Wednesday morning was on our own, so I woke up and went on my own back to the Lausanne Cathedral, where I paid two Francs to climb the Cathedral tower. Well worth the money and the climb. Fantastic view, and just a great peaceful feeling being alone in th
Tuesday morning we went to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, home to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Monday morning, we left the hostel in Interlaken, and traveled the few hours by train to Lausanne, with a brief layover in Bern. The first train was fine, but the trip from Bern to Lausanne was interesting...it was a local train, and we were on the upper
Saturday and Sunday are getting combined into one b
Random observations from the train as we're leaving the Stuttgard station on Friday morning:There are construction cranes everywhere in Germany. There were tons in Munich, and it seems like every city we go through has several.Germ
Part 1: TrainsThis is a map of the Munich subway system, which pretty much describes our morning on Thursday.
Wednesday afternoon, we went as a group to the Munich Olympic Park, home of the 1972 Summer Olympics.
After landing in Munich, we went directly to the hostel and dropped off luggage in a luggage room, then left right away to Marienplatz (the old city part of Munich).
For those of you who are not yet aware, I am spending my January term 2011 traveling in Europe as part of a Luther College class on Olympic Management. The class technically sta