This weekend we went to Switzerland and witnessed our first chaotic mess of the train system. We got to Cologne from Bonn ok but once we got on the train from Cologne to Bassel we started to have issues. The train as a whole got delayed 2 hours because we had to be re-routed. It ended up being ok because our 4-hour layover in Bassel became only 2 hours. It was still miserable and cold despite having to be in the Bassel train station for less time. We found a small room to sit in but there were no more chairs so we had to sit against the cold window. Needless to say, I did not get very much sleep during those 4 hours. I think the most interesting thing was the group of guys rolling joints in that room. Some stranger ended up yelling at the group because they were being too loud so they just left and stood right outside the room. All in all, I have no idea how they had so much energy at 2 AM. We finally got onto our next train and had the whole thing to ourselves so I scoped out a good spot and got some sleep.
Once we were in Switzerland we mainly just went on hikes. It was really fun to wander around without having a set-in-stone plan. After our hike, we went to a restaurant that was horrendously bad, 0/10. As sucky as it was (and expensive) it was still food and fun to joke about how terrible it was. The rest of the day we just wandered around the shops. The next day we went on another hike but it was really foggy so we couldn't see very much. We did make a snowman which was fun- I've never done that before (his name was squishy and he had hyperthyroidism).
On the way back home we had minor train issues but nothing that severely messed with our plans. It was weird when we got back to Bonn because I was comforted by being back in the train station I actually knew. I think I'm finally starting to see Germany/Bonn as home which is ~fun~.
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