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Favorite thing: Not realy a favorite thing...

In Berne you have to search to find public toilets... :-((

Here are a few:

- Railway station behind the ticket counter, it's called McClean. Expensive (CHF 1.50) but very clean.

- Rifflyhof, Big departement store near the Station, use the entrance to the Restaurant(mostly clean and free)

- Migros in Marktgasse (Supermarket), upstairs near Restaurant, free of charge.

- Kornhaus, go up to the Library (free Internet for 5 min), look around a little and then ask for the key (closed Sat-Mo).

- Next to Münster

- Behind Heiliggeist-Kirche, the nearest free toilet near the station

- Men only: side wall of the Zytglogge (cold in winter), it is a official Pissoir!! see pic

Of course you can go in to the Restaurants, but they don't realy like it when you only use the toilets without buying anything...

Favorite thing: Below few words in Swiss German that you can use while visiting Switzerland.

Hello - Grüezi
Hello (to more than one person) - Grüezi mitenand
Good evening - Gueten Abig
Hi (more informal than "grüezi") - Hoi/Salü/Sali
Hi (to more than one person) - Hoi zäme
Good bye - (Uf) Widerluege/Ciao/Tschüss
Thanks a lot - Merci vilmal
See you later - Bis spöter
Monday - Määntig
Tuesday - Ziischtig
Wednesday - Mittwuch
Thursday - Dunschtig
Friday - Friitig
Saturday - Samschtig
Sunday - Sunntig
One - Eis
Two - Zwei
Three - Drüü
Four - Vier
Five - Feuf
Six - Sächs
Seven - Sibe
Eight - Acht
Nine - Nüün
Ten - Zää
Eleven - Elf
Twelve - Zwölf
Thirteen - Driizä
Fourteen - Vierzä
Fifteen - Füfzä
Sixteen - Sächzä
Seventeen - Sibezä
Eighteen - Achzä
Nineteen - Nünzä
Twenty - Zwänzk
Twenty-four - Vierezwänzk

Favorite thing: It is always better to be informed about road conditions.
So for this reason here's a website that wil tell you every Swiss tunnel and mountain pass status, open or closed.

http://www.tcs.ch/main/it/home/verkehrsinfo/paesse_tunnels.html

Favorite thing: If you arrive in Bern by train, go to the Tourist Zentrum in the same railway station. The girl attending the place was very kind and helpful. She gave as all kind of leaflets, a map and info about sightseeing, how to get to the attractions, museums opening time and, most important, when she heard that we were willing to visit Paul Klee Zentrum, recommended us to buy the BernCard, which proved to be a very good tip.
Si llegas a Berna en tren, ve al Tourist Zentrum (Oficina de Turismo) que hay en la misma estacion. La chica que atendia era muy amable y servicial. Nos dio todo tipo de folletos, un mapa e informacion sobre visitas, como llegar a las atracciones, el horario de apertura de los museos y, lo mas importante, cuando supo que queriamos visitar el Paul Klee Zentrum, nos recomendo comprar la BernCard, lo cual resulto ser un consejo muy bueno

Favorite thing: We bought BernCard for our daytrip to Bern. It allows you to enjoy free unlimited travel on the public transportation system in the City of Bern and the surrounding region (zones 10/11). You have also free admission to the permanent exhibits at 27 museums, libraries, archives and gardens (excluding special exhibitions). For 24 hours, it costs 17 CHF. If you consider that the admission fee to Paul Klee Zentrum is 14 CHF and that you will need to take a tram to get there... it is really worth to buy it. We even catch a glimpse of the new Bern: we simply took a (free) tram which took us to BEA expo centre. There are also cards for 48 hours (27 CHF) and 72 hours (33 CHF). You can buy Bern Card at tourist centres

Compramos la BernCard para nuestro dia en Berna. Te permite disfrutar de transporte ilimitado en el sistema de transporte publico de Berna y la zona colindante (zonas 10/11). Tambien tienes entrada gratis a las exposiciones permanentes de 27 museos, bibliotecas, archivos y jardines (se excluyen las exposiciones temporales). Para 24 horas, cuesta 17 CHF. Si tomas en consideracion que la entrada al Paul Klee Zentrum cuesta 14 CHF y que necesitaras tomar un tranvia para cada trayecto... vale la pena comprarla. Incluso vimos un poquito de la zona nueva de Berna: simplemente cogimos un tranvia (que era gratis) que nos llevo al BEA expo centre. Puedes comprar la BernCard en las oficinas de turismo

Favorite thing: Of course you don't want to looe contact with your VT and other friends, so here the places where you can surf the net free:

- Kornhausbibliothek (library in the Kornhaus). Big Building at the Kornhaus. Enterance at the back of the building, take the Lift to the 3rd floor. Officialy only 5 minutes but if there is nobody waiting they will let you surf longer.

- Jäggi Bücher. The Bookstore in the departement store Loeb next to the station. You can surf free for 20 mins. Normaly lots of people waiting.

- C&A. In this Store there are 2 Internet stations downstairs.

Favorite thing: The vast majority of people in Bern are tourist-friendly and only too willing to help. Be polite, and speak slowly and clearly in your language if necessary (normally everyone understands at least some English and French) and you will be taken good care of. Many Bernese people do appreciate - and indeed rely on - the tourist industry. Have fun!

Favorite thing: Pleasant city, not too large. in a beautiful landscape. Bern is the capital of Switzerland and has a population of app. 127.000. The spoken languague in Berndütsch, a Swiss-German dialect, but most people speak German (we have to learn it at school), French and many people speak English as well