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Yay… I know the internet has been sketchy… sorry about that, we’re doing all we can from way out here! Anyway, we finally made it out of Switzerland!

To the Swiss’ credit, Interlakken is REALLY nice, much nicer than bern… but there’s no way we could have stayed there for more than a day-trip. Sooooo expensive to eat and sleep and entertain oneself. We still can’t figure out why most things have normal prices (clothes and electronics and DVDs…) but FOOD and Entertainment (specifically movies) have just outrageous through the roof prices!! We ate at McD’s… for $29.

The best part about Interlakken is definitely the stupid tourist trap ride we went on It was this train that you took a little bit up the mountains (trails and a restaurant up there and a neat hamster wheel thing)…. but on the way down you could take this SWEEET MONORAIL SLIDE THING!!! It was awesome.
Movie of the Sliiiide

We left interlakken early to take advantage of our Rail Pass day starting at 7:oo and getting to see a bit of the swiss-alps train ride. It was totally worth it… even if we DID have two or three hours to kill in a train station in Brig, where nothing was open but bars and prices for ANYTHING was ridiculous. We did meet a backpacker from Philly tho…

We took the overnight train to Florence (if anyone ever asks you if you want a couchette on the train, the answer should be a VEHEMENT NO AT ALL POSSIBLE COSTS UNLESS MANDATORY) and then transferred the train to La Spezia…

We really like it here so far, so we are going to stay for awhile we think. It’s a small and crazy italian town right by the water. All the buildings are really colourful and the area is so pretty and warm… (we finally went to the beach!!)

I don’t speak italian, sadly, but we are getting by with what little each person seems to understand of the other’s language. The people are really loud ^__^ I’m starting to understand why my family acts the way they do… heh. I was getting funny looks for awhile, and I figured out it was because that I was the only person around here wearing a sleeveless shirt and shorts. The people around here are wearing jeans and sometimes even a coat! AT first I nervously thought it was because I was being immodest… but that didn’t make sense because some of the clothes they sell in shops here are even more risque..One woman poked me and said something Italian indicating her sweater… then I figured out that, in may, this weather is still cold for them! ^__^

The food here is a reasonable price (at last! we can afford to EAT again!!!) and oh goodness is it ever FANTASTIC! I got this pasta dish with clams in it… I really just pointed to something… but it had, like, A MILLION CLAMS!! XD

We’re going to Cinque Terre park region now, it’s supposed to be just fantastically spectacular, I’ve been looking forward to this for awhile!

Tons of new pictures… in Paris, Caen, Switzerspace and Cinque Terre

I really want to call home, but phones are even more expensive than internet here (which is expensive… like… 4