The name Interlaken comes from the fact that it sits between two lakes which form a kind of V shape with Interlaken at the base.

The Thunersee (or Lake Thun) runs to the north west of the town, with the town of Thun at the far end. The Brienzersee (Lake Brienz) runs to the north east, with, you guessed it, the town of Brienz at the far end.

Our last full day saw us use up some of that costly Swiss Rail Pass that I've mentioned previously to catch a train from Interlaken along the left coast of the Brienzersee (during which, I note, I took pretty much no photos, sigh), then we hopped a historic paddle steamer (also covered by the Swiss Rail Pass) back to Interlaken for a final evening's dinner before we headed back to Zürich to catch a flight out to Dubai where we would rejoin the two who went to Paris instead of Switzerland.