Monday, April 5, 2010

Interlaken Switzerland

By Far my favorite place that I visited on my trip!
This place was absolutely beautiful and calm. Its in between 2 absolutely gorgeous lakes and surrounded by the Swiss Alps.
I spent 4 nights at this place and it was a really well needed time to relax.
The first night I got there I got there late and just cooked and relaxed which was really nice.
The second Night I went I slept in, and then had a nice 5 hour walk around one of the lakes. It was so beautiful and the air was so refreshing. That night I got back and cooked some pasta and met some Spanish girls and hung out all night.

The next day I woke up, and realized that I did not want to do anything. So all I did that day was relax, do laundry, and watch CNN. I basically stayed at the hostel all day that day which was quite nice. The hostel staff was super cool and I just talked to them all day. That night I ended up hitting the hostel bar and hanging out with some locals who tried to convince me that Americans were all brainwashed :-P Quite entertaining.

The next and last night I was there I went up to where the filmed the 007 Mivue On Her Majesty's Secret Service on top of Schilthorn which is one of the tallent mountains in Switzerland. I got to go on a beautiful day and I was able to see so much.

Then the next day I took a Fast train to Rome for my last stop

Nice

The funny thing about Nice is that nothing opens until 8/9 ... Even the hostels - I luckly and found a guest leaving one at 7 and got in and dropped off my bag. I then went to the mediteranian and chilled out for a while the beach - it was quite nice. I basically just walked around and found some food for awhile until it was 12 and got to my room.

I was able to relax for a bit and then some canadians checked in and I was just happ to speak to someone who was fluent in English for the first time in awhile. We basically walked around for a bit - we went back to the beach and just hung out for awhile

The interesting thing about Nice is that it's very beautiful and the weather is great - but there isn't alot to see. Just to enjoy the beach and the weather. Which to be honest I was quite ready for.

The rest of my stay I basically just walked around for a while and enjoyed my time there. Just relaxing that's about it though.

Then I was off to geneve where I'll be couchsurfing. For the second time this trip!! I think I may go skiing tomorrow!
I'm on the train there and you can see the beginning of the alps on one side and the medditeranian on the other (we go through marselles and lyon before going to geneve) it is so beautiful! :-D

Ventimigilia

So I got to the layover place around 1am and had to basically wait until 4 until the next train to Nice. The station was just absolutely full of bums or drunks and after being haggeled for money for 30 minutes I left and went to the beach. Haha yes it was 1 am and raining out but I still went out with my backpack on and just chilled on the shore! It pretty much rocked

I spent an hour there and then Decided I was cold. So I went back to the train station.

I got back and was just chilln for a while until I notices this Arab guy who was just absolutely wasted basically harrassing this young african woman. So I basically spent the rest of the morning protecting this woman from this over persistant Arab guy who really wouldn't leave this girl alone for like 3 hours. It was crazy. Finally this arab guy had to catch his train and everyone went their separate ways

Then I finally got to Nice at 6 am!!