The beginning of my adventure

So lets start with Sunday...

Sunday I woke up at about 7, ate breakfast and left for the train station. I had a very fun conversation with the guy at the tickets counter...it went something like this:

Me: Sprechen Sie Englisch (do you speak English?)
him: Sprechen Sie Deutsch (Do you speak German?)
Me: Ein Bisschen (a little)
him: Dann sprechen wir Deutsch (Then we'll speak German)

So I proceded to speak to him in Denglish as I don't know a lot of words that have to do with train travel and ticket validation. Then he proceeded to repeated say my name and he told me that is was German (which I already knew) and went on and on about how it has a nice ring to it. I might also mention that it was a lovely day, sunny and low 70s.

So I boarded my train and started the longest 2.5 hr trip of my life. The train is not too exciting when you are alone. So something happened along the way and our train had to just sit on the tracks for 25 mins. So I was supposed to have an hour in Innsbruck, just long enough to go outside and see something, but due to this delay I only had 20 mins before my next train. So I just hung out in the station. My next train was equally boring but cooler. It was a harry potter train. Like I sat in a compartment with 5 other seats but only 1 other person and it had it's own little sliding door. It was so exciting.

Ok So I arrived in Feldkirch 2 hrs later to the pouring rain and cold temperatures, about 60. I missed the first bus to Vaduz (figures) so I just hung around for 30 mins till the next one. So I hopped on a bus to Schaan (a few km north of Vaduz) and then caught another but to Vaduz. It was pouring the entire time but overall it was a nice experience. I am glad I got to spend an hour there cause now I can say I've been to Liechtenstein. So then I caught another bus back to Feldkirch. I walked around a little and saw a few interesting buildings but I didn't make it to the altstadt due to the crazy sunday bus schedule. So I just hung around for about 1.5 hrs and then caught my train to Zurich. I made a quick switch to the next train and ended up in Zug, Switzerland just after 9.

So I met my host, Lindsay, and we talked for a little over an hr and then we went to bed. She is very nice, from canada. She gave me some of her books about the area and told me some cool places to go.

So today I went to Zurich but it was pouring and Zurich is boring. The only museum I really had interest in going to is closed on Mondays. So I went to a few churches and took a few pictures and then I was bored so I got on a train and went to Bern, the capital of Switzerland. There I saw some cool buildings, a very nice gothic church, and I went to the Alps museum. Overall it was fun. I also climbed up hundreds of spiral steps to the top of the cathedral.

Then I had to catch a train to Luzern and then another train to Zug. I got back home around 6:30. Then Lindsay made me an awesome dinner and then we went out to meet some friends for drinks. Now I will soon be going to bed.

I haven't decided what I am doing tomorrow yet but check back later and you can find out what I did.

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Sarah