Yooooodelllllllllayehooooooo (my attempt at yodeling on a swiss mountain)

So here I am, somehow still alive after staying up til 4 AM finishing my portfolio. Correction: after finishing ONE of my portfolios...2 more to go! But I'll worry about those later. Right now, I need to tell you about my weekend in Switzerland...

I got to the Zurich airport at like 7:30pm Thursday and from there took a one-hour train to St. Gallen. This, of course, was after looking at the prices to see just how expensive Switzerland really is. Well, $8.50 was the lowest price for a cup of Starbucks. As some of you back home gasp and moan, I have to confess that it's even more expensive than that in the Copenhagen airport. Yeah, never will I ever complain about my $3 lattes ever again. Back to the story...Casey met me at the train station and her apartment was literally right around the corner. She had 2 bottles of wine and some Swiss chocolate waiting for me as a welcome gift! So sweet. We then went on a night walk of St. Gallen and climbed to the top of one of the biggest hills to get a view of everything. We did the same thing the next morning to see how it all looked during the day. 

One word: breathtaking. We also checked out the red street, a street in St. Gallen where everything is covered in this red material (cars, tables, fountains, everything). Of course this was a great opportunity for a photo op.

Some other places we checked out were the large abbey, the library (where you're not supposed to take pics, but I did) and the streets lined with ornate windows from way back when. 

    After our Friday morning walking tour, we hopped a train to go to Rhine Falls, the largest waterfall in Europe. Now, I'm going to be honest, I was expecting it to be a *little* bit bigger. But this is Europe, not the Amazon. We even got on a boat and went right up to the waterfall 

and climbed to the top of one of the little hills that separates the waterfall.

That night, we went out to a honky tonk. No, I didn't stutter. There was a honky tonk in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It started at 8pm and you get a wristband and go around to a bunch of different bars that all have live bands playing. I shoulda brought my cowboy boots! Actually, I don't think it was THAT kind of honky tonk. But whatever. It was A LOT of fun!

    The next morning Casey, three of her friends, and I went to the Santes Mountains, which is considered part of the Swiss Alps. We took a cable car to the very top of the mountain, where you can see 6 countries (Germany, Italy, Luxemborg, France...and I'd have to look up the other two!) There are no words to describe this, I'll have to let the picture here speak for itself. And even that doesn't show it for how beautiful it was!

      That night we had a campfire on top of one of the hills and roasted bratwurst (very good) and had some smores. We then ventured into town for one of Casey's Swiss friend's birthdays. Basically, it was an amazing weekend (what else is new?) The only thing that was not fun was getting fined 600 kroner ($120) when I got back to Copenhagen because even though my train pass was for zones 1, 2, 3, and 4, it was for 33 and 44 and not 41 which is what the airport was in. Confused? It's ok, I was too. And I had absolutely no idea. Yeah, try telling that to the train guy. Oh well, it's the start of another beautiful week...I walked barefoot on the beach earlier today, the weather is wonderful, and short-sleeves are actually a reality!