Switzerland

Switzerland!!!
So yetesterday we woke up late and didn't make the best train route but oh well. Julie, Arleigh and I headed to the station to catch the 8:30 train and about 8 hours later we arrived in zermatt switzerland where the Matterhorn is (a giant mountain) I already told you about the train fun between the seats and all... It ended up that There was train problems so we had to Make an unexpected switch in basel. I only found this out because some nice lady next to me translated the French over the intercom. When we got off some lady was having issues with her bag right in front of the elevator so julie and I stopped to help her... She had a small rolley bag and a large one with a big computer box she was trying to attach to it. She finally got it on and we got on the escalator. Now the fun part... she gets to the top and tilts her bag down so it will roll off easier. One bag in front... The computer. and the small rolley behind her. The escalator is packed. When she tilts it the bag doesn't go off and we all got stuck at the top. Moving escalator, packed full of people, it's still moving, pushing and yelling in different languages. And meanwhile Arleigh moves to get a better view to sit back and laugh. Haha it was rediculous!! We all made it with all our toes, don't worry!
 
Side note: I forgot to mention the elevator incident. So on our 2nd to last day of class we were on our way to tour the hotel school and so we all walked to the train station together. We were walking the normal way and look back and everyone is getting on the elevator and they are holding the doors saying run! Run! So we ran... Hoped on. All 19 of us. Hahah weellll the capacity was 17 people which we knew but figured hey it'll work. It didn't. We made it about a foot an a half and jiggidy boom we come to an abrupt halt haha. We were stuck 19 people crammed in an elevator for about 30 minutes haha. This old couple biked by... Keep on mind this is a glass elevator and we are all in our white button up shirts with black pants and skirts with ties and neck scarfs... And so they stop and laugh. Obviously, I would too. The fire truck came, the elevator repair man came, crow bars. They eventually got us out. Hahah hilariours and very hot. The windows started fogging up and we had to crack the door with my book. 

So we get to zermatt. The last train ride up was the most goregous train I think I'll ever ride. Amazing. And expensive. We took a "taxi" to our hostel. They don't allow cars int the town of zermatt so their vehicles are little electrically run boxes. You can only own one if your business requires it. So after we hecked in we went out to eat at this little place. We were all famished so. Then Arleigh and I walked around town for a while and looked at the wierd houses on stilts. The town was pretty much in a cloud so we couldn't see too much which I was really bummed about. I really wanted to see the materhorn but no luck. We went to bed early and then I woke up at around 6 to see if the fog had lifted... It was worse and raining so I went back to bed. I couldn't even see the mountain next to us. At around 9 we went and had breakfast at a little place. The food is just mediocre and entirely too over priced. It's like vail but more expensive. After that we bought lunch and started to hike up the Swiss alps. We did about a five hour hike and ran into some cute little random villages on the side of the mountian. I'm guessing they were there for ski season so people could ski in. But some people lived there and had cows, who wear bells by the wAy. Big ones. Then we hiked to sunnegga paradise gondola for all of you who are googling this. And then back Down through tufteren and Reid back into zermatt. The clouds came and went. On the accent we were in a cloud for the most part and couldn't see anything. Still no sight of the Matterhorn. Once we got up to the gondola the clouds got worse and it was freezing! We were not prepared to hike the alps. Ar. Was in jeans and Nike airs... Not hiking shoes. Julie gym shorts and Nike shocks and me in her yoga pants, I only have jeans, and also nike shocks. Haha.  People are wearing intense mountain gear and we look rediculous. On the hike down the clouds started to clear and we started to see some beautiful scenery. It is by far the best hike I have ever ever been on. Pictures don't even describe it. Goregous!!! And then finally we saw it! The Matterhorn! I was so so excited. The girls didn't really care at all but I just sat there staring at it. We never got to see the whole thing... But the third we did see was enough for me. That peak is amazing. So differently shaped than anything I've ever seen. The mountains were so high all around us with waterfalls flowing down them and clouds fastly moving past. It was like a dream.

When we got down we were beat. We grabbed our bags and ate the most expensive lunch ever and barely caught the train down. We arrived in interlaken around 7 and called the hotel because we had no idea where to go. He came and picked us up at the station and took us to get groceries. Haha dude ended up being crazy. Told us so much info I was tAking notes haha. He wouldn't stop talking! He took us to the apartment and gave us the most detailed walk through I could have ever imagined. It took use about an hour and a half to get rid of him haha. We were all just holding back our laughter... Or trying. 

Out apt is pretty nice. I have a kitty comforter. Speaking of. The dogs here are so well behaved. Don't need leashes, they come into

Alright to interupt myself again. The crazy man just called me to inform me that I should go pick up my friends at :26 and they just arrived. Hahahah hilarious 

Anyway the dogs just chill in the restaurants and they have trained them to poop on the sides of the streets so no one steps in it. They don't bark. They are amazing.  

Our apt. Has a kitchen... Hence the grocery store stop. And it has an awesom view of the lake. But it is raining. Ufgg. It going to never stop. So tonight we just made dinner and we are waiting for our friends to arrive. I need to Leave in 13 min haha.  Maybe the old man will call  to remind me. Haha. Well I'm off but more later!
Loves and misses!