A bit of a recap on the past few days, or weeks, or whatever it has been...

First of all, sorry for the lack of blogging... well not really, I have been in too many cities to count and internet isn't exactly cheap... except when it was free and then I was too busy seeing the cities. Second of all, the keyboards over here have switched the 'z' and 'y' keys so typing anything takes twice as long, even thought only two of the letters are switched... so if zou see (there it was...) a switched y or z just bear with me. Thirdlz, here is a bit of recap stolen from part of an email to the fam:

I am happily settled in Genéve for Christmas. We arrived here after a whirlwind tour of countless cities. While part of the group was in Chemonix, France, I was in Bratislava, Vienna, and Budapest with another of my flatmates. All of the cities were beautiful, but Vienna was my favorite (perhaps because of the opera the first night and the ballet the second night, both for ridiculously cheap tickets). I met up with the rest of my flatmates in Salzburg, Austria and we had a good time touring the city, enjoying the Christmas market and who knows what else. From there, we journied to Prague and enjoyed that city as well, celebrating Emily's 21st birthday at a wonderful French restaurant called Café Louvre, a bit of champagne in the hostel, and early to bed as we had a bunch of traveling to do the next daz. Emily left at some ridiculous hour to fly to England to meet her friend and we took a train (or several as the case may be) to Munich. We actually only spent around 16 hours there, but managed to see the wonderful Christmas market, complete with bratwurst and crepes with nutella, in addition so seeing some famous sights in passing. We also, of course, visited the Haufbrauhaus. All of us had a HUGE stein of beer... 1.01 liters to be exact. It was quite enjoyable and the boys had atleast one more each... anyway we met some very nice Germans who have been meeting at the Haufbrauhaus for over 20 years and one of their Bavarian friends (whom the English speaking doctor could not understand half of the time) kept buying us mulled wine. It was a true German experience, or at least we are pretending that it was. Wow, so, this morning, we woke up very early, again and hopped on a train to Zurich and then another to Genéve. The city is quite beautiful, but is surprisingly lacking in tourist attractions. We are in a hotel and are enjoying the idea of staying in one place for more than two nights and not being in a hostel for once. This evening was pretty relaxed and we have no huge plans for tomorrow other than seeing the James Bond movie (in the original format) and perhaps going to Starbucks for a Christmas Eve coffee, or late, or perhaps peppermint mocha... no we are not addicted. Hopefully, Brandon will not arrive too late and we will have a relaxed Christmas Eve.

As for Christmas, we don't have exact plans, but it will be relaxed, just as anz Christmas should be. So, in the event that I don't get the chance to talk to everzone, have a wonderful Christmas and an incredible New Year! I love and miss you all, but don't worry, I will survive and get to see zou all in a few short months. I will be thinking of zou!!!

Happy Christmas!!!