Luzern- fail.

My friend Mel and I left school Friday afternoon with our little bags packed ready for the relatively short train ride to Boniswil, a small town about 40 minutes outside of Luzern, Switzerland. We were on our way to April's house, Mel's friend from forever ago who now lives, works, and has a family in Switzerland. She moved over here 10 years ago when she was 23 for an awesome job opportunity, fell in love, and never moved back home. What a story. Anyways, the sun was shining, though it was cold. There was nothing that would have made us think this weekend wasn't going to go as planned. April and her family welcomed us with open arms, cooked us a fabulous dinner and let us watch their movies in English. SCORE.

Saturday morning we woke up around 9. Ready to let some sunlight in, I opened the blinds.

"WHAT THE @#($*!?" The ground was covered in snow, the wind was howling, and there was no sign that the weather was going to improve anytime soon. We went upstairs and April told us to have breakfast and then see if it was going to let up with time. Wrong. We couldn't even see fifty yards out the window. I felt like I was in the lodge at the top of the lift at Mt. Bachelor. Not really the weather we were hoping (or packed) for to go wandering around Luzern for the day.

In the end, we hung out with the family for the rest of the day and didn't end up getting into Luzern. We ate a lot of great food/snacks, then had some steaks for dinner. The steaks were fine, but definitely overcooked... nothing beats a steak cooked by my dad. I guess I'll have to wait until May to fulfill that craving haha. All in all, it was GREAT hanging out and having an "american" weekend.

Tomorrow morning I'm off to Lugano with the program. We're there until Thursday, then off to Venice (on my own expense... ha) Friday morning. I can't wait!