Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Goodbye London...Hello backpacking adventure!

The past few days have been crazy and filled with all sorts of emotions....We have been to Camden market and went paddle-boating! Then tears were shed, we wrote on our bunks, went to 39 steps, met Ash at the Tower of London because she was staying with her mom, had a sleep over, more tears were shed, we had breakfast one more time, packed, saw Kinsey and her family, Carl and I did some last minute backpacking stuff, we went to Ben's cookies, and then we visited Parliament and Westminster bridge one last time together. More and more tears were shed as the goodbyes kept coming. And coming. Goodbye everyone. Goodbye BYU London Centre. :(

YUMMY Brazilian churros filled with
caramel at Camden Market.


I LOVE my London Lovies!

On the roof of the Centre...Rebels!
The White Chapel Ward Primary
Nayla & Me
Me, Angela, & Lyse
27 Palace Court
Paddle-boating in Hyde Park



I LOVE "BEN"



Now the adventure was beginning! We didn't go to bed...Carly, Ramzi, and I left at 3am and tried to catch the bus but it drove right past us!! So we hailed a cab and took it to the train station and took the Gatwick Express train to the airport.

We made it to Geneva, Switzerland!
Once we made it, we wandered until we could find a tourist
information center. We picked a few things to do...
Like see this great statue... :)
..Take a pic by this awesome trolly
The Jet d'Eau or "Water Jet" which is famous in Geneva
- 132 gallons of water per second are jetted more than 100 yards into the air!
St. Paul's Cathedral...NOT the one in London.
Carly and I went exploring while Ramzi sat in the church.
We found a cute little park and were having fun in it. ;)

After wandering for a bit, we got some lunch at the "golden arches"
and hopped on a train to Bern! We accidently sat in the first class section but the ticket master was nice and kindly asked us to move. We were lucky we got off on the right stop because as soon as we sat on the train, we were asleep!

Well the capital of Switzerland is beautiful!! There's a long street with shops and restaurants, which we walked down until reaching a bridge and crossing the beautiful blue river to the old town. We found our hostel after hiking up a huge hill (more like "alp") and realizing it was actually down the hill. We set out to get some grub and check out beautiful Bern at dusk!

I love bear hugs!
Huge chess boards everywhere in Switzerland...I won.
One of the most beautiful cities in the world!


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