SHVITZY!

I feel like it was the Reagan administration when I wrote last. Sorry, folks.

I am finally in Lugano, Switzerland and finally have my very own wireless internet. We are staying in the dorms at Franklin College. Although it is rainy and misgust…it is a gorgeous campus and a gorgeous city. I am very happy to be here.

We spent the past 6 days travelling from Sansepolcro to Lugano. I’ve now spent two nights in Como, two nights in Interlaken and two nights in Stechelberg.

Como was beautiful. George Clooney has a house there, but I didn’t want to call him when I was there. He gets so clingy, you know? We spent most of our time wandering around Bellagio, buying things….and wandering around.

Stechelberg was also a good time. It looked like Heidi could have been filmed there…I kept waiting for some little punk to come pouring out of a wheelchair onto my head. Never happened. We DID go to Muren though (which was a hell of a hike) and looked around there. I finally bought a rain coat, and to my surprise it didn’t stop raining immediately. It may have been my best purchase yet, and it sure beats the trash bag poncho I was wearing (no offense Amanda, it was a lovely gesture).

Our hosts (Marc and Diane) let me try on Marc’s firefighters outfit. It was huge, but made for some great pictures. Some of the faculty were not as amused as I was and made a big deal out of it…ruined the fun for the moment, but I still managed to leave with a smile. It also gave me an excuse to go on a walk through waterfalls around the Swiss Alps. You know, whatever.

Interlaken was …. Interlaken. We went rafting, which was crazy fun even though it was freezing. Our guide was really nice and some of the girls we were with wandered back to his house later that night. We were there on a Saturday, so it was BOGO night at the bar attached to our hostel…yikes. We made a lot of friends and Amy Hutton, you will be glad to hear that I was “Ruby” to about 90% of the people in the bar.

Today, on our quest for internet, Kelly and I wandered in some building that looked like an office to get a cab. The receptionist was nice enough, but gave us a strange look when we asked for a taxi. We sat down in the lobby to wait on the taxi and looked around…NOT an office building. DEFINITELY an obstetricians’ office. Awkwaaaaarrrrd.