Update: Marseille and Switzerland

Action action everywhere! First was all the running around london to get a bus to the Stansted Airport only to be politely shooed off by the bus ppl to take the train, which was another 15 pounds! 45 Minutes and a lot of anti british language(!) later, we were at Stansted and finally got on board the flight when VOILA, theres a fuel leak in one of the engines and the flight gets delayed by an hour. When we finally reached marseille EVERY place was closed and we ended up eating dinner at an Arab restaurent. Being the lone vegetarian, I ended up with the falafel :| Our hostel was nestled in a street no wider than a bus and we spent a good half an hour looking for parking space. After all the hurrying around, it was 3 AM when we went to bed/attic whatever :D

Wednesday, May 20: We leave marseille at 11 AM and start our 730 KM drive to Interlaken, Switzerland. DId I mention how happy i was to be back in a land which followed Kilometres and Litres?? Aaahhh bliss!! :) The drive was absolute bliss and was well worth the entire money spent on this trip. Amazing roads and no adherence to speed limits!! Europeans are the worst drivers ever!!! Another hostel and roaming around later, we were done for the day and all set to hit the alps on thursday.

Thursday, May 21: So we leave the hostel early in the morning and head to the mountains and the Cable car adventures at Schilthorn, made famous by Indian cinema and its countless romantic ballads! The ride was FANTASTIC and we were proud to show off our Minnesotan attitudes by roaming around in tees when the rest of the tourists were clad in sweaters and Jerkins and what not! Afterthat, it was time to head to Luzern, Switzerland which is another of those beautiful and historic cities which indian cinema flocks to. NEw York Nagaram from the movie Sillunu oru Kaadhal is an apt example. A couple of hours at luzern and we all headed out to Zurich, which is where I am writing this blog entry from. Its 1030 in the night and the lady at the motel was sweet enough to give us reduced fares. People in europe are FAR MORE friendly and hospitable than the Imperial Nation. Go there and you will see for yourself. As for me, I am super excited that I have visited 3 countries in 4 days :) More coming...

Avani

PS: Sorry for the delayed posts. My internet presence is next to minimal and I am not to blame :D