Long-overdue spring break post

What a crazy busy 2 weeks it has been! Spring break was March 17th- 24th, but school has been dominating all of our free time as we wrap up the semester (so weird).

Scroll down for Hannah's blog post about the week with her parents!!

My spring break was spent with Alex in Berlin, Munich, and Lucerne. Go here to read all about our adventures in Germany: http://italiannunnsense.blogspot.it/2012/03/spring-break-part-1-germany.html?spref=fb

Alex graciously allowed me to write about Switzerland, my favorite part of the week. We took a train from Munich to Lucerne, and it was a beautiful train ride through the mountains and the small towns surrounding them.

A taste of home

Lake Lucerne

Lucerne is situated near the center of Switzerland, and offers gorgeous views of the Alps as well as a huge lake right in the middle! Switzerland is unique in that it has absorbed a lot of the culture from the countries around it, there are 4 national languages. Our first full day in Lucerne was spent on Mt. Titlus! There are a few different mountain excursions you can do from Lucerne, but this one seemed the best for us. We took the train to a little town outside of Lucerne and ventured up the mountain in 3 different gondolas. The view from the top was breath-taking, I never wanted to leave.

It looks like a postcard!! 

We ate lunch on top of the mountain, and then reluctantly got in the gondola to head down the mountain. As we waited for the train we experienced the famous Swiss chocolate!

That night we found the Hunger Games movie playing in English, and we were beyond excited to see it. We had both read the books and were highly anticipating seeing the movie! It was a fun experience seeing it with French and German subtitles. Also, they had an intermission at the middle of the movie. America needs to start implementing that!

Our last day in Lucerne we gave ourselves a walking tour of the Old Town, and saw the famous "Dying Lion of Lucerne". The city is the prettiest town I have ever been to, and I definitely wouldn't mind a return visit in the summer time! Switzerland is very expensive though, so it may be awhile...  :)

Looking back at this semester I am still in awe of the places I have visited. I am determined to make the most of my last 3 weeks abroad, it has been such an amazing experience so far.

Next up... meeting my mom, aunt, and Alex in ROME for the long Easter weekend!!!! Beyond excited.

-Megan