Vacation En Suisse

So I haven't written in awhile and I guessing that people are wondering what I have been up to. Well I just came back from a week long journey through Switzerland and Germany. I technically had classes during the week but it was the time that we could actually make the trip work so my Russian commando and Myself went for it.

We took off last Saturday around noon. Upon arriving to the train station it turned out that all the trains were delayed due to an accident that happened somewhere in the region. I'm hoping that everyone was alright. After waiting a few hours and just hanging out outside our train finally departed. We almost didn't make it trough customs because mein Russian freund didn't bring his passport for some reason. We missed our connection in Geneva so we had to catch another train. After realizing that we had 5 minutes to catch the next train it was a bit chaotic. Yet with our mad train catching skills we made it. Whoo!

We met up with our Swiss amigo in Zurich and he drove us back to his place which is near Konstanz Germany. The first night we spent chilling at a pub in the a local college town. It was really nice to just sit back, relax, and discuss future plans. The next day we went on a tour of the swiss country-side and where able to get an awesome view of the lake. We visited a neat town called Appenzell (If I remember correctly) and it really had a nice Swiss charm.

That evening we went to a water-park-spa that was in Germany. It was a lot of fun because it was like combining a water park and a hot tub all in one. Another thing that was cool is that you wore a wrist-band that had an electronic chip that controlled everything from the lockers to the tanning beds.

One thing about Switzerland is that it is really expensive. Maybe double than the prices in France at times, yikes! The good thing is that we had a place to stay covered so we didn't have to worry about any hotel expenses.

On Monday we took off towards Germany to visit our German amie. I took advantage of the ride over there to catchup on some sleep. When we arrived we had some tea and cake, yay tea party!, and then just took some time to relax. Afterwards we went up "The Eiffel Tower" of the region and had a 360 degree view of the area.

That evening we made a pizza. Afterwards another German friend arrived and all we played poker. Eventually we wound up drinking way to much German liquor but all of us managed to hang in there. It was pretty funny to say the least.

The next day we took a tour of the town, I can't remember the name of the town anymore, oh well. The town was groovy because it was in the same off a circle with a cross inside it. Each end of the cross had a clock tower, well one side was missing the clock tower because it was destroyed during world war II. Yet the town over-all was pretty spiffy to see.

That afternoon we went skating. It was really good because it was the first time that I think that I was actually starting to get the hang of stating. I have only stated a few times in my life but thing time if felt that I was maybe actually skating.

That evening we said goodbye and returned back to good old Switzerland. We had a good time in Germany filled with silly memories.

The next day we took off towards Zurich to take a tour of the city. In the cathedral we climbed to the very top tower. From that vantage point we were able to see a good chunk of Zurich. The city itself wasn't too interesting but it was still nice to see. We were able to see the upscaleness of chic Swiss culture.

That night we had a concert. Yet it wasn't just any old concert, it was a Jimmy Eat World concert. It was cool to see them in concert because they were one of my favorite bands a few years ago. It was nice to bring back the nostalgia of a band that I really liked. The crowd was a pretty good crowd and we all sang and danced along. It was the perfect way to end my last night in Switzerland.

The day after we said goodbye to our Swiss friend and took the train back towards Geneva. While on the train we decided that we wanted to see some more of Switzerland so we got off of the train at Bern. We took a tour of the city with the map that we commandeered from a hotel. The city contained everything from fancy stores to furry bears. Yep, that's right there were bears. it was kind of depressing in a way because the bears were in a kind o pit area and just passed their time either sleeping of begging for food. Yet they still had a kind of cuteness to them.

The next town that we stopped off in was Lausanne. The entire town was on a hillside that overlooked Lac Leman. It was nice to be able to speak in French again. Well we didn't really stop speaking French but it was funny trying to communicate in German and Swiss German for most of the week. Luckily we had a bona fide Swiss-German with of for the Duration of the break.

After taking the train to Geneva we were just about home free. I spent the train ride reading my dictionary because I didn't really bring anything else to read. Finally I made it back home and it was nice to be back. I'm going to be spending this catching up on thing and getting back into the French groove.

Yet for now, Good Night!