The Swiss.

I know recently in my blog posts I have been kind of trying to theme them about different aspects of Roman life but this time I'm going to have to take a break from that just to tell you all about my amazing weekend in Interlaken, Switzerland!

One of the great things about Rome (and pretty much any major city in Europe) is that travel between countries in Europe is really simple. So when a friend of mine threw up the idea of a weekend full of snowboarding and hiking in the Swiss Alps I definitely couldn't pass it up. So we booked a trip through this student tour group and took a bus from Rome on Thursday night. We slept on the bus and got to Interlaken early on Friday morning but didn't waste anytime. We found some friends (which is really easy to do when you are studying abroad because pretty much no one knows anybody so everybody wants to be friends) and decided to go hiking...serious hiking. So we hiked all the way to the top of this mountain and we where pretty much above the clouds. It was a really intense hike so now I kind of have an idea of what Adam and my dad do! That took us pretty much the whole day and then we ate Fondue...cause that's what the Swiss do and  then went to a bar which was conveniently located in the basement of our hostel. I mingled with some locals and Italy still has my heart but the Swiss people are by far the nicest people I've ever met. This could also be because most of them speak English so they are a little bit easier to mingle with at the moment since my Italian is still kind of rough. Saturday we got up early and made it to the mountain for first tracks and had the best day. It was beautiful, the perfect temperature with clear skies and good snow.

View from the top of the mountain

Anyways, Saturday night we went to a chocolate show at this local chocolate factory which was fun and then we walked around town a bit and checked out the little stores. The weekend was relaxing and low key especially compared to the bustling streets of Rome. It was a nice get away but I am happy to be back in Rome because even after a weekend away I was starting to miss it already! This could be a problem. I'll keep this one short since the last one was the never ending blog post and I promise to have a good topic next time. Hope everyone in Pittsburgh made it through the wicked snow storm! Stay warm. xoxo