Bitte Warten

So, while my friends and I have made it to switzerland, my poor passport shows no sign of either my egress of Italy, or my entrance to the hills. We spent our first 2 nights in the town of Interlaken. It is small town that is nestled between two lakes. The city makes its money on the many activities that are found in the area. An active visitor could do anthing from canyoneering, to skydiving. Because we are poor college students tryingnot to spend all of our parents money, we did not choose to go parasailing, though i really wanted to. We toured some caves a boat ride away and to a ride down a track from the top of one of the mountains with only a hand break to determine our speed. We stayed at an old hotel called Funny Farm. It had beautiful views, and was probably once a beautiful place to stay. The building was old, and have some nice art deco paintings in the interior. The main staircase was made out of white marble, that had been protected with some cheap strips of burber carpeting. Our room, while large, was severely dated and the beds left us wanting. The view, again, was gorgeous and I sat down, while my roomies napped to draw it.

The most interesting part of interlaken was the way through which we knew where we were in the city. On our first day, we went to the store and bought cheese crackers and salami for lunch. We decided to eat it in the park where we sat at the edge of an unmown field and watched some children playing in the adjacent playground. As we sat there, something blotted out the sun..for only a moment. It was a paraglider coming in for a landing. The city keeps that field unmown for the numerous paragliders that come in the land during the day. So, throughout our stay we would look to the skies to see where the paragliders were dropping so that we could situate ourselves in the city.

Today, we are in Zurich, the city that literally means too rich. It is costing my dad 10 swiss francs for me to be here typing to you, but its the cheapest one we've seen yet, and its been a while.

When we got here yesterday, we checked into our small hotel above a shopping area, and spent the evening by the lake watching the sun go down. It was very realxing, and as this is a break from classes, i am ok with being realxed. Since we only have 3 beds for 4 people, we had two twins nexts to eachother and one at the end. We then spent the night lined up like sardines, but with space between us. The windows were open, and we learned how quickly zurich can cool off. The town was remarkably quiet at night. That is excepting the stupid ducks that make a horrible call that is oddly like a dogs chew toy. We slept in until 830 and then went on a boat ride this morning on the lake. We ate buffet salads at a store downtown and spent the afternoon shopping. Its funny how food, anmd internet is so expensive, and yet clothing, generally is cheaper, especially with the difference between dollars and francs. Ok well tonight we might be going to a movie, possibly 300 since it is being played in English. We also plan to splurge a little on dinner and get some good truly swiss fondue before we head out to Munich, or Munchén tomorrow morning.

Hopefully Munich's internet will be more affordable.