Elite Hotel Thun

... mix need reviving. The weather was clear on the main view side and overcast on another. Evidently God didn't feel that the view and revolveing restaurant was good enough for us, so he threw in a couple of snow falls for good measure. Gotta love the guy!<br> <br>We made a couple/few revolutions, took a few dozen pictures, and started our descent. We decided, at the encouraging of Rick Steves, to stop off at the tiny, and I mean TINY ...

... the beauty of this place which ranks right up there. And I arrived only at dusk and it was also very overcast...but typically you can see the Jungfrau (13,000+ feet and snowcapped) set back against the glacier-fed blue lakes that decorate this region. Enjoy the photos of this town. hugs to all, Jamie

... days after this hike. Stairs were the devil. But it was soooo worth it. That night, we went out to eat again. I had a Swiss plate called Rosti which hash browns with lots of cheese on the top, and bacon. It was very yummy after a day of hiking. The next day we left for Paris. I would go back to Switzerland in a heart beat. A piece of my heart still lies there.... I know I'm cheesy, but it's true! I'm realizing that this is really long so I'll try to hurry this up! After ...

... doesn't fail before then from drinking. Good times Jules, always a pleasure. I'm leaving for Berlin tomorrow, I'm getting pretty excited about it. Then I will be heading to the former USSR countries. I was hoping to do Russia, but they have these visa requirements that just plain suck and make it a huge pain in the ass. What adds to the whole suckfulness of the damn thing, is that I just learned that Belarus and the Ukraine have the ...

... about it though, and the university has a lunchroom view of the snow-capped Alps- so there's not much to complain about. Is great to see our friends and continue doing the tourist thing in disguise (we blend right in as mute student friends of the French speaking international students we tag along behind). Off for more adventures....

On Friday night i went to Bern to see Plexus play, a band made up of mostly people who went to my school here. They rocked, in the three years since i saw them they have only improved!! They even came second out of Switzerland in a band contest earlier this year! Check out their site: www.plexus.ch Then on Saturday night i went up to the city castle to a charity concert that a couple of my school friends organized, for some schools and orphanages they worked in South America earlier ...

... were alot of tourists there. And it was a bit hot inside with all of us in the same rooms. Imagine they must have been hot back then.! We are taking a night train from Paris tonight to get to Switzerland is our next stop. Night trains are supposed to be better to kill time at night and arrive early next morning. I wonder what it will be like sleeping on a train,thats a new one for me too. g'nite! our night train was a nightmare ...

... te voraus war. Während Europa noch in Barbarei und Kriegsgreuel v**sank, **rechneten in and**en Kulturen Astronomen schon die Umlaufbahnen d** Planeten und präsenti**ten wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, die bis heute ihre Gültigkeit bewahrt haben. And**e Kulturen entwickelten die Schrift und and**e Formen d** Kommunikation, studi**ten die Logik d** Architektur und **richteten gewaltige Bauw**ke, od** frönten sich den geistigen Wissenschaften. Für mich ist unumstritten, dass ...

... ich das richtig entzifferte (ich kann eigentlich gar kein Italienisch..!), sogar der Damm vom Festland zur Stadt hinaus unter Wasser sei. So hindert mich gar nichts mehr daran, auf direktem Kurs richtung Schweiz zu fahren. Erst am dritten Tag lässt der Regen zögerlich nach, und als ich schliesslich den Gardasee und mit ihm wieder den Fuss der Alpen erreiche, kann ich schon die ersten Sonnenstrahlen geniessen. Die letzten Tage meiner Tour vergehen noch wie im Flug ...

... for the victims. It's pretty moving to see hearts go out in a place so far from home for people the citizens don't even know. But beyond the sympathy, everyone has their opinions. We caught a cab one evening in Zurich with Hans' daughter, Karolina. The cab driver spoke to her animatedly during the drive in Swiss-German (arguably the funniest language I've ever heard) as Kara and I chatted in the back seat. When we got out, I asked her what he'd been talking about. "Oh, it was ...