Media thread - 5 April 2019, 2:08

A photo of a bleak-looking snow-covered hill with buildings and a road in the foreground.

We are in Switzerland! This is the view from the place we're staying.

Posted on 5 April 2019, 2:08

A photo looking down a cobblestone street in Bern.

Bern is pretty old! And pretty!

darkroom switzerland bern

Posted on 5 April 2019, 22:42

Flammenkuchen, a German dish similar to pizza but without cheese. This one is traditional and has onions and bacon.

A panorama of the river Rhine, looking across to old buildings.

Today's efforts included walking around Roman ruins from almost 2000 years ago, eating delicious flammenkuchen, and walking around Basel and the Rhine.

darkroom food river switzerland basel

Posted on 7 April 2019, 5:44

A view from the bottom of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

The aforementioned Roman ruins, whose photo didn't upload for some reason.

darkroom switzerland basel old shit

Posted on 7 April 2019, 5:49

A screenshot from iOS's Health app showing 21,014 steps, 12.6km walked, and 28 floors climbed.

I don't think I've EVER done this many steps before.

screenshot switzerland ios so many steps

Posted on 7 April 2019, 5:55

A photo of a large train approaching the station, towering over us.

Man some of the trains are LARGE here. They're double-deckers but even taller than Sydney's ones.

darkroom train train station switzerland bern

Posted on 7 April 2019, 21:18

A view looking out over the roofs lots of medieval houses.

This morning we went to Murten and stood on the top of a wall that used to surround the city in the 1500s!

darkroom switzerland murten old shit

Posted on 7 April 2019, 21:21

A photo of a can of drink called "Cannabis Iced Tea".

Well, that's a thing you can get here apparently. Though I looked at the ingredients and it says "Hemp extract 0.1g/L" so I really doubt it's going to having much of an effect. :P

darkroom drink switzerland

Posted on 8 April 2019, 5:31

A screenshot from iOS's Health app showing 16,036 steps, 9.9km walked, and 19 floors climbed.

Today's efforts.

screenshot switzerland ios so many steps

Posted on 8 April 2019, 5:54

A view of a Swiss village on the hillside with very large craggy mountains in the background.

A photo of a cast-iron dish with the bottom covered in yellow raclette cheese, with potatoes, cocktail onions, and pickles on top.

A view looking over a snow-covered set of houses with MASSIVE snow-covered mountains with their peaks covered by cloud in the background.

Today we went to Lauterbrunnen and Mürren and saw EPIC mountains, then had a giant wad of raclette cheese for lunch!

darkroom food switzerland lauterbrunnen mürren

Posted on 9 April 2019, 2:32

A photo looking up at a towering castle wall, with the round corner tower on the left side.

Today we went to Gruyères and saw a 13th century castle, Chateau de Gruyères! It was very impressive, and had been added onto and modified all the way into the early 20th century.

darkroom switzerland gruyères castle

Posted on 10 April 2019, 1:56

A photo of a rectangular white ceramic dish that appears to contain almost nothing but melted cheese. On top is a pickle, a slice of tomato, and a fried egg.

We also had THE FANCIEST grilled cheese on toast I've ever seen. (Yes, the bread is under all that cheese, as is a bunch of ham as well, and the bread was clearly fried in a pan). It was goddamned DELICIOUS.

darkroom food cheese switzerland gruyères

Posted on 10 April 2019, 2:00

A photo of a bar, the walls look like they're made of spines and curve up and over. Two very high-backed chairs are in front of the bar and they also look like they're made from interlocking bones.

We also visited the H. R. Geiger museum (in which you're not allowed to take photos which made me sad but was nonetheless fucking cool), and neighbouring bar.

switzerland gruyères h. r. geiger

Posted on 10 April 2019, 2:04

A side view of an old passenger jet aeroplane, with a DC-3 visible behind it.

Today we relocated base to Lucern! Unfortunately the AirBnB we’re staying at is significantly shittier in terms of kitchen equipment, lacking in basic things. On the bright side we visited the Swiss Transport Museum which was very cool.

darkroom plane switzerland lucerne

Posted on 11 April 2019, 3:03

A view down a main street in Lucerne, with tram tracks running down it, old buildings on the right side, and trees beside a river on the left.

A photo from the end of the pews in a very ornate church, looking towards the altar. The church is painted white inside and has gold and pink stone highlights.

Today we walked around Lucerne some more, and went inside a ridiculous church (one of several, though I only took a photo on my phone of this one).

darkroom church switzerland lucerne

Posted on 13 April 2019, 6:32

A photo of ten blocks of Swiss chocolate of various types and sizes sitting on a white kitchen bench.

We, uh, may have bought a bit of chocolate while we were in Switzerland. (To be fair, not all of it is just for us).

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Posted on 18 April 2019, 11:29