Day 2 (October 2, 2008)

In Zurich, we were disappointed to find that one of our bags was lost. The tracking service quickly located it in Paris. We filled out the paperwork, and they promised to send it to our hotel late sometime the next day. The only problem was it contained gifts for people we were going to meet before our bag was likely to arrive.

We took the train from Zurich to Bern, and then checked into our hotel on Gerechtigkeitgasse. We chose our hotel for sentimental reasons, and we were lucky enough to get the very same room we once spent a month living in early in our marriage. The street is among the oldest in Bern, and we like the strong medieval atmosphere that still persists. It's not hard to imagine the continuity of day to day living on the street since the late 1100s.

We closed our travel day with a nice stroll through the old city, walking past many favorite old shops that we hadn't seen in a long while. We were very excited to be back in Bern. It is one of our favorite places. We were treated to a fantastic sunset that backlit the gothic cathedral of Bern and the old city in a striking red and black silhouette.