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Interlaken is a city in between two lakes, given the name.
I arrived at Spiez, a smaller city on Thunersee - the western lake.
Spiez
I wanted to take the ferry along the lake.
Worth it - a spectacular boat ride into town.
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The water here was also tinted a shade of blue.
Interlaken is known as the gateway to Jungfrau - the region of dense mountains and valleys just to the south.
I didn’t realize it at the time, but the mountain framed perfectly from the city center is Jungfrau itself.
Since I used one of my “train days” on interrail - a day of unlimited train rides - I took another one in the evening to the far end of the eastern lake, Brienzersee.
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There was a small town there called Brienz.
But the next day was going into my other main destination of the country, Lauterbrunnen Valley.