This is a little compilation video I put together from my semester in Europe:
Featuring:
Places:
Netherlands (Amsterdam, Giethoorn)
Sweden (Stockholm)
Switzerland (Lugano)
England (London)
France (Normandie)
Bands:
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
Modest Mouse
Stars
People:
…from all over the world!
This past weekend I traveled to Lugano, Switzerland to visit my cousin, Ellie, who is studying at Franklin College. Though getting to and from Lugano was quite the hassle (*I will go into more detail on the commute in my next post), once I arrived I was in complete awe at the beautiful, enormous mountains that surrounded me.
I must say, it was very nice to spend some time in dorms again. The one thing I really miss about Champlain is that people do live on campus, go to the dining hall, and have their own little community. HES is a commuter school and doesn’t offer any of these comforts.
It was very nice to see Ellie, but the weekend we chose was a little awkward. This was the weekend before everyone at Franklin left for their academic travel. Ellie actually left about 12 hours before I did, so the planning was a little off. Everyone was just so excited to be visiting a new place for two weeks. We had a huge feast on Saturday night to use up all the perishable food that would have been thrown away (this included some AMAZING cheese fondue, pasta, cheesy baked potatoes, and so much more).
During the day on Saturday, Ellie showed me the town and the lake right near where she lives. It really is beautiful. The weather wasn’t the best for viewing purposes, but I could get the gist of what it must look like on a clear day. It actually reminded me a lot of San Francisco with the architecture and all the clusters of houses nestled into the mountainside.
I am so lucky to have a cousin, whom I consider to be a great friend, also studying in Europe. I can’t wait to go back again in November!
Photo taken by Ellie at the Cape, summer 2010
As many of you know, I have a cousin (Ellie) who is going to school at Franklin College in Lugano, Switzerland. Ever since we knew we’d be in Europe at the same time, we have been planning to exchange visits. Since I have 4 day weekends every week, this was very easy to do.
I plan on going to visit Ellie twice while I’m in Europe. Once in October and once in November.
Photo of Switzerland taken by Ellie
Each flight (round trip) cost around €45 or about $63. I’ll have to take a train to and from each airport, but I don’t mind spending money on that since the flights were so darn cheap. I used RyanAir to find these flights, as this is the cheapest way to travel via plane in Europe. I did mess up the first flight (the one for October) and accidentally clicked the earlier flights that day instead of the latter ones, so figuring out trains that early might be a task. Somehow I’ll manage. I tried to change the times for that flight as soon as I realized it, but it wanted to charge me an extra €70 just for switching. I decided I’d just stick with what I have and figure it out from there.
Photo of Switzerland taken by Ellie
I just wanted to say congrats to my cousin, Ellie who has just arrived in Switzerland. She is going to school at Franklin College and just put some photos on Facebook to share. It looks absolutely incredible and I can’t wait to go visit her there.
Please visit her blog to find out more about Switzerland: http://eleaning.wordpress.com/
