Check out early and take a train to Zurich, (Zürich HB, Switzerland)
• EC196, 0717-1144am
• Arrive early to secure good seat (seat not assigned on tickets)
• Bring along tickets and Citibank Prestige Master (as ID)
Arrive Zurich. Visit the famous Sprüngli chocolate store (there is one at the station: Bahnhofplatz 15, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland), or lunch at Café Sprüngli (Löwenstrasse 49 8001 Zürich, 250m from station).
Take a cab (2km, <20CHF) to pick up car from SIXT (Pfingstweidstr. 3, Zürich, 8005). Reservation Number CH306055060. S$811 pre-paid. GPS (120CHF)+ booster seat (45CHF) to be paid at counter.
Drive 1hr 30min to Bern, the capital of Switzerland.
Sight-seeing in Bern:
• Bahnhofplatz, the medieval centre of Bern, built on a hill and surrounded on three sides by the Aare river. Embark on a walking tour and take in its genteel streetscape of Renaissancestyle fountains and cobblestone laneways.
• 16th-century astronomical Clock Tower (Bim Zytglogge 3, 3011 Bern) with its ornate decorations.
• Child Eater Fountain (Kindlifresserbrunnen)
• A short walk away, you will find Kramgasse No. 49 which was rented by Albert Einstein from 1903 to 1905, where he had written the ground-breaking Theory of Relativity i n 1905. Open 10am-5pm, 6CHF/pax.
• Bear Pit, Grosser Muristalden 6, 3006 Bern, Switzerland. Free.
• Carparks:
(1) AMAG Rathaus Parking, Postgasshalde 50, 3011 Bern. 3.5CHF/ hr. Between Bear Pit (650m) and Clock Tower (400m)
(2) BELWAG AG BERN, Parking Casino, Kochergasse 1, 3011 Bern. 3.60CHF/hr. Closer to Clock Tower (150m) than Bear Pit (1km)
Dinner in Bern.
Option to stop by Gurten Park, 10min south of city centre, before leaving Bern. Ride the zippy red funicular (Gurtenbahn) to the top of hill. Make a beeline for the Spielplatz, a fabulous playground with miniature train, big wooden climbing structure, kiddie cars, a Rube Goldberg thing with balls, gears, to push and pull, musical chimes to bong, little pond and rope pulled miniature raft. Address: 3084 Wabern-Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Continue to Interlaken (1hr) and check-in for the night.
