Germany ~ Switzerland

Grusse, Grusse from Switzerland and earlier from Germany!

Unfortunately we have not had much time to be on the internet = it's complicated in Europe and when we've been with friends, well, we've been with friends and then we've spent most of our time trying to figure out how to get to the next town and what to do when we get there. Here's our itinerary so far:::


Day 1: PERSON: Steffi! PLACE: Mainz and Kolonge
highlight: eating a traditional German meal with fried potatoes and Fleischkaese in a big dark wood, timber restaurant and drinking the local Kologne beer: Koelsch


Day 2: PERSON: sweet Esther and her new husband Manu; PLACE: Heidelberg!!

Day 3: PERSON: me and Matt; PLACE: Heidelberg and exploring the ruins of the castle

Day 4: PERSON: Matthias & Oli; PLACE:: all of our old hangouts in Karlsruhe, Germany where I studied abroad four years ago

Day 5: PERSON: Matthias & Miri & Dennis; PLACE: biking around the Black Forest and sampling local wines

Day 6: trainride through the Black Forest with Matty!

Day 7: PERSON: Dina (old coworker and friend from the Swiss grocery store where i worked Summer '03); PLACE: Basel, Switzerland on the border of Germany, France and Switzerland

Day 8: PLACE: Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland = the most beautiful valley in the Swiss Alps for sure!! We hiked through the lush mountain faces for about 7 hours!

Day 9: PLACE: Lauterbrunnen and Gimmelwald in the same wonderful valley + an optional trip to the top of Schilthorn - a viewing point of the highest Swiss Alp peaks

Day 10: PLACE: Gimmelwald - Langnau (where my old Swiss host family lives!)


the Rest: TBD