From Paris to the Swiss Alps

Its been almost a year and I realized that I haven't even made it through 1/10th of blogging my travels around Europe. I left off on my last entry in Paris, from Paris we headed to the Swiss Alps (one of the most breathtaking places of the entire trip). On our first full day in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland a few of us took the train up to Jungfraujoch, the highest peak in Europe. While up there we went ziplining and played in the snow!

At the top of the mountain we made our way through an awesome ice palace (inside of the glacier) consisting of all kinds of fun ice sculptures like my polar man.

One of the most amazing aspects of the trip (beyond visiting some of the coolest cities in Europe), was the time that the tour group got to bond with one another. The night life is not something to be forgotten in all of these nifty little cities. Many of the campgrounds that we stayed at had a bar, pub, or club on site so that all 48 of us could get together and play silly games like chicken masks! One nifty aspect about this particular pub was that people come from all over the world and write notes on coasters (or personal items they don't mind parting with) and hang them in the bar... so hopefully my note has been found well and maybe one day I can go back and read it myself!

Whenever people ask me what my favorite cities were on the trip (a question that is nearly impossible to answer), I always mention that Lauterbrunnen is at the top of my list (along with Tyrol, Austria for similar reasons). Beyond the obvious reasons of it being such a jaw dropping city, it was one of my personal favorites because of the limitless outdoor activities that can be done there (mountain biking, horse back riding, canyoning, skiing, or even just spending a day on the lake in Interlaken, just to name a few). It is definitely on the top of my list of places to travel back to because we had such a short time there and there are so many more activities I'd love to do.

I apologize if this entry was a bit lack luster, I will try to liven the next one up which won't be difficult to do as I blog about our trip to Nice and Monaco!