Lake in Switzerland.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 11 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
Lamborghini and Ferrari that we saw while driving through Switzerland heading towards Italy!!
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 10 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 9 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
Outside the hut we stayed at on top of the Swiss Alps!
Crazy Swiss roads!
Train tracks in Switzerland..it is like a roller coaster! Kingda Ka!!
Small Swiss village.
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 8 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 7 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
Stelvio Pass, Italy! Check out the crazy roads!
Stelvio Pass, Italy!
Snow Mountain in Italy.
Scenery stop!
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 6 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
Lamborghini and Ferrari!! In Switzerland, on their way to Italy.
Switzerland view!
Snow mountains!
Switzerland view!
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 4 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
Switzerland view!
Switzerland view!
Switzerland view!
The bridge in Luzern once more!
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 3 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
Looking out into the mountains and the bridge. Awesome scenary!
The bridge again!
View of the bridge and lake at night!
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 2 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
In Luzern, Switzerland at the bridge that goes over the lake with Max and Stefan (Daniel's friend whose place we stayed at).
In the car, excited for a super fun weekend!
Our ride! BMW 1 Series.
Road Trip to Switzerland, Italy 1 - Issue 11 - July 30th- August 1
So the original plan for this weekend was to stay in Aachen but we spontaneously planned a road trip through Switzerland and Italy in a rented BMW 1 Series! Me, Max, and Daniel just grabbed our bags, pillows, some food and hit the road at around 7 pm! About 4.5 hours later, we were in Luzern, Switzerland! Stayed with one of Daniel's friend in the center of town and went to a festival that was going on there. Saw the town in the morning for a bit and started driving. Next destination: Stelvio Pass, Italy where they have some of the most craziest hairpin roads in the world! Drove around there and Italy for a bit and then headed back into Switzerland to Binn, where Daniel's grandpa had a 300 year old hut on top of the Swiss Alps. Staying there for the night was pretty cool! Daniel's mom and grandparents were there...We ate some pasta and left for Aachen at around 7:30-8 AM. Almost 11 hours later, we arrived in Aachen. Drove through France twice because of traffic jams. Total distance covered: 2000 km in less than 48 hours! Solid trip and weekend!
Me ready to go, outside our dorm.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Duisburg Love Parade 2 - Issue 10 - July 24th-25th
The stage at night! Crazy lights and lasers and music! No David Guetta unfortunately =(
More lights.
Another truck!
Duisburg Love Parade - Issue 10 - July 24th-25th
Left home in Aachen: 8:30 AM Saturday to head to Duisburg. Returned home at 4:00 AM early Sunday morning. Yes, most of the group from Aachen went to Duisburg to see the world famous Love Parade. Luckily we got there early enough to be not involved in the stampede that killed 19 and injured about 400. It was still pretty packed there! 1.4 million people were there and supposedly the venue could only fit 250,000-350,000. Just imagine how crowded it was!!! It was basically a parade with about 16 trucks that went in a circle each playing different music, and people dancing everywhere. Then, there was a huge stage where world famous DJ's from all over the world played techno music from 17:00 to 23:00. David Guetta was supposed to be the finale but he did not show up because of the incident that occurred earlier. The HUGE crowd had to walk to the main station, a 2 hour walk, and then catch the trains back to their respective cities. 1.4 million people trying to get home at the same time- not a pleasant scene. After hours of walking, we got on a train, transferred once and made it back in Aachen and found ourselves home after a VERY FUN, EXCITING, EXHILARATING, and EXTREMELY TIRING DAY. See pictures!
"The Tunnel" This is where the tragic incident happened. We were walking through the same tunnel hours before it happened.
Adding to the hat collection!
One of the trucks at the parade!
Me in the crowd.
The main stage and the crowd.
Paris 5 - Issue 9 - July 16th-18th
An Insect Hostel!! Only in Paris!
Bike stand- these are all over the city. You can rent one of these bikes from one stand, bike through the city and drop it off at another stand! We used these bikes to travel through the city at night!
A huge open area by the river where all kinds of people come and dance - Tango, Salsa, etc.
The Louvre at night!
Notre Dame!!
Paris 4 - Issue 9 - July 16th-18th
King Henri the IV's friends threw a party, got drunk, and some artist sculpted 300 of their faces and put them all over the bridge in Paris.
Bridge
The Louvre!
The Louvre!
"Art" - a bunch of randomly sized pillars in the middle of a square.
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