Before I show you all the good, just a some of the bad:
- Hopelessly lost while driving around Basel, Switzerland, unable to read signs. The police officer who stops us for parking on train tracks trys to give us directions, and tells us "wow, that really is difficult to find. Good luck."
- How I spent my birthday: Try to fly to Madrid, but brother has lost passport. Luckily flight gets delayed 6 hours, so we have time for the mad dash to the US embassy in Bern to get him a new one. Get passport, drive like crazy to get back to airport, only to find our flight was delayed another 6 hours! Yay for striking in France! Only food source available in airport: coffee kiosk with 3 day old sandwiches.
- Our bank decides due to high fraud in Spain, they are shutting off all debit cards. However, they fail to inform us of this. Span is pretty much cash only. We had to take a cash advance on a credit card just so we would have food to eat. Thanks for all your excellent service Credit Union 1!
I mean, come on, it is beautiful! This picture was taken in Brienz, which is the town my Zobrist roots originate from. (That's right folks, I'm Swiss!) I am not quite sure why they left...
Of course, there was frolicking in fields. The only thing missing is our Lederhosen.
We stayed in Interlaken, which might be my new favorite place on earth. One day I plan to buy a cottage in Interlaken, and make room for my new horse friend, Steve.
One of my goals in Switzerland was to take a picture with a cow in a field. I didn't realize cows were so scary. But they are. They have the look of the devil in their eyes.
I love Swiss food. The chocolate, the breads, and oh my, the cheese. My new favorite food? Rosti, or Swiss Potatoes. Don't they just look so yummy sitting next to my wienershnitzel?
We made a trip to Bern, where we saw Bears. Bears in Bern. Who would of thought?
It only took being lost for an hour and driving by the same McDonald's three times (no exaggeration) before we found the Bern temple, which apparently was visible to us the entire time, if only we had looked. I am seeing an object lesson in there somewhere...
We also got to see the temple in Madrid, which is on the MTC grounds and we met funny missionaries, who were the excellent photographers for this shot.
My favorite food in Spain, churros con chocolate.
The obligatory jumping picture in front of the Palacio Real.
After having a somewhat relaxing time in Madrid, we headed to Barcelona, which is honestly one of the coolest cities I have ever been to. In Barcelona, we went to a bullfight. Before going, I did my research, and knew the bull would die. However, I didn't quite realize how traumatic this would be. Or that in actuality, 6 bulls would die. Horrific. This is Cropstar and I after seeing our first bull die.
Barcelona is a city big on bikes. They have a public bike system that works similar to Redbox. All we wanted to do was ride the bikes, but we never could quite figure it out. PORQUE!!!! PORQUE!!!!
We had a great time, but, as usual, traveling overseas gives me a great appreciation for the country we live in. I am proud to be American!
