Switzerland (November 7-9)

Switzerland first of all, is beautiful, it almost felt like going back in time. However, it is incredibly expensive. The Swiss Frank is the currency they use and is worth less than the dollar and euro alike, but they make up for that (and by they, I mean everyone)

So we flew into Geneva on Friday evening and took a train to the hostel. By accident, we decided not to get off at our stop. So my friend Cole leans back and asks if anyone in the train spoke English, and once one women answered he asked if we were headed in the right direction. She told us, but her face was priceless. When we told her where we were going she raised her eyebrows and said "But we're not going to Geneva!" So of course Cole's face was a look of "uh oh" and he asked her where we were headed and our group heard "Leon" and we literally thought we were on our way to France for the 3 euros we spent. But in reality we were headed to a different town and once the train stopped she got off and showed us how to get back...it was a close call, but turned out ok. Once we got off the train at the right stop, we found the hostel fairly easily, dropped off our stuff and then went to look around. Geneva was pretty dead for a Friday night so there wasnt much to do or see. Here is a picture from Old Town Geneva. I thought it looked like there were napkins dropped everywhere but they were just lights with messages on top.It looks like napkins...a little?

The next morning we took a visit to the United Nations and then to the real "Lake Geneva" and then hopped on an incredibly expensive train to Interlacken...now I am able to tell you though...it was worth every penny.

The United Nations


Lake Geneva


...And the train ride...


I wanted to ride that train forever. Once we arrived in Interlacken we checked into our hostel and did a little bit of exploring and site seeing just to find out if there was anything we could do before Saturday was over.


Nothing much was open so we had some dinner and prepared for tomorrow. The guys all decided to go skydiving over the Alps, some of the girls chose to jump off a canyon, me...of course, settled on a little hike.

...except it wasn't little at all. The hike through the Alps was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Sarah Bess and I started on a marked train, but the phrase "Let's just see what's around the bend" kept coming up and soon enough we were blazing our own trail.

Half way through we decided to stop and eat the small lunch we brought of bread, ham, and dried fruit. It was delicious as simple as it sounds. The part that was so perfect was as soon as I mentioned lunch, we found a small little bench to sit on...coincidence?