so lets see...the second day in paris we went for the louve...awesome..and we took the subway..quicker.....afterwards a little shopping at the stalls they have along the banks of the river...got some nice postcards and smallish pictures of paintings of all over paris...will make a nice collage on the wall. we were going to go see the orsay for free the last hour its open....and then the cluny museum......but after going to get our tickets for amsterdam.....we were tired adn hungry..... back to the hosltle for dinner....and then a little nap....we get up finally and take the subway to go see the moulon rouge....walk down the street to see the sights.....very nice and seedy.....walk all the way up the one hill in paris....to the church on thehill with the awesome views....and yeah the views were amazing.....and we ... read more

so hop the trains from gimmelwald...oddly so easy this time with our bikes..watch the countryside turn from mountains to...well...just like home...it looks just like back in fairmount..the meadows and cows here and there..kinda flat but some hills here and ther....i have a new appreciation for indiana now..sadly we had to go to europe to realize it...oh well. paria.....OMG...everything you think it is...it is..and more.... get in last night..walked from our hsotle to the eifel tower..20 mins no problem..man this hostle is the best...really really budget...but the place is clean....and the beds are great..adn the location....can i harp on that enough??? awesome...and for this price??? wow so its all lit up..the tower i mean..awesome....walk back and get a quick shower and die...we slept pretty well...get up..have a quick free breakfast here....its actually good..roll with butter... read more

so early friday we get up, have breakfast, pack our stuff and say our goodbyes to our new friends, richard and aurin from denmark, and joana from slovakia who was the front desk lady for the lake lodge hostle. take the bus into interlaken and get a train to lauterbrunnen. amazing train ride ....beautiful views alongside the river and beside the mountians....beautiful. get into lauterbrunnen and walk the bikes up the hill at the trainstation to the bike path....awesome..right by a huge waterfall...so high it turns to mist..then condenses on the side of the mountain and then makes the roaring river.....bike along nicley by beautiful paths and meadows full of happy goats with bells on munching happily. beautiful, green, amazing..what else to say? the pictures can only convey a feeling of the size and green we ... read more

switzerland is amazing..expensive but amazing..i would blog more and upload some photos..but were using an unsecured network we found open in the little park here by the hostle.....this place is amazing.....not sure about internet access fer a bit but were safe...were by a lake..weve made new awesome geek friends from denmark and took a cog train to the top of a really high mountain to see the amaizng view of all the moutntains around the area today..amazing......gimmelwald..in those mountains on thursday..monday paris...our new friend are really cool...tomorrow gona go see some caves...take a rowboat around the lake..some geocaches ther (yes they do geocaching too woot!) and hike to a waterfall not far away!!... read more

So yesterday we went to the residence……amazing…..the treasury and the vault of relics was the best part…yes we took tons of pics…highlights: reliquary containing relics of st. George…it was in the form of a knight on horseback killing a dragon..as seen on rick steves..it was awesome….crowns and scepters….and the state rooms were nice too…afterwards we went to the café and had lunch….and found a sporting goods store and a hardware store……at the sporting goods place we got grizz a new camp pad…non inflatable…so hes good now…. On the way to the subway from there in marienplatz..the center with the glockenspiel..there was a protest over what Israel has done lately…frankly I have to agree….signs held high like “this time Israel has gone too far”….agreed…..isnt it great we live in the last country on earth where you can ... read more