Aug. 19, Wednesday

Up at 7 to get breakfast and get on the bus by 8am. Off to Bern, about 1.5-2 hours away. Beautiful city, great blue water in the swift flowing river. Lots of shopping opportunities, lots of great old buildings and history and museums. The students had the run of the old town for the day, to shop or eat at McD's or Starbucks or see the museums or whatever their little hearts desired. We did some sighseeing, stopped in at Albert Einstein's flat, where he began his work in Special Relativity and General Relativity. Not a spectacular place, but very cool to be in THE PLACE where it actually happened. Got some lunch by the river, bought a souvenir or two. Nice day out, but HOT. Somewhere in the mid-30's. Sticky day. Back to school in time for supper.