"Stairs on Stairs on Stairs"

It was a short lived stay in Paris that ended sooner than anyone wanted it to. Today we woke up just in time to pack and head for our train to Switzerland. The trip to get to the train was an adventure itself. We all got great workouts in as we lugged our suitcases up and down numerous staircases while trying to aviod being in everyones way. We were promised by Prof. Ryan that there would be no other stair cases and sure enough after the next subway ride there were two more waiting for us, but we will let that slide.

We surprisingly arrived early to the train station where we sprawled out on the floor waiting to board the train. Mike Lennon and I got a taste of what traveling in France is like when we had to pay 50 cents just to use the bathrooms. We finally boarded the train and settled in to relive all the great stories from the night before. The Jon Bigel call to Prof. Ryan on his birthday, the late night food fun incident, and I'm sure everyone's favorite the Plaut v. O'Hare bet. The ride to Switzerland was long but it was sparked by a fierce game of dots in the legendary 400 dot board battle of Lennon v. Haggerwonder. Although the dispute of whether or not dots is a good game is still in the air, it is clear that Lennon proved to be a clear champion, even though the game was canceled due to a "lack of hustle". 

Finally arriving in Switzerland 3 hours later we were faced with a few more staircases that we were previously told did not exsist. We fought our way through them and took the subway to our hotel in Ouchy. The hotel is already amazing with a beautiful waterfront and comfortable pillows. Now that we were in Switzerland it was finally time to do the laundry. With over a week of dirty clothes in our bags we took over a small laundramat to wash clothes. After the laundry was done it was time to sit down and enjoy a great group dinner at Le Pinocchio's where the night before was still being discussed. Dinner was great besides the classic meal mix up when Jon P ate some of Delana's salmon. All in all it was a great day and we are looking forward to the rest of our stay in Switzerland. Let's just hope Prof. Ryan makes good on his promise and there are no more stairs.

-Carlos