A Passport is a Girl's Best Friend

This week was fairly quiet. One of the three siblings I used to babysit during high school and college was studying abroad in Florence, Italy this semester. It just so happened that her end of the semester coincided with us being in Zürich, so she stopped over for a visit on her way north. Megan and I explored the Üetliberg, we explored and had dessert at Google, ate some kebab and traditional Swiss/German food, explored coffee shops, went downtown, and relaxed. Hi friend! D getting deep with Yoda in the Google MK Spring is so pretty here mmmmmmmmmm kebab in old town Megan went on a chocolate buying spree, girl after my heart. My not so little anymore Megan :) Thursday was a national holiday so D joined me at a coffee shop to work Well, back to CA tomorrow! Till next time Europe. Did you know that Zürich ... is the wealthiest European city? hosts Europe’s largest outdoor techno party?  has a staggering 1224 fountains filled wi...

For our second anniversary, since we happened to be in Switzerland, we decided to make the most of it. On the actual day, we went out to dinner with my mom and John to celebrate. The next weekend, Duane and I jumped on a train after work heading south deep into the Swiss Alps to Lauterbrunnen. Lauterbrunnen is nestled in this beautiful thin valley below the snow capped mountains. All over these jagged cliffs, giant waterfalls (the proper Californian kind, not these wimpy Europe ones we've seen) are pummeling to the valley below. It is absolutely stunning and definitely earns its nickname, 'valley of 72 waterfalls'. Thunersee Lauterbrunnen Valley The view from our balcony Because Swiss Alps... and cheese We were up bright and early Saturday morning to grab some breakfast and take our chances going up to the Jungefraujoch. There was a forecast of rain in the afternoon and the mountains can be a bit tricky with it's weather. We jumped on the 7:35 tr...