Just as the first waves of homesickness and what-the-hell-am-I-doing-here-ness hit me in Zurich (about day 2 or 3), and I was riding around on the number 7 tram and crying into my 90c supermarket beer, I got a text telling me to get over to Kiran’s house. On the Toblerstrasse, yeah, as in the surname … More Sam in Europe, Part 4: Lombardy
I’m going to tell things a bit out of order here, in order to keep with the Alpine theme. I went to Italy, of course, and that was a cultural shock. I was going to go canyoning in the Val Bodengo too while I was there, but that will be in the next post. But, … More Sam in Europe, Part 3: Göschenen, the Bergseehütte, and the Uri Alps
Friday and Saturday nights in Zurich were great times, with good people and good wine. We went to the carnival that was in town in Bellevue, and rode a bunch of rides. On Sunday I took the train to Bern, to see Scott and Nicole. They were having a long-overdue housewarming. I meant to catch … More Sam in Europe, Part 2: Bern and the Berner Oberland
(To help follow these adventures, you might want to use the awesome online Swiss topographic map! Zoom in and the detail will increase!) Cresciano or, “Mi scusi, questo l’autobus si ferma a Cresciano? Si? Un biglietto, por favore” So after a few days cruising around Lake Como and the Italian towns on the lake shore, … More Sam in Europe, Part 1: Ticino
(Edit: This was the only post I dispatched while on the road, and you can tell. Check out the rest of the posts in the ‘Sam In Europe’ category, for stuff I actually edited!) Arrived in Zurich, and within about 24 hours we’d caught the train to Zielgelbrucke, and hence to Nafels, and hiked up … More Oh Yeah The Weather
People keep talking about how awesome this ‘travel’ thing is, and despite my reservations that backpacking is pretentious bull for unimaginative people with privilege up the wazoo, I can’t help but want to one-up people’s Bali stories, because I’m a terrible person. So with the help of five bajillion of my dad’s frequent flyer points … More Switzerland Bitches
Huck & Dyno 