"It's Something Unpredictable . . . "

So I was planning on going to Barcelona this past weekend. But we would've had to take a 24 hour train ride there and then we couldn't get a reservation for one of the trains and it was getting ridiculous so it didn't work out. (But don't fret, it looks like I still might get to go, say a prayer that it works out!)

I found this out Wednesday night and the weekend started on Thursday night. However, earlier that day I had discovered that two of my good friends, Maude and Christa, were going to Switzerland for the weekend. I had not had any particular desire to go to Switzerland and I wasn't planning on getting there at any point this semester. But, for some reason, even though I thought I was going to Barcelona, I immediately had this desire to join Maude and Christa on their trip. So when I discovered that I would not be going to Barcelona I asked Maude if I could join them in Switzerland. So I spent Thursday throwing clothes into my backpack and e-mailing my family so they would know that I was gallavanting through Switzerland.

As a sidenote we had a lovely, impromptu, MOS/Disciples dinner on Thursday which was wonderful! And then, as my household sister Chrissy and I were walking across the courtyard Chrissy apparently noticed the swingset and was like "Can I make a request?" and I was like "Sure, what?" and she was like "Can we jump off the swings?" and I was like "Now?" and she was like "Yeah" and I was like "Ok but we have to run cuz I've still gotta pack!" So we ran across the courtyard, jumped over some hedges, got on the swings and swung until we were high enough to jump off! Oh my gosh I haven't done that in years! And I've never had a sister to do it with before! I LOVE SISTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyways . . . so I packed really quick, ran downstairs, met up with Christa and Maude and we walked to the train station. As usual, a walk with Christa and Maude takes longer than a walk with anyone else cuz you've gotta stop and take pictures. So we made it to the train station about 3 minutes before the train departed. The train to St. Polten was fun, especially when the door between the cars flew open and scared us all.

We then had a 45 minute wait in St. Polten where we met up with our other travelling buddy, Julie. Our next train was a night train to Zurich. Unfortunately we had to share a compartment with a couple who I don't think were very happy to have us join them. But it was kind of cramped so Julie and Christa went to another compartment with only one person in it. I was having trouble falling asleep and then the couple in our compartment got off at one of the stops so Maude and I each had 3 seats to sprawl out on and I was finally able to fall asleep.

To Be Continued . . .