Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Awesome Adventure.....

This trip was a dream of mine I have had since I was a little girl. I have had several opportunities to go to Europe, but did not go. I knew I would regret it for the rest of my life if I did not take this opportunity to go this summer! Im going to post some photos over the next couple days of the highlights of our trip..... I have way too many! This is week one in Switzerland----

Pouring rain in Zurich, with nowhere to stay at the time.... Good thing I have the orange beaker attached to my backpack to prevent cars from running into me..... Oh boy

The backpackin girls in Zurich....


The beautiful drive to Lucern




Chapel Bridge in Lucern along the Reuss RiverOverlooking Lucern and getting lost in the walled city above

Incredible lake of Interlaken

A small city near Interlaken. Almost appears fake. I couldn't believe that these were really my own photos!

One night we had to sleep in our car parked in this old church parking lot (this experience included waking up to donkey mating noises, peacock screams, along with ringing church bells every hour) We only slept 3 or 4 pathetic hours, however, we were able to see the sunrise over the beautiful lake of Lugano, Switzerland. Most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen.
I couldn't believe the colors of this sunrise. I've never seen hues of orange, yellow and pink, mixed with the purple before.

Us enjoying the sunrise along the barren road.


Early bird fisherman--The only other people awake in the city

The day before we left, I had to get a root canal. Something was really wrong and I was in so much pain for the first week. This place above was visited often by me during that time..... It was a lifesaver.

Overlooking Lugano lake in the daytime.



I am obsessed with cute old men for some reason, and I loved seeing these old men congregate around and watch chess matches.... Old Italian men are the CUTEST!!! I just wanted to pinch them on the cheek!




I will post more again, this only covered the first few days!

6 comments:

Kera said...

i'm so glad you went. i want to go next year!

Sheena said...

It looks so beautiful there! I really want to go sometime.. i mean Klint does have citizenship there, so maybe we should atleast check it out.

Shannon said...

Your pictures are amazing! I'm glad you had a fun trip! I like to live vicariously through you! lol :)

Lindsay said...

I'm so glad you went and toughed it out with the tooth! your amazing.

Suz said...

Those pics are awesome!

Lani said...

It looks like you had so much fun! Minus the dentistry, though. I want to hear all about it!