Day 8- The Great Train Ride

So yeah, I skipped Day 7- The Endless Sunday Drive. It was a drive from France to Switzerland, and that was about it. Apparently it is against the law to drive your truck on Sunday in France, so every gas station was full of truck drivers. A quick note on French gas stations, they all seem to have a bakery and a cafe built into them.

Now on to less pressing matters. Today was mostly recuperation from the French trip, now forever known as EuroTrek Phase the First. Tonight begins EuroTrek Phase the Second, where Claudio and I go to Germany. France was almost entirely war memorials, and so the Blog was somewhat solemn and morose. Germany will be more light hearted (hopefully). We will be in Berlin for three days, I think, and then we head to Munich for a bit.

We don't have any set goals like we did in France, but I'd like to have a good old fashioned 4 or 5 course meal that lasts for hours. I think that sounds cool. I also plan to sample a little German beer. There are some cool museums, or so I've heard. We shall certainly visit a few of those. Claudio says we must try the Weisswurst in Munich, and who am I to argue.

We went to Aldi today to stock up on provisions for the train ride, I got a french style salami (white on the outside for reasons that weren't properly explained, but very delicious) some chocolate pastries that in France go by the name Maxi Pain, some little chocolate cookies, and some sort of cereal bars. Claudio probably bought something too, but I didn't pay attention.

The train trip will be a long one, about 11 hours. I found out that I cannot buy new books on my nook outside of the United States, so I may be forced to read Pride and Prejudice, one of the free classics that come preprogrammed on it. I'll have about three and a half good hours on my laptop, so maybe I'll get a little writing done on the train.

We get into Berlin tomorrow morning around 8, tired and stiff from trying to sleep on the train. I'll write more later. Auf Wiedersehen

-Chase