Have fun TJ sounds like an awesome vacation to me.

and a few vacation trips to Europe in general.

Very interesting country.............more like 3 countries really.

You can't go wrong going anywhere.

Took my wife on one of the biz trips, and she still to this day raves about the "glacier express" in Zermatt (train).............I didn't go, had to work.

Others have told me the same thing..............so that might be considered a must see.

loved the food and drink, folks were generally nice

but that was a different time in my life and in the world so not sure i can really extrapolate anything

Always business, I never had to plan anything just get on the train, plane or car. I like all of what I've seen, many people speak English and lots of the signs are in English as well.

Wish I was going again.

Have fun and hope you like fondue!

Definitely want to check out a nice cigar shop or two. Also will most likely buy some sort of Swiss timepiece for a souvenir. Going to need to do some research on a few of the ideas listed about.

Thanks for the input.

edit:

Also, if you have and great restaurant or hotel recommendations, it would be appreciated. We will be planning and booking the trip ourselves. Will probably fly by the seat of our pants at times I'm sure.

GD IT@!

Restaurants- the Swisd House in Lucerne.

Also -not sure if it is still around but a restaurant called The Alpenblick was a boutique type place that did an incredible multi-course dinner for our group many years ago. It was about a 20 minute ride from Interlaken.

this is great!

I want to see updates as it all unfolds, please.

TY. Going to look these places up!

I stayed in Gwatt, Switzerland once, way back in the 70s when I was in the Air Force. It's on the other end of the Thunersee from Interlaken.

It was a Beautiful place!

😎

Been there.

Interlaken area is great.

We took the trog- train up the Jungfrau...

(Eiger sanction movie w/ Clint Eastwood)

It was a TOTALLY CLEAR DAY,

ZERO CLOUDS,

FRIGGIN' amazing 360 degree views.

****#7 madspackler

I TOTALLY AGREE 110 percent!!-

D.O. N.O.T. DRINK A BEER UP AT THE

TOP CAFE....

IT RUINED MUCH OF THE LAST HALF OF MY TIME UP AT THE TOP...

I ALMOST PASSED OUT, AND FELT LIKE CR#P

The whole ride down....

Again , do not drink alcohol at the top.

Since that time, I refuse to drink on any airline flights either....same thing happens...

From ages 18 to 32 , no problem drinking at any altitude...I hit 33 and it TOTALLY changed.

THE Lake CUMO AREA is amazing...

Try and take a picture of "one piece of trash/litter"

In Switzerland anywhere...you won't...there is none anywhere...I never even saw a junkyard...

The highway system is the 2nd best in the world

After Germany....

Switzerland has four & 6 lane highways everywhere

Including going up mountains "double stacked"

On top of each other....many WIth TUNNELS...

AND IN THOSE TUNNELS ARE DOORS EVERYWHERE

LEADING TO UNDERGROUND SHELTERS filled with food, water, weapons and ammo OUT THE AZZ.

DRIVE OVER THE ALPS on the skinny snow covered no guard rail road over to Germany...it is the scariest drive you'll ever do ( except for the mountain roads in Columbia, Peru and Chile)....because YOU ARE ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE ROAD GOING UP the swiss alps AND the outside EDGE going DOWN into Germany...

Prepare for massive tour busses barreling down the Switzerland ALPS side coming from Germany that are so WIDE they are in your lane and you are inches from death

On your right...no guard rails.

Have fun !!!!

DRIVE along the Rhine both in GERMANY..through the vineyards...it looks like what HEAVEN must be like.