A German Christmas Continued...starting with Switzerland

I was met at the airport by Katy and Viki, it was great to see them! From there we headed to Viki's little red car and drove about an hour to St. Gallen. Even though I hadn't seen them for about six years and Viki and Katy hadn't seen each other in about three we all fell back to being friends very quickly and it was like no time had passed at all. That night Viki's friend was having a birthday party so we went bowling and then out dancing. Seeing as how I didn't really know anyone and couldn't speak German I really only hung out with Katy, Viki, and Micheal (Viki's room mate). bowling was fun and fairly uneventful except that i did manage a couple strikes and several spares! In between bowling and dancing we dropped katy off at home because she was tired, we also went to check out the student bar. Normally it would have been closed (considering it was winter break) but micheal is the manager and he had the keys...so me, viki, micheal, and some other guy whose name i can't remember stopped there for a quick drink and to hang out. The bar, like everything else in switzerland was immaculate and wonderfully designed and completely surprising to me since it was for students. the same went for viki's flat, it was absolutely amazing and students would never be able to afford something that nice and large in the states or many other places as far as i know (the flats i have seen here in spain definitely aren't that amazing) anyway, i have gotten off subject. so we went and met up with the rest of the birthday party at the disco. viki is a great dancer...she is so much fun...it was really awesome to go with her. she never stops dancing and she always has lots of energy and new moves...she is truly a character. so that was awesome and fun! when we finally got home to her flat micheal decided we should start a fire and relax around it before going to bed...ofcourse i was exhausted and promptly after 10 minutes of sitting around the fire i fell asleep.
We all slept in a lot the next day (even me...a theme a managed to continue the whole time i was in switzerland and germany, it was truly unbelievable) and had a great german brunch full of bread, of all kinds, meat, cheese, and fruite. we took our time and just relaxed. later in the day viki, katy and i went out into st. gallen to go shopping, but none of us really needed anything or knew what we wanted to get for other people, so we just wandered around. it ended up being a pretty overcast day (apparently these are fairly common in switzerland) so we headed home, made a simple dinner, and watched a movie. Then viki's friend flo (really don't know how you spell his name, but that is what it sounded like) came over and we made chocolate fondue and watched "Dinner for One", which i highly recomend. it is hilarious and it is the national german tradition to watch it for new years (i know we were a bit early). afterward we went for a late night walk (to work off all that chocolate, i ate so much!). When we got back we played some board games, drank some wine, and sat around the fire.
The next day we relaxed a lot and got up late. We packed everything up for our 3 hour drive ot the black forest and then flo came over again. we all had brunch around one and we were so hungry cause we hadn't eaten anything all day...we had a lot of food...scrambeled eggs, bacon, fruit, different kinds of bread, yogurt, juice, meat, cheese...there was something for everyone. Flo and micheal helped us cary stuff down, packed us up...micheal made a mix tape for us for the road, and then we were off. So here are some pictures of Switzerland: http://drexel.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2042352&l=3d670&id=10500847
unfortunately i have run out of time and i must continue this later...