So this is it. On my last day in Switzerland, I had a choice to make. What to do with my last day. I did not want to go to Zurich again, although it was close and cheapest to get to by train, and several others were planning to go there with the Swiss buddies. I had already spent a full day in Zurich the first weekend and had seen all that I had wanted to. Instead, I felt drawn to go back to Bern, the capital city. I had maybe spent three hours there when our group had initially passed through on the trek across Switzerland and it bugged me that what I did see of the city was not much more than its touristy facade. Did I mention it had been raining heavily as well? So it wasn't even a very good facade. No. I wanted to take my time in a city for once.
There was one drawback (ok, two): first, the cheapest train tickets I could buy were just shy of CHF 100, round trip. This brings me to the second drawback: no one wanted to go with me because the train tickets were outrageously expensive, not to mention the supersaver tickets would only be valid on the specific train at the specific time they were purchased for, which added an entire new level of stress to the endeavor (train stations are confusing if you have never encountered one before and cannot read or speak German).
So I steeled myself for the outrageous and bought the tickets.
There was one drawback (ok, two): first, the cheapest train tickets I could buy were just shy of CHF 100, round trip. This brings me to the second drawback: no one wanted to go with me because the train tickets were outrageously expensive, not to mention the supersaver tickets would only be valid on the specific train at the specific time they were purchased for, which added an entire new level of stress to the endeavor (train stations are confusing if you have never encountered one before and cannot read or speak German).
So I steeled myself for the outrageous and bought the tickets.