I love Switzerland!

This past weekend Esther, Pooja, Mike and I went to Geneva. We were celebrating Esther's and Pooja's 21st birthdays. And it was one of the finest weekends ever. Mike's aunt and uncle live outside Geneva on the lake so we got to stay with them. They made us delicious food and generally spoiled us for 3 blissful days. Thanks, Kate and Bob! I'll be back soon!
Anyway, we visited Geneva, Montreaux, and Laussane (?), all three are towns on the lake shore. Things of interest: Olympics Museum (wooo! awesomeness), Alps, chocolate and watches, beautiful parks, the Jet d'Eau, flower clock (sort of disappointing actually), castles, and everything else. I loved it all.
In Geneva there's a park right by the university where there are giant chess sets and old men play chess there. Mike and I played but I lost miserably. Then an old man who had been watching explained where I went wrong. I still don't get it but it was fantastic. We ran into a bachelor party that was quite interesting. The groom was dressed as a polar bear while the others wore blonde wigs and devil horns. They also had one of those long, alpine horn things that are in Ricola commercials. I think they are at least. So these dudes were just out walking the streets with their cases of beer. Awesome.
I skipped rocks on Lake Geneva a lot. I'm getting pretty good. Then on Sunday night we stayed up all night because we had an early Monday morning flight. So we built a campfire right by the lake and stayed out all night. Also we went night swimming! IN LAKE GENEVA! It was cold but amazing. We hadn't planned on it but then just went for it. That was an incredible night. I love Geneva and everyone there. Erin, I will totally visit you there. We can play chess.
Today we didn't have school so I just hung around. I feel pretty weird right now; I don't know what happened to me but if I did drugs, this is probably what it would feel like. But Mike and I started booking our travels for May. I am very excited. We're using Geneva as homebase and then going to Istanbul, Budapest, and Berlin. Yes.
I just have to get through finals first. Allora...I need to eat food to feel less weird. Or sleep. Ok. Just know, Switzerland is the best.