Today is my birthday! I couldn't have imagined a better way to celebrate it! It turns out that Becky has a birthday within a few days of mine so I had a birthday buddy! Hannah and Becky made me a Nutella-frosted cake that put us all into a sugar coma. Since it was a rainy day I stayed inside talking to Becky about where she was heading and she gave me some great travel advice for the places we were heading to next. Becky is by far one of the most amazing peop...

Today is Swiss Day! I have no idea what the holiday is about, but I guess it's like our 4th of July celebration, except with better food and better beer. I woke up this morning to crystal clear skies so I knew I had to go up to the Schilthorn to see the amazing views. And the views certainly were spectacular, the mountains seemed so close that it felt like I could have reached out an touched them. After taking what must have been hundreds of pictures I be...

I have found a new job for myself, wandering around the trails in the Alps and moving the cows off the paths so tourists can get by. Today, while hiking, I stumbled upon a human traffic jam, when I looked to see what the hold up was, and I saw a couple of cows blocking the path. Your average tourist doesn't know how to handle gigantic Swiss cows, but since I am not an average tourist, I squeezed my way to the front of the line and shooed the cows out of t...

It wasn't had to drag myself out of bed this morning because I never really went to sleep. I got on a train that was filled with Swiss soldiers, and while Hannah was sleeping I switched seats and sat next to a couple of them and struck up a conversation. I asked them where they were all going and they told me that they were all returning from summer training. I had no idea that Switzerland had an Army, they never seem to fight in any wars, so why would they ne...