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Tuesday: I had classes--Fluids, Machine Design, Heat Transfer, Machine Design. Lunch was pasta with cream sauce, salad, & chocolate pudding. It was pretty good, but then again, I was also really hungry. After class, I went to Nestel, a bakery near the University, and Ninos, where I got pasta with Gorgonzola cheese for dinner. I went back to my apartment, ate, Skyped/Facebooked, and tried doing a little homework. I'm thankful for Skype & Facebook! Being able to contact family & friends back home definitely help make me feel better. Going to class helped too since I was with other people.
Wednesday: I had Fluids, Germany within Europe, and Heat Transfer. For lunch, I had turkey strips in sauce, rice, potato soup, and beans. After class, I went to Deutsche Bank, Muller--where I got mango juice, Ritz crackers, apple Capri Sonne, Nutella, hand soap, mon cheries, & Pringles--and got a pretzel on the way back. I wanted to stop by the church but it was closed after 6pm. I had a nice walk back. I Skype chatted with my mom then went out for dinner (I had a hashbrown with ham & mushroom, covered with cheese + salad) with two of my friends. I Skyped with friends and Facebook chatted with my brother about Paris. My original plan was to stay with one of his friends and come in Thursday night and leave Monday morning.
Thursday: I got ready and then went to go print out France information. I went to the train station to reserve a seat to Paris, but it was sold out... :( I then tried calling my brother's friend to let her know I couldn't go as planned.
We met up to go to the other university to pay for housing. Afterward, we went back to our apartments and stopped by the Star Dog hotdog stand for lunch (got a chili cheese dog). I met up with two of my friends to go to the train station. I tried making my Paris reservation for Friday, but that was full, too. :( I ended up booking a trip to Monte-Carlo/Nice to go with my friends. We went back to the apartment and picked out our hostel in Nice. It ended up being 87 euro each for 3 nights. I plan to book this weekend to go to Paris next weekend.
Today (Friday): I woke up, did some last minute packing, ate Ritz + Nutella, wrote down a to-do list for Monte-Carlo/Nice. The three of us met up at 8:15am and left for the train station. Konstanz-->Zurich. Zurich-->Milan...As mentioned before, we had to get off the train. Made it to Bern. Bern-->Milan. I bought chips in Milan & we are now en rout to Ventimiglia. Earlier, a guy in our cabin brought pizza & Sprite--looked SO good...as we ate our chips & drank water. I can't wait to have actual food! Going from Bern to Milan, I brought out the Schoko Balls (i.e., cheap version of Coco Puffs). A lady sat next to me--from California.
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| Snow-capped Mountains :) |
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| Chips! |
From Konstanz-->Zurich, there was a dad with 3 kids on the train. The youngest son looks out the window & points in excitement at the "marshmallows" a.k.a.what seemed to be packaged hay bales. From, Zurich-->Milan, I saw the Alps and they are pretty. :) In Italy (to Ventimiglia)--I saw cacti growing on the mountain. Hopefully the rest of the weekend goes well...maybe I'll find a nice French guy in Nice (LOL) or better yet, maybe I'll find Nadal! :)
Peace. Love. Happiness.
--TR
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