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Published: August 14th 2008
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WOW!!! That is basically the only way I can describe the last two days of my life!!!!! I arrived in Switzerland yesterday morning and before I even put my bags in my room, I went to check out all of the extreme sports that they offer. Before I knew it, I was signed up to go bungy jumping at 4:00 THAT DAY!!!! I was going to do the smaller one, but decided to just go for it all the way! I jumped from a gondola over a lake at 480 feet!!!!! That's the second highest bungy jump in the WORLD!!!!! It was the most insane thing EVER!!! I was scared and excited and my heart was pounding and I LOVED IT!!!! I don't think I've ever done anything like it...it was so much different than skydiving. You get the whole stomach drop feeling and you can see the water just coming at you!!! I recommend it to anyone and I would definately do it again!!!! I got some great pics that I'm going to try and put up this week. When I got back to my hostel, I heard people talking about "canyoning" which is basically a mixture of rock climbing, repelling, cliff jumping, sliding and hiking. So I decided, hell I'm here, why not.....so I signed up and at 7 this morning...there I was, wet suit and all getting ready for something I had NO idea about....I think this was even crazier than bungy jumping!!!! We start off having to jump off cliffs....kinda like the ones I did In Hawaii.... .but there were crazy waterfalls and rocks all around. Basically every time you jump, you have to aim for a certain spot because you jump between cliffs and into whirlpools and craziness!!! Cassie, you would have love it! Mom, you would have freaked watching it and Russ and Jake, I think you would have shit your pants haha.....I was even scared. Then we have to slide down these rock slides with twists, turns, waterfalls and drops. You never know what to expect when you start because you can't see the bottom!!! Then we had to repel ourselves down a basically vertical wall and on one, we were attached to a rope, half was a slide and half was being lowered 60 feet into a waterfall by just a little rope!!! Everything was crazy and amazing....I can't keep saying enough how NUTS this was!!! The water was freezing and it was so scary and fun at the same time. For those of you who know my fear of being underwater....well....I don't think I've ever hated and loved something at the same time so much in my life!!! I was scared out of my mind but felt like I conquered the world!!!! It was a 5 hour journey through the canyons, it was exhausting and expensive and worth every single emotion and penny!!!! So needless to say, I went a little over my budget, but don't care...for those experiences, I'd come home tomorrow ( it will prob just have to be mid-october now but that's fine with me....this is why I'm here!!! Interlaken is beautiful as well!!! the swiss Alps are outside my hostel door, the weather is amazing and there are just hills and snow-capped mountains and lakes everywhere! The people are all so nice...I never want to leave!!!! I'm glad I'm here for a few more days....Sunday I go to Paris, but for now I'm just going to fully enjoy it here!!!!! Well like I said, internet is AWFULLLY expensive so I'm trying to type this real fast.....I'll try to get back on....if not....talk to you from Paris!!! xoxox
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Kristen
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I told you
I told you that you would LOVE it there!! It's great isn't it? I can't believe you canyoned....I was terrified of that when I was there! That's so awesome that you did it though....AND bungee jumping! I had a heart attack just watching my friends do it. Go down a couple of doors and rent a bike and ride around the town, you will stumble upon the weirdest things. And they have a hooters across the way that we came upon if you are craving chicken wings :) Love youuuu!