The first weekend of February I scheduled all my group work for Saturday so that I could leave Sunday completely open for personal activities. I realized I hadn’t left Lausanne since in the 4 weeks since I arrived, and I really needed a change in scenery, so I headed to the town of Luzern, about 2 hours away, with my classmates Vamshi and Roberto. The change in landscape and the feeling of going someplace I’d never been to before really lifted my sprits – I really could have been going anywhere as long as it was outside Lausanne – because the majority of my days at school were spent trekking the 10 minute walk from my apartment to school at 7:45am and back again at 10pm.
Luzern was quaint, picturesque, and cold. It was still very much winter, and it was even colder there because it’s more northern. We walked around the town, stopped to have lunch (fondue!), walked around some more, stopped to have a gluhwein (hot wine), then caught the train back at around 6pm. The only problem with traveling on Sunday was that most of the shops were closed.
Being out in the cold all day probably wasn't a good idea, because two days later I got sick. : (
Sleeping on the train ride there.
The famous covered bridge.
Crossing the bridge.
Me and Roberto (Peru).
Me and Vamshi (India)
The town square.
Fondue!
It was the weekend of carnival, so all the shop windows were decorated with outlandish caricatures.
That were very realistic.
Some of which were downright creepy.
Sleeping on the train ride home.
That's what friends are for.
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