lakerlkr8
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A lot happened today. I made another friend over breakfast at the hostel. Another Indian guy who turned out to be a young entrepreneur orchestrating bike tours around India. Very smart and very friendly. I took an extra 2 hours to linger in Zürich with him before hopping the train to Rougemont. In a sparkling way, he reminded me of how young we all are and how every opportunity can be an exciting and unanticipated trajectory. It's so curious how some people pop in and out of your life.
The Swiss trains are something to experience. You know when little kids pretend to be air planes and stretch out their arms - dipping left and right to turn left and right? Well imagine that it's a train, not a little kid, and you are along for the ride. Honestly, sometimes it's more like riding a roller coaster. But it's some of the most amazing scenery I have ever experienced. Just breathtaking. I met the Honorary Consulate of Gibraltar on one of the trains. She only spoke French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. I only speak English, German, and poor poor Spanish. So we spoke in Spanish for an hour. So funny!
It took 3 trains to get to Rougemont from Zürich. The train from Montreux to Rougemont was the climax. I thought my heart would burst - the landscape was so absolutely amazing. I couldn't stop taking pictures from the train. These photos, Lake Geneva on the left and the valley that my little village sits in on the right, don't do the landscapes justice. Just breathtaking. Poetry inspiring. Romantic. Dramatic.
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A lot happened today. I made another friend over breakfast at the hostel. Another Indian guy who turned out to be a young entrepreneur orchestrating bike tours around India. Very smart and very friendly. I took an extra 2 hours to linger in Zürich with him before hopping the train to Rougemont. In a sparkling way, he reminded me of how young we all are and how every opportunity can be an exciting and unanticipated trajectory. It's so curious how some people pop in and out of your life.
The Swiss trains are something to experience. You know when little kids pretend to be air planes and stretch out their arms - dipping left and right to turn left and right? Well imagine that it's a train, not a little kid, and you are along for the ride. Honestly, sometimes it's more like riding a roller coaster. But it's some of the most amazing scenery I have ever experienced. Just breathtaking. I met the Honorary Consulate of Gibraltar on one of the trains. She only spoke French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. I only speak English, German, and poor poor Spanish. So we spoke in Spanish for an hour. So funny!
It took 3 trains to get to Rougemont from Zürich. The train from Montreux to Rougemont was the climax. I thought my heart would burst - the landscape was so absolutely amazing. I couldn't stop taking pictures from the train. These photos, Lake Geneva on the left and the valley that my little village sits in on the right, don't do the landscapes justice. Just breathtaking. Poetry inspiring. Romantic. Dramatic.