Switzerland

September 11
Today we had our test and I think it went well. I don't think that the tests actually count for anything as far as Bethel is concerned. Right after class we all rushed back to our rooms and grab our stuff for the weekend. I kept on forgetting things and had to run back twice, but we made it to the train station on time. We bought tickets to Stuttgart so that we could validate our EUrail passes. Tom said that the people in the small towns don't always know what they're doing and the pass costs 400
Euros so we didn't want that to happen.
Once we got to Stuttgart, we validated the passes and got on the train to Interlaken. It was a long ride, about 6 hours from Stuttgart. We got to Interlaken late and apparently the people in our group who booked our hotel didn't look up how to get there. We wandered around a bit asking people where the hotel was. About half the people we asked didn't know what it was. We eventually went to Hooters to get directions. It was one of the few places still open. They told us it was somewhere on the other side of the park, very helpful. Finally we stopped at another hotel and they gave us a map and directions.
Once we got our stuff in the hotel we were all really hungry so we went out to look for some food. Of course the only place was the Hooters we asked for directions at. That was my first time eating there, and I got a burger and it was good. The prices were a little insane. I think it was 17 swiss francs which is about $17. And since I had to pay in Euros, it was more expensive because they charge extra for the currency exchange.
By the time we got back to the hotel the group from Freiburg was there. Their train ride was 3 hours shorter than ours. It was fun to see Jake and Spencer again (not that I don't like the rest of the Freiburg group).