Traveling and Bouveret

So today we woke up at the crack of dawn to catch the train to take the scenic train to Montreaux. Luckily my bag was all packed so all I had to do was roll out of bed and put on clothes. We all walked down to the train station and took a few last pictures and then headed off for the main train station. When we got there we had about 30 minutes to spare so I bought the official Tour de France guide... in french mind you. Didn't figure there was any possibility of me finding it in any language I could read. So we got on the train and headed off to Montreaux on Lake Geneva. It was the scenic train ride and it was goregous but i'm not sure it was worth it. It took about 3 hours and we had already been on trains like that one. Majority of the people slept through the entire thing, so they didn't see anything, and I wrote a blog for half of it so I didn't see too much either. Oh well when we got there on top of the mountains over looking the cities and the lake it was beautiful. Pictures don't do it justice.

Our original plan was to watch the Swiss world cup game in Montreaux and then head over to Geneva on the train later. Well after the pretty train ride people decided they wanted to take the boat over and look at the scenery. I was meeting up with Grace who had just gotten into town so that wasn't really an option for me. Julie decided to stay and watch the game with us, but after a lot of locker and group drama decided to just take the boat too. So I met up with Grace and had lunch and then we walked around for a while. We were looking for a pub or something to go sit at but it was impossible to find. We ended up just deciding to meet up another day.

So today I said bye to Grace and i was in a hurry to catch my train. Wasn't sure if I was at the right place but I thought I was so I got on the train. stupid. I went and asked this old lady if it stopped there. She didn't speak english. And now the train is moving.... haha. So I asked the teenagers next to her. They didn't speak english either but we have established i'm on the wrong train. I can tell the old lady is really concerned for me. I got off at the next stop and so did she. She was talking in french, I have NO idea what she was saying but i think the gyst was come with me and ill help you figure it out. I was looking up the train schedule on my phone and found a way to get there it was just going to take a bit which was fine. So im trying to tell her that in english as we are waiting in line at the ticket office that I am just going to get back on the train. We Walk outside and she is insistent that i go look at what im assuming is the boat beacuse I was going way out of the way to get there when it was just across the lake. anyway i think thats what she was saying. So we walk over to the boat dock and she is speaking french to the ticket lady who is kinda kinda translating. It came down to my two problems: wait 2 hours for a boat, or have her drive me. The cute old lady drove me all the way to my school on the other side of the lake haha. I felt so bad but i dont think it was too far out of her way. haha and when i got out of the car she hugged and kissed me. haha. Pretty rediculous.

So I walk in and I have made it at the same time my friends did who caught the boat which takes an hour to cross. We all checked in which was a little bit dramatic. We had all chosen roomates but they had already assigned us rooms so only a few of us got our choice. The rest of the day was pretty relaxed and uneventful. We went to the grocery store and I bought a ton of food so I won't have to buy dinner while i'm here. Then we all just kinda hung around and talked. They have a nice workout facility downstairs but I don't have workout clothes and the eliptical doesn't work which was the one thing I wanted to use. The rooms here are really nice. They crammed 5 of us into the same size room at the last place we stayed and we have a fridge and a TV which I can't figure out how to work. The view from the other side of the buliding is gorgous... it looks out over the lake and the mountains and the little cities over there, But I have a view of a green hill. grr. It is a pretty green hill with a very vocal rooster. haha. More later... off to breakfast.
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