Snow in the Swiss Alps!

We arrived in the small town of lauterbrunnen in a valley in the Swiss alps on Sunday night. The drive there was  absolutely beautiful with mountains in all directions. We passed a big lake, the water looked so refreshing! We settled into our cabin room once we got to our hostel. The picture below is the view from our bedroom window! It was a hard view to beat!

Topdeck has a chef group at the hostel we stayed at so they cooked for us while we were in Switzerland. We had cheese fondue for dinner the first night! We dipped bread in the cheese. This was my first time having cheese fondue and I loved it!

Meet my friends/roommates Emma and Casey! They are from Australia just outside Sydney. They are so much fun to hang out with and see Europe with! I have been working on my Australian accent haha they enjoyed the fondue also!

We explored the town and enjoyed the scenery.

It is crazy to think people live amongst the mountains! What a life!

Monday morning we headed to the train station in town to catch a train to jungfrau. This is known as the top of Europe and has beautiful views!

The sun was shining and the mountains were gorgeous! We ate lunch at the top of the look out tower at 3571 meters! 

There was an area with activities and we were able to walk in the snow! The snow was icy wet snow but it was still nice to be cold! I was wearing sperrys so not the greatest snow shoes but oh well. Emma and Casey went zip lining while I decided to relax in the comfy chairs they ha up there. Just taking in the views and experience I was having. I ended up dozing off and taking a little nap.

When we got back to the bottom of the valley we headed to the cafe in town to grab a brownie and use wifi. I then received some amazing news!!

My best friend Emily got engaged!!!! I am beyond happy for her and chris and was smiling so much!!! Her fiancé Chris asked her in the cutest way on MSU campus! I am so happy for these two and can't wait to celebrate when I return home! Congratulations Emily and Chris!

Today I am headed to Venice! We made a pit stop in the town where Romeo and Juliet was originated and saw Juliet's balcony!

The hotel we are staying at in Venice has a pool so I am really excited to swim! Tomorrow we are doing a walking tour of Venice and a gondola ride!