Thursday, August 19, 2010

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Lake in Switzerland.

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Driving in Switzerland!

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Lamborghini and Ferrari that we saw while driving through Switzerland heading towards Italy!!

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In France, Country number 3 for the weekend!
















One of the MANY lakes in Switzerland.















Small village in Switzerland near Binn.














A bridge in Switzerland!



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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.

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Welcome to Italy!















Picture of the road below from the road above!















Narrow streets in Italy!














Snow mountains!

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Stelvio Pass, Italy! Check out the crazy roads!














Stelvio Pass, Italy!















Snow Mountain in Italy.















Scenery stop!

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Lamborghini and Ferrari!! In Switzerland, on their way to Italy.














Switzerland view!















Snow mountains!














Switzerland view!

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Switzerland view!














Switzerland view!















Switzerland view!















The bridge in Luzern once more!

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Looking out into the mountains and the bridge. Awesome scenary!














The bridge again!














View of the bridge and lake at night!

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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.

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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.