Travel Day - Paris to Switzerland

We woke up Friday morning in a panic: We had all overslept and it was now 11:00. We had missed breakfast and were supposed to check out at 11:00 and non of us had showered or packed our stuff! Gerlan to the rescue...again! We ripped the sheets off our beds, ran downstairs to check out and met Gerlan in the kitchen! He had left over bread and cheese that he let us eat for breakfast and gave us his room key so we could go back up, shower and pack our stuff! We headed out around 1:00 with sad hearts that we were leaving our new friends behind! Paris wasnt nearly what we expected but we all had a blast and we are leaving with two new friends!

We headed to the train station, got through security, and decided to get some food! We were waiting for our train platform to come onto the screen when we realized it was there (our stop was hidden in small letters because it was only a connection) and we only had 15 minutes! Not only was our platform a ways away but our train car was all the way at the end! We began walking fast and realized we needed to begin to run! Picture this, 3 little american chickens in a large Paris train station, carrying backpacks almost as big as themselves, running down the platform to catch their train... we looked/felt ridiculous! We finally boarded the train and sat down to catch our breaths!

The train ride was beautiful! It was fun to see all of the rolling hills and gorgeous scenery! We had a lot of fun listening to music, catching up in our journals and laughing about all the fun times we had had. The train ride flew by and we were in Basel in no time! We had to catch our connecting train, and after a little confusion, were sitting in our seats, ready for our short train ride to Interlaken!

We arrived around 8pm, found our hostel (we are getting better, only took us 20 minutes or so), ate dinner at a little Italian restaurant (Jamie claims it was the best dinner she had ever had: Hawaii Durum), and went to sleep!

All in all, a very relaxing day! We were all excited to explore the quaint little town in the morning!

Goodnight!

K.J.E.