After falling in love with the beauty of the alps on our train back from Paris we decided to spend
our next weekend in the Swiss alps. We had a three day weekend ahead of us and we got our camping gear ready. Grace and I left for Brig Switzerland on Thursday after classes and planned on meeting our friends the next day on Friday morning. They didn't have Eurorail and it turned out to be cheaper for them to take the overnight on Thursday. Grace and I made it to termini to catch our train and we thought ahead and picked up some groceries for dinner because we weren't going to make it there until kind of late. Unfortunately I was feeling a little bit under the weather and 
had some rough times on the trains. I was running a high fever so we picked up some fever medicine at the pharmacia in Milano before we caught our connection to Switzerland. We made it to Brig and walked through the little town which was really quant and beautiful. It had a great feel there, everything was made of stone and brick and it was very clean. I printed up a map off of Google maps and got walking directions to the campsite in Brig. We made our way through the town and found the campsite. We set up our tent and went to sleep. Or I should say Grace went to sleep, I was still feeling sick and had to get up a lot during the night. I had a lot of unfortunate events happen, I will spare the details. All I will say is I had Grace go pick up some Imodium for me when she went to go meet up with our friends to show them to the campsite. It was a rough night for me- haha.
Anyways the next morning I decided to stay at the campsite and like I said before Grace went and got Sam, Andrew and Joe (and my medicine). After they got settled and took a little nap we all headed into town and walked around. We went to the supermarket and picked up some food. We took our food and ate it in some grass and took in the view. Brig is a small town 
surrounded by huge mountains and it has a river that runs right through the middle of it. So after we finished lunch we walked around town some more and found a park that was next to a castle-like building where we relaxed some more and soaked in the beauty. At the castle building some Swiss guards came out and started playing these huge horns that were about twelve feet long and they played a series of songs then went back inside. We weren't really sure of why they did it but it was pretty cool to witness. After some time at the park we headed back to camp. Everyone else got ready to go out for the night but I decided to stay back because I still wasn't feeling well. So while everyone left to go celebrate October fest weekend I stayed back and watched a movie on my laptop. I decided to watch the movie In Bruges because we have plans to go there in a few weeks. After the movie finished I went to sleep and woke up when they all got back. They told me about their buy one get one free beer deal and this really bad sausage they ate with it that made them feel sick.The next morning I was feeling a little better and was ready for the day. We all slept in a little and when we got up we went into town again looking for a good hike. We made our way up one of the
mountains and found a waterfall where we hung out for a while. A few of them climbed up this ladder which lead to this platform higher on the mountain to get a nice view. After exploring around there we walked back down the mountain and found a bike rental stand. We checked out their rates and found out that it was FREE for four hours!
We got on the bikes and at first rode them through town to the church to check out times for mass and figured we had the perfect amount of time to ride. We took the bikes down a path next to the river through the valley between the huge mountains. It was an amazing ride! Riding through the Swiss alps was an unforgettable experience. After some time we returned the bikes and went to mass. After mass we found a nice restaurant for dinner. We got to eat outside in the fresh air and we talked about our great day. Our waitress talked to us a little bit too. 
She gave us this whole shpeal on how Switzerland is separate from the EU and how prosperous it is being disconnected. She said "Switzerland has her own cows and makes her own milk and trades her own things!" We were overwhelmed with her enthusiasm about her country. Switzerland is a really neat country though. After dinner we went back to camp. On the way back we passed a soccer game going on. After stopping by camp and freshening up Joe and I
went back down to the soccer game. We only made the last ten minutes of the game but it had to be the most exciting ten minutes of soccer I have ever seen. We witnessed two goals, an injury, a red card, someone getting kicked out of the game and a yellow card. It was a lot of fun- it reminded me of high school sports. It was a small group of families and friends watching the game played by what looked to be seniors in high school. I'm not sure how th
e school system is so I'm not fully sure how only they were. Anyways after the game we went back to camp and went to bed. The others had to leave early in the morning for their train and Grace and I had a later train in the afternoon. So a few of them got up early and took a hike on a trail near the campsite after their hike they left for the train station. Grace and I settled up with the campsite in paying and we packed everything up and headed back into town. We hung out for a while and took the train home. Our ride home was smooth and we didn't encounter any pious Arabs so we were happy. We made it back for dinner and worked on our lit trad essay due the next day (so pretty much staying up all night…) We had another great trip and looked forward to our ten day Greece trip coming up at the end of the week.
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