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Wednesday, March 01, 2006Switzerland  I lied. I said we were going to Paris today. But I forgot, we stopped off in Switzerland first. We actually spent 5 days there. (For more details on our jog through Europe, click here.) Interlaken, Switzerland had a youth hostel called "Balmar's" that was very popular with the Americans. So popular, in fact, we'd been hearing about it from other backpackers throughout our whole trip.When we arrived, we found that Balmar's lived up to its legend. They had a juke box with American songs, a VCR that they played American movies on (for free) every night, a vending machine with cold soft drinks (an unheard of in Europe),  English speaking owners and lots of American coeds. We immediately met up with a couple of guys from Penn State and a girl from Texas University. First thing on the agenda: a game of Spades.Throughout the week, DJ and I visited neighboring towns, rode a horse-and-buggy, went up to the top of a mountain via a gondola and hiked down on foot, ate some Swiss chocolate and generally had a wonderfully relaxing week in the seat of one of the most beautiful of God's creations. Here's what I picked up in Switzerland for my shadow box:  Tomorrow ... two American girls in Paris--I promise!
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