so we had to go to the haag. i couldnt be so close and not go. so we went. saw the netherlands parliment (one of only three countries in the world to not have their parliment in their nation capitol which is amsterdam). we also saw the peace palace where the international courts of justice are. other than that nothing too crazy going on in the haag.
after the haag we trained back to amsterdam (about 45 minute ride). from there we took the night train to basal, switzerland. we learned quickley that the crochette (basicly an airplane seat) is not the best way to try and get 8 hours of sleep. the comfort of the chair was ok but the wierd guy plazing the song "its raining men" all night was not ok. i think next time we will try the sleeper car with 6 people per room. when you have a small amount of money it makes you do things you would not normally do like sleep with 5 complete strangers in a crammed train car.
joe
Day - 9
After a restless night, we decided to skip Geneva, b-c our friend Rob was a bit busy with wedding details, and continued on to Zurich, Switzerland. When we got in we planned just to get a hostel, no big deal, but we did not know that they were having a skateboarding convention in town so ever hostel was booked...how typical. So after wandering the city looking for an internet cafe for an hour(i did not go b-c i was not feeling well...poor joe), joe was able to find a a moderately priced hotel for the night. We took a short nap and went off to explore. We went to the city center and walked around...i think they seriously had an H and M on every corner. We then went and had dinner down by lake Zurich with the Alps in the background. Georgeous and relaxing.
Tommorrow we are off to Salzburg, Austria and will be staying with a Servas host, always interesting. She is an older single woman. We will let you all know how it goes.
ash
Awesome! Don't forget to take the Sound of Music tour when you're in Salzburg, it will change your life!
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Couchette? I haven't had much luck with the the sleeper car. I've had the best experience when you get a seat in the litte room with 2 benches facing each other. Usually they fold down toghether (like a pull out couch) and you can sleep all the way across. This only works if you are the only 2 in the room though. Try to find one empty and claim it like you reserved it. That works sometimes.
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Oh and - I'm jealous. I love Switzerland. It feels surreal, like it's a movie set.
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Hey, I just remembered something sweet about Salzburg. There is a large beer hall that is part of one of the local monasteries. I remember that there were multiple faucets that had beer flowing out of them. There was this long hall with big long tables that people were eating wiener schnitzel and drinking beer at. Let me know if you find it.
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