Ten hour train rides are my favorite

Not. :)

I slept well in the creepy house even though I had my under armor long johns, leg warmers, sweats, and coat on. I paid €2.50 for a crappy breakfast of rolls with jam and hot chocolate. I hope it was hot chocolate. They list things like, "tea, chocolate, coffee..." but sometimes I think they might be saying, "tea, chocolate coffee..." so I fear I am drinking chocolate coffee. Haha. It's good, whatever it is :/

Today was a travel day so I don't have much to say. Nine hours of train riding sounds miserable, but it was actually quite nice to be able to sit back and relax. The first train left Fussen at 11:05. There were two transfers. I arrived in Interlaken at 8:30 pm.

I spent my time reading my Rick Steves guidebook, planning my little more than a week in Italy. I might do a cooking class in Florence...how awesome would that be?! It's pricey, of course, so tonight I will try to finish looking at my other planned expenses and see if I feel okay to go ahead and book it. I'll probably do it considering the fact that it really seems like a once in a lifetime opportunity, and it's something I would love! Oh and it would be delicious. :) I told myself to not worry too much about money. I'm super frugal so it has been hard to spend on money on expensive fun stuff, but I'm in Europe and need to live a little.
With that said, anyone know of any hospital CNA jobs up north? Preferably the Ogden area. Preferably McKay Dee. :)

My reading got me worried about Venice since Rick Steves was saying the maps are worthless, street names usually only resemble the names on the maps, and street names often randomly change halfway through. I think I have time to spend a whole day wandering though :)

I also am scared for Rome because it's pickpocketers central. I will be paranoid the whole time. I'm mostly worried about my precious iPod which is my lifeline to the Europe as well as to home. It's my camera and my notebook. I'm most worried about it because I always have it in my pocket or hand. I'll have to be more careful. Maybe my armband will finally be used!!

I'm very, very excited to escape the freezing cold for a while in Italy! It's going to be soooo great!

I think it might be time to send a package home, but I don't know how much that would cost...I want to make a scrapbook of my trip so I've been keeping the millions of brochures and ticket stubs I have collected. I try to go through and thin it out, but it's no use, and it's heavy. My magnet collection, a tunic, and some things I don't use would also be going along with hopefully some Swiss chocolate. :) I'll have to look into it. Sorry, i'm thinking out loud.

One more thinking out loud thought: My feet hurt. It feels like the balls of my feet are bruised. I fear I might wear a hole right through the bottom of my boot. The boots have been awesome by the way. They'll be coming home destroyed, but they're withstanding the elements (snow, rain, slush, mud) very well. My leg money bag has been fantastic as it just hides under my boot. I don't even realize it's there which could be a bad thing if one day it's NOT there...

I have started Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, and it's been awesome because I was riding on a train in Germany reading about people riding trains in Germany. Now that I know where things are and what it's like, I could totally picture and understand the story!

I got lost trying to find my hostel in Interlaken. What else is new? It's a really, really big one, and it's super nice. The signs in the bathroom made me laugh. There are families with kids staying here, and a whole bunch of Asians. Again, what else is knew?
It's an Asian invasion I tell you!

I have surprise plans in the morning. Check back tomorrow to see what's going down. It's sure to be AWESOME!!!