PTPI's Interlaken Chapter Switzerland

PTPI's Interlaken Chapter

After the dissolution of PTPI Switzerland in 1996, PTPI’s Interlaken/Berner Oberland Chapter was founded by Regina Wälti, former president of PTPI Switzerland and member of PTPI’s Board of Directors. She was president of PTPI’s Interlaken Chapter until 2004 and is still a PTPI Trustee.

Starting in 1996 with 12 members, we have now around 40 members and in addition about 40 members of the Family Club (hosts).

International mixture: members from Switzerland, California, Arizona and Italy.

Activities

- Offering homestays for groups and individuals.

- In the last 10 years, more than 600 guests.

- Travelling, visiting members of other chapters around the world. Principle: Inquiries for visits and homestays are made from chapter to chapter.

- Members attended many European and Worldwide conferences.

- Speciality: Cultural work (for instance supporting an opera singer), organizing concerts (for example concerts for a youth orchestra).

- English-circle for members (practice English one evening per month)

- Sister chapter: Bucharest, Romania: Mutual visits, cultural exchange.

- Organizing meetings for the young generation (YG)

- International programs (Meet the Diplomats).

How we work

- An annual meeting in February with special program

- 4-5 board meetings per year (6 board members)

- 4 Newsletters per year

- Informative evenings for host families

- Alternately organizing all Swiss Chapter Meetings (Bern, Interlaken, Zürich)

- Sending a delegation to PTPI’s Worldwide and European Conferences

10th Anniverstary of our chapter in 2006

Chapter Contact

Chapter Interlaken / Berner Oberland
Ernest Wälti, President
Seestrasse 48, 3806 Bönigen / Interlaken
Tel. / Fax +41 33 822 35 49
E-mail: waelti@tcnet.ch

PEOPLE TO PEOPLE

Interlaken - Berner Oberland Chapter

Interlaken

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- Located between the lakes of Thun and Brienz

- 564 m above sea level

- Historical city, from 13th century

- About 5,000 inhabitants

- International tourist attraction

- Starting-point for many excursions (for instance to the mountains Jungfrau: 4158 m, Eiger: 3970 m, Schilthorn: 2970 m)

Berner Oberland

- Region in the center of Switzerland

- International railway connections

- Close to the Capital of Switzerland (Berne)

- Close to Lucerne

- Not far from Zurich airport

- (A lot to see) Beautiful landscape: mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, forests and more

- Cultural events: music festivals, art exhibitions, Mystery Park, riding competitions, international truck meetings, oldtimer-meetings and more

- Wide range of sport activities: (A lot to do: many sports like) golf, walking, hiking, climbing, sailing, swimming, river rafting, bungee jumping, paragliding and more

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