what happens next!)  After pretty much getting kicked out because we stayed until the last possible second, we headed back to the train station to get to Corseaux, where friends of ours live.  I would say Bern was our first introduction to how expensive Switzerland is.  We made it to Corseaux easily and after following the scavenger hunt to find the key to Heather and Matt's home, we finally got in.  Their place is gorgeous, with views of the lake and mountains.  We also met Piper, their cat, who was super adorable.  We spent the rest of the night settling in.  At one point we tried to find a grocery store, but instead found a neighboring field with 3 sheep and 3 little lambs.  They were pretty cute.  We ended up just eating food at Heather and Matt's and going to bed to get ready for the next day.