Rain in Interlaken

Line at the laundromat

It rained off and on all day and the temperatures remained chilly.  A perfect opportunity to do laundry, but when we arrived the wait line was out the door, so we delayed that project until late afternoon when I was the only customer.

Rob had hoped to take a two-your afternoon ride despite the weather and did manage an hour in serious rain before giving up. Persistent?  We ended the day with a fine meal in the hotel restaurant.

Our planned route tomorrow to Stresa in the Italian lake district now includes a car-train tunnel since the high passes are still closed.

We have found Switzerland to be more expensive than we expected.  We did find some old 1994 Swiss Francs in our foreign money drawer at home and brought them along. We twice tried to use them but they are apparently so old that no one recognized them.  However, a stop at an Interlaken bank provided an exchange for our 70 francs (after the clerk called her boss for confirmation, since she also could not identify them).  After 2020 such exchanges will be denied.