Todayäs been kind of a long daz )and this kezboard is a little strange, but Iäm just going to touchßtzpe anzwaz=. Started the daz in Venice, Italz, then drove to Milan. After some exploring around there )and lunch=, it was off to Swityerland, driving through the longest tunnel in the world )17 kilometers=. Stopped in a citz whose name I currentlz forget for a bit, then headed here for dinner )which is the beautiful citz of Interlagen=.
It seems like the entire countrz of Swityerland is either tunnels through mountains or beautiful, big, open grassz hills and plains and beautiful sparking lakes. Mz dad sazs it looks a lot like Colorado… to me, it looks much, much nicer than Colorado.

Tomorrow we are heading up to the tippzßtop of the highest generallzßaccessible mountain in Europe. It should be a fun adventure. The next daz, itäs off to Paris for a bit, then back to Thailand.
Also, I should look at buzing Swiss watches, even though thez are horrificallz expensive )send zour kid to CMU for a zear, or buz a watch_ hmmm…=

I guess thatäs it for now. This hotel is reallz, reallz nice, but still manages to keep the quaint homelz feeling. Reallz, this entire town manages to be incrediblz touristz while still seeming like a reallz small, friendlz town. Zaz for beautiful countries.

I’m at a hotel in Italy on day two of our Europe tour, which has been fun so far.
Yesterday morning the plane landed at around 6 AM local time, and we headed to the colliseum afterward. Today we visited a different city (whose name I now forget and will have to fill in later) and then went to Piza to see the leaning tower.

Overall, Europe seems much, much more expensive than the US (even compared to San Francisco). Prices here are numerically similar to there (a little more, sometimes… for example pizza and a coke are about 9 euros), but euros are worth more than dollars, so bleh. In any case, the tour we’re with did a really good job with meals and hotels. Every meal is really good, and both dinners so far have been four or five courses with decently good red wine (tonight was steak!). Nom nom.

That’s basically it. I’ll see if some of the other hotels have internet later in the trip. Tomorrow is to Venice.

We’re heading to Europe today for a 10-day tour. I’m not taking my laptop, so this’ll be the longest I’ll ever have gone without having internet connectivity since middle school. Kind of scary.
We’ll be back on the 15th. Send me email in the meantime.

The past few days have involved nothing but spending money and receiving cheap but awesome goods in return. Whee.