Switzerland Switzerland was a really nice break from all of the cities. We visited Interlaken first and it was absolutely gorgeous. We got in too early to check into our hostel by about 20 minutes so we sat along the river that ran through Interlaken and enjoyed the beautiful view of the Swiss Alps! After we checked in and got our stuff settled we took off to explore the city, which isn’t saying much because Interlaken is quite small. I had the brilliant i...

France! Getting to Paris was possibly one of the worst 8 hours of my life. My first leg of the tour wasn’t so bad but during the second half I was on a train full of people who didn’t speak English and it was an hour and a half late and I had no minutes on my phone. I was supposed to meet Jess and Emmy at the train station which is simple enough with a cell phone. However, my phone had no minutes on it and my train was an hour and a half late. They didn...

Barcelona Day 2! The next day we made the trek up to the Olympic stadium.Barcelona is built next to a set of mountains so part of the city is up higher in the mountains and you have to climb forever to get up to those parts.Not actually mountain climb but it's a pretty steep walk up sidewalks to get to the castle and Olympic stadium.It was incredibly rainy this day which kind of put a damper on our spirits and no one was too happy most of the day.We made it up t...

Barcelona! Getting to Barcelona was an adventure in itself. The beginning wasn’t so bad but we had a 12 hour wait in an airport to look forward to after the train ride. I went to Barcelona with Emma, Ellen, and Alejandra who is from Mexico and can speak fluent Spanish (obviously) thank goodness! I was never planning to go to Barcelona but after my mom left I realized I had a week all alone to look forward to or I could jump on someone else’s trip and they...

The Lake District and London with Mom: The first leg of my 3 week spring break I spent with my mom in the Lake District and London. She spent about 6 nights here. I had a choir concert the 2nd night she was going to be here so we stayed in Hull for a couple of days before moving on to the Lake District to explore the walking trails of England. We arrived in the Lake District in the afternoon by train. We made our way from the tourist information to our bed a...