Switzerland!

Switzerland! We spent two nights in the hotel but most of the time was spent there after the second night since we came in late. After waking up to a late start we tried to spend time shopping, since we had heard there were great shops to be had in Luzern. The morning was pretty rainy cold and dreary, and we soon found out that the day was a public holiday and none of the shops were open. Well, all but one, the most touristy shop ever. It is a three story massive pile of Swiss junk, that I invariably purchased (it’s almost an addiction you see, the buying of junk, at least most of it was small gifts.)

So after spending some moola there I went to an ATM machine to get francs out for the tour director to go to this Swiss folklore party. Turns out ATMs do get hungry and eat cards, lucky me it ate mine that day. So on this dreary wet day I lose my credit card and since it is a holiday no one can retrieve the card. BOOOOO! So most of you know that I can be rather cranky when things aren’t going my way, so needless to say Savannah was in need of a serious nap. No matter, the Swiss do redeem themselves in the same day.

The Folklore party was one of the most fun and energetic events of the trip thus far. The food was great, just a roasted chicken in gravy with a hashed potato thing, carrots, and brussel sprouts on the side, but it tasted heavenly. The girls and me also finished off a few bottles of wine before the games started. Our games consisted of cracking a whip. I’m talking about a huge whip. At this point in the night everyone has been drinking and I’m not sure how great of an idea this was. A lot of our friends tried and ended up hitting themselves very hard with it. The next game was inside, and to preface I won the girls competition. The game is done by standing against a wall squatting down (putting your legs as far out as you can) pushing yourself up, off the wall, with only your neck and head muscles. Once standing you have to draw a line on the floor, as far out as possible by only using one hand to hold you up and your feet can’t move, but you have to stand back up the same way you got down, with one hand. My prize was a shot of something nasty. There were a few more games but I figure I’ll just bring them back to the states so everyone can experience the new drinking games J

I’m in Austria now and promise to blog later about it. Massage today at the spa in the hotel!