Living the active life in Switzerland...

Safely in Switzerland!! Apologies for any weird typing or symbols that may appear; I'm using a Swiss keyboard and a lot of symbols are switched around, as well as the letters Y and Z. Anyways, let us begin the recount...

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Day 1


The trip begins!! The flight from Sydney to Dubai was full, even on an A380. I was right in the middle of a huge soccer academy who I later found out were on their way to Manchester to play some matches. Pretty uneventful flight. Surprisingly I was able to sleep through most of the 14 hours which was quite odd given that I usually find it realy difficult to sleep on planes (unless I'm absolutely exhausted). I guess it's just me getting old haha.

Quite an ordinary day...

Received my Eurail pass today, which means I can start travelling soon. They're really efficient. Ordered one day, delivered the next. Planning to leave on Tuesday now since my uncle and aunt have Mondays off so they want to do a hike up the mountains. Can't wait for that!! If I leave Tuesday, it will be valid until the 26th of December, which is fine since I need to be back before Christmas anyway. Also can't wait for skiing!!

Emmenbrücke is quiet...

I've decided that I'll start travelling next Thursday. Well I didn't really have much choice since I only just bought my Eurail pass a few hours ago. I should have bought it back in Australia, but back then I was intent on flying everywhere. However, I'm so sick of flying plus I would need to catch trains to and from the airports anyway so I might as well just train it everywhere. Bought a "Continuous Global Pass" which covers unlimited travel in 21 countries for two months. Was about to purchase in Australian dollars when I decided to check whether the price in US dollars and Euros was equivalent. Apparently not. I guess these prices were old. The price in USD was around $110 cheaper than the AUD price. So glad the US dollar is weaker lol, which allowed me to saved myself some money there, even though the rail pass cost me $1015 (converted to AUD). They said they would deliver it by next Thursday (28th), so I should hopefully head out then.

Awesome weather...

It's the morning after I landed in Switzerland. Outside it's cold, gloomy and raining. But I guess that's what I signed up for. I was really hoping for snow, but apparently that doesn't come until around January or February. Not sure what I'll be doing today. My relatives are all at work or school, so I will be alone for at least half the day. And don't think I'll be driving here (not that I have a car to drive) but they drive on the other side of the road and the road lines are so confusing. Anyways, time for me to have breakfast and then start hopefully exploring the city!!

In other news, I got a rejection email for dentistry. Very disappointing because I thought I aced that interview. I'm on the waiting list, but that doesn't sound too promising. Don't think many people reject it. Oh well, as long as I get into Masters of Org Psych, then it's all good. Fingers crossed!!

HBL signing out from Emmenbrücke, Switzerland. Guten morgen!!

Europe at last...

Well I'm now in Switzerland. This Swiss keyboard is really weird to type on because letters are not where they're supposed to be. My plane was delayed for an hour so my Aunt went home when I wasn't there waiting at the train station. Had to call after waiting for half an hour at the station.

Anyway I'm so sick of flying now. I've been in the air for a total of 24 hours now. Not fun. And I found out why there was so much turbulence on my flight from Sydney to Korea. There was a typhoon in the area lol. So glad I didn't know that at the time. Anyways, I ended up meeting two Germans at my stay in Korea, and we had an awesome time chatting and having lunch. However, it was only after saying goodbye at the airport that I realised that I didn't even know their names. Fail. Must remember to ask for names straight up lol.

As for now, I'm at my uncles's place and it's 1:10am. I'm also watching CSI in German. It's a lot more interesting in German. Not sure what I'll do tomorrow. Need sleep. Will prob stay here for at least a week before I start travelling. So much to do and so much time to do it in lol.

HBL signing out from Emmenbrücke, Switzerland. Guten nacht!!