Czech It Out: Yodel-le-he-hoo!

HELLO FROM AMERICA!! Yay finally english! The last few weeks in Europe flew by so quickly and there was no time to post about my last AMAZING trip so I'm just going to have to catch up again! The first stop on my last 12 day trip was Switzerland. Cody and I had our last class and said our goodbyes on Thursday May 21st before we took our overnight bus to Zurich. We were able to explore the city on Friday when we got there. Zurich is a cute little Swiss city with a lot of Swiss pride- they flew the Swiss flag everywhere. The mountains surrounding Zurich were almost non-existent which I was really surprised about, but it was situated around a lake. We were able to take an hour and a half cruise around the lake.

On the boat cruise with the Swiss flag in the back

The major problem with Switzerland is that it is soooo expensive. Even Subway foot long sandwiches are around $20. We only stayed in Switzerland for two days. On the second day Cody and I took an hour and a half train ride into the mountains near the city Lucern to hike in the Swiss Alps. We found a good trail and mountain to hike and took off! It was a beautiful hike surrounded by the mountains and the lake and there were a ton of cows wearing actual cow bells! It was nice starting the hike and listening to all the bells chiming during the easy part of the hike. As we were getting closer to the top the trail wasn't well marked so it ended up taking us a little longer than we were expecting. It also was much tougher than I was expecting!! It was one of the hardest trails I've hiked- as we got to the top there was snow on the peak! We literally had to climb up the mountain using our hands and feet. The hike ended up taking us about 5 1/2 hours to get to the peak (which was in the clouds!!) and it was getting late in the afternoon so luckily there was a train to take us down the mountain. Although it was tough, it was an enjoyable and beautiful hike and I'm really glad we were able to do it (even though my legs wouldn't agree).