Switzerland!!!

If only you could've seen my face...
Switzerland??! Boy did I luck out! Not only did we get to see Germany this trip... we were fortunate to find cheap tickets down to Basel Switzerland (a 3 hour train trip from Frankfurt) where my good friend Andy Psota -above, was kind enough to pick us up and drive us around. Andy you ROCK and I miss you already! I couldn't seem to shut my mouth the second those Alps came into view...literally jaw dropping. What a beautiful country, I could have died and gone to heaven! I tried snapping pictures out the car window, but none really turned out except the first one...humor me.









We drove to Interlaken which was a cute little town snuggled between mountains and a gorgeous lake....Okay, I'll take a summer home in Maui and a winter home here in Interlaken...when I'm rich some day?? Anyway, we sat and ate vanilla pastries in the park and listened to a man squeek out some terrible notes on a trombone nearby. Either he was trying to get rid of the tourists, or attempting to kill the pidgeons in the park. A moment in time I won't forget, priceless.
The Virgin Mountain....oooo

After Interlaken we drove to Bern, okay the most beautiful city, Interlaken is the most beautiful town...Bern was very unique and quite stunning. Below, I am standing in front of "the most beautiful street in Europe" -so said a tour guide I overheard. The people were beautiful as well, I've never seen so many good looking men out and about. Andy treated us to some roasted chestnuts...I can't believe we have a christmas song about these nuts and nobody ever roasts them... atleast I've never had them before. Oh man are we missing out...they are so good and fun to eat.! We ran around the city until it fell dark and everybody closed up. We headed to his home town called Langnaul where his family let us stay the night. His family is the salt of the earth! We were treated with such hospitality and kindness that I hope some day to repay. Everyone in his family speaks atleast two or three languages...man are we far behind! We had some killer cheese fondu with some of Andy's friends and later watched some down hill racing with his mom. In the morning, we awoke to a sunday brunch of delicious breads, cold cuts, cheese and hardboiled eggs, and were sent off with sandwiches for our long trip back, what a nice family! We spent the next 11 hours traveling back to Edinburgh (word to the wise...don't travel by Ryanair.. I hate that airline!!) We traveled by car-train-bus-airplane and train once more...talk about insanity!! I guess that's what I get for being such a cheap skate... But we did get to ride in our own room on the train and that cool, I love trains! So there ya go, my trip in a nutshell. I leave for home in 2 weeks from tomorrow... I can't believe this semester is coming to an end. It's sad but exciting because I get to see everyone soon!