After our super long nap last night we were ready to go, until we looked out the window and realized it was going to be rainy an stormy all day. So we had breakfast on the porch and made a new plan of attack. We did a little bit of shopping picking up Swiss army knives and karlee bought these flowy pants she had been looking for since Spain when we first saw them. We then went back to the co-op, picked up some Swiss chocolate, beer, and some dinner supplies. We t...

We had a great Swiss day at in gimmawald and headed to Leucern. After saying goodbye to our new Aussie friends we boarded the most scenic train I've ever been on seeing both the Swiss alps and beautiful aqua lakes. Once we got to Leucern we realized that it just wasn't going to compare to the mountains, as it's another big city and at this point on our trip we have lost the aww and appreciation we as they tend to be more and more similar. None the less we checke...

So if you read yesterdays blog you know that today was Swiss day! We were really excited to celebrate Swiss day at the mountain hostel as we had seen pictures online and it looked like a real good time. We were told that the festivities started around 2 so we decided instead of another big hike (to be honest the 3 of us were a little stiff after yesterday) we would go with the Aussies to the "flower walk" and have a relaxing morning. Thank god the views were ama...

So yesterday I didn't really explain how beautiful the Swiss alps are, and to be honest I don't even know if I can because pictures just don't do it justice. But this morning I wake up and see from my window massive mountains, with snow caps and it was the most beautiful clear day, I was excited for our hike! After we got ready, and packed out lunches we were off on our 5-6hr hike through the mountains. The first half of the hike was very steep and I was cursin...

Well we spent pretty much the entire day on the train today, which came in quite useful so I could catch up on the large backlog of blogging I needed to do. Marianne packed us a lunch for the train so we pretty much just ate slept and wrote from 8:30 till 6 today. To get to the mountain hostel we had to take the train, then a bus up then a gondola, because it was legit a small mountain town we were staying at. We had been warned by all the other travelers we hav...