A one legged duck...

By the way, a one-legged duck does not swim in a circle...I know for a fact, we saw one in Lucerne.

Random thoughts in honour of Chris Tarbell...

One of my best friends in the world (not Danny, but you should check out his blog at the lower right hand link on this page) Chris Tarbell sent me an email saying that everything sounded like it was fantastic and that he was insanely jealous to not be here with us...well Chris, this email is for you:


It was like 100 degrees in Brugges yesterday, which is the hottest its been here in 100+ years...and today its raining and 60 degrees...Hostels are dirty...thanks to George Bush, not everyone likes us Americans anymore...Hostels are dirty...Lake water in the Alps is really freaking cold...sunburn hurts, even if you are in Europe...the US World Cup team lost their first game 3-0 and we're ranked 5th in the world - 5th!...try checking in for a flight on Condor Air, which is run by Lufthansa, but you're plane is going to be a Swiss Air plane...just because the man works at "Information", does not mean that he may feel obligated to impart that knowledge on you...they take the Euro in Switzerland, but not the Swiss Franc in Europe...after our flight here is Business class, they actually made us sit in coach on our flight from Switzerland to Belgium!...if its time to take a picture, they you should be prepared to take 2...they're not just Americans, they're Sig Ep bro!...I'm not 22 anymore...backpacks are heavy...riding a bike around the lake is a blast, but does give you a nice case of "camp ass"...the term "hot shower", may mean that there simply is no cold water...if you don't understand someone speaking another language, them speaking louder doesn't help you feel any better about only speaking one language...Russo (the French lady from Lost) lives on the train from Brussels to Brugges and is really freaking scary...Oh, and hostels are dirty!

Fact is Chris, we're having a blast and do wish that you were here...but it ain't all roses...just mostly!
Cheers!