Thursday, April 8, 2010

Chocolates, water, and knives

Ryan took a study abroad trip to Switzerland in between school and going up to Boston for his internship. Andra = jealous! He went over a few days early and then was there with his group for a week. They got to visit CERN (large particle collider), Credit Suisse headquarters, the University of Lausanne (the Fightin' Swiss!), some castles, and the World Trade Organization. It was a great trip.

Ryan - "It was weird to be on a college campus and not see any stadiums, school colors, mascots on t-shirts, etc."

He did almost get kicked off a train when he first arrived because he bought a ticket that he had to get stamped at the original station (he didn't know this and didn't get it stamped). The train conductor and everyone else in his car only spoke French (he took Latin in high school), but they took pity on him and he was able to get to his stop. When he arrived, he asked the next 5 people who spoke English what had happened with his ticket. They each gave a different explanation. None of them were right.

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