So I have a lot to get caught up on. I am not even sure where to start. I guess we'll go from where I last left off. As you might be able to tell we made it safely through Europe and made it home alive without killing each other. That is a definite plus. Europe was incredible. It was such an adventure. Even better, the good times most definitely out shined the bad times of being lost, trying to sleep on a train with someone with horrible B.O, or a train that was literally a hundred degrees. Looking back on it though, even those became good times.
We arrived in Zurich Switzerland and I was not ready for what hit me. I thought we'd get off the plane, walk to our hostel and just start our journey right then. Boy was I wrong. We walked off the plane to a BEAUTIFUL city. However, we COULD NOT figure out where to go. Was it because we were just Americans who didn't want to ask where to go? Maybe. But I think the other part was, even if we had asked, we wouldn't know what was being said to us(assuming the Swiss understood what we told them). The Language barrier. YIKES! Luckily they speak 5 languages out there and one of them is English. We made our way to the hostel and then the trip became un-real. All of the stops we made; Zurich, Switzerland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Brussels, Belgium, London, England, Paris, France, Rome and FLorence, Italy, Wien, Austria, and Praue, Czech Republic, we absolutelt incredible.
We were definite tourists and it was amazing. The Colosseum was prob a stand out for me. To think people built that before 100 AD is mind blowing. They just have so much. It was also a favorite because we ran into our good friends from Park City as we were randomly walking to over look Rome at sunset(CLiche? Who cares). Florence was beautiful. We wanted to go swimming because it was so hot. Well. 2 hours later we found it and we found something else too. We came across the finish line of the Giro de Italia or the Tour of Italy. It was really neat to experience that, and we saw Mr. Lance Armstrong. Right Courtney and Alex?
Europe wasn't just touristy stuff though. There is just plain beauty there as well. Prague was breath taking. A castle sits on top of a hill that over looks the city. It was amazing trying to make our way up there late at night. It looked like the castle at DisneyLand. The country that stood out to me however of a place that I will live(yeah, it's a promise), was Zurich, Switzerland. The place is SO clean. There is NO trash, and there are NO homeless. People there are amazing. Let us set aside the fact that they speak 5 languages(German, English, French, Dutch, and Swiss-German), and focus on how studly they all are. We were on the tram to the hostel and men were hoping on with Armani suits. Not just the men, but the women too. Everyone was dressed nicely. And it wasn't because it was a work day. They are always like that. They also drive around in sweet cars too. They know what's up let's say. It was just a good feeling place. We ended our trip there as well. We got off the train from Berlin and it felt like we were home. I thought to myself. Yes, this will be a place that I will live. So. I'm sure you're all bore by now, but I'll talk about Europe more later. And if you're wondering. Depending on who you are; yes, you can come visit me in Zurich.
