Journal Journal: sleeping away the rest of the trip
We had reserved seats on the train, but not in a sleeper car. There were 6 seats in the car and one guy had his mountain bike with him. We were like, uh... move the bike. Finally he moved it in a position that was out of our way and most likely to topple onto himself, which we found satisfactory. He had been biking around the Himalaya but we didn't feel like talking so we ignored him.
The train pulled into Zurich a little after 6am. I went to the Apotheke and bought some drugs and tissues. I said goodbye to E (she is staying a few more days to process some samples) and went to my hotel. They were nice and let me check in early in the morning, and I proceeded to sleep from 9am to 4pm. haha! At 4 I went for a walk by the river. It was hot, above 70 F (343 K). Tons and tons and tons of people, lots of women walking around in heels on gravel pathways. Walked about 2km down the river until a place that has a great view of the Alps in the distance. That was cool. Had a chocolate ice cream cone. Came back... going to chill here until I go to the airport tomorrow morning (yay yay yay thank you thank you thank you). Some people may say that I am "wasting" this time in Europe. That's okay. I think I'm xenophobic. I think the European mountains would be fine (no people), but the cities aren't for me.
The best thing about the trip was an ice cream cone practically every day.
None of my photos came out stunningly well.
When I think of Europe, I am going to think of one big ol' cigarette. When I smell cigarette smoke, I think of car(t)man saying I just wanna take a fire extinguisher and spray it all over their faces!
The Word of the Day for Apr 30 is:
bereft \bih-REFT\ adjective
1 : deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
2 : lacking something needed, wanted, or expected
3 : bereaved