Western Europe: Switzerland

Howdy kids!

Just arrived in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. I gotta say, I FRIGGIN' LOVE THIS PLACE! The mountain scenery is amazing....even better than Austria. I feel at home again here in the Alps and hearing people speak German. I was so burned out on the complexities of Italian culture (i.e. don't order bread with risotto else expect funny looks), and its nice to here people speak a Germanic language (i.e. English, German, etc.). Not that I hated Italy, but after being in Germany, Austria, and now Switzerland, Italy is anything but cozy. Plus, you can get a descent beer here too, and that does not suck.

Tomorrow, we head to a mountain peak via gondola that is 10,000 feet above sea level. Afterwards, we hike down the Northface trail to about 7,000 feet. From there, one of the assistant tour guides and I were the only ones brave enough to sign up for paragliding the rest of the way down. Basically, paragliding is like hang gliding, but the aircraft looks more like a parachute. I can't friggin' wait!

My minutes on this computer are almost up, so until next time...

Good times!