Switzerland
It was time for a real European road trip. We had five guys (Two Canadians, an America, a Swiss and an Austrian) and the original plan was to take a beamer down to Zurich. Thing was there weren’t any BMW’s left so we had to settle for a Ford Mondeo. No worries though, this car had some punch. It wasn’t hard to get this thing 2 bucks plus on the autobahn.
So once we made good time J to Zurich from Maastricht we unpacked at Rafael’s (Our Swiss friend) friends’ house. They were two lovely Swiss girls who lived just outside of Zurich. We arrived on Thursday night and we were ready to party. After grabbing some Kabob’s we headed to Zurich to check it out for a bit. Zurich is a very nice looking city. The whole main street of Zurich is lit by thousands of light bars that hangover the street. It’s nice at night but even better during the day. You can tell everyone is rich in Zurich. It’s common to see top of the line SUV’s, hummers and other luxury vehicles go by. Many of the main banks are in Zurich and all the rich bankers live in Zurich.
We ended up going to this student party right beside the university. It was in this warehouse-like building with three floors. Other than the sticky ass floor, the party was good times. We met some Swiss girls and danced to some funky ass techno.
The next day we went to Zurich during the day to check out some of the sites. We had a pretty clear day and were finally able to see the Alps. The Alps are higher than the Rockies but the Rockies are much wider. The Rockies are also more forested than the Alps. Overall, the Rockies are better ;). We checked out the lake that is right in Zurich, the nice squares, buildings and the very aesthetic pleasing university and library. The Zurich University would have to be the nicest university I’ve ever seen. It’s full of pillars sculptures, paintings and monuments. Definitely a step up from UVic…
That night we went to a club called Vibes in Winterthur, a small area just outside of Zurich. This place was loaded with Swiss people, but lucky for us pretty much all of them spoke English. Even the hot Swiss girl ;).
On Saturday we decided to head over the remote mountain town, Lucerne. It’s about an hour and a half South of Zurich. This town is surrounded by the Alps and is looks a lot more traditionally Swiss with the typical Swiss buildings and houses. After some substances we checked out the rest of Lucerne. Definitely made for an interesting trip around Lucerne, haha.
When we got back to the house we had a big Fondue with other Swiss friends. This is where you heat bowls full of Swiss Raclette cheese and you dip pieces of bread in the cheese to eat. Very tasty dinner and a cool Swiss tradition. After an intense pre-drinking sesh we headed over to the Swiss Rave ‘Infinity 2006’. What an intense rave this was. It was in a hockey stadium and was full of “Swiss Outsiders”. These are the people that don’t quite fit into Swiss culture and go to raves looking like freaks (Very entertaining). The rave had five fairly famous DJ’s: 4 Strings, Signum, Dave 202, Cosmic Gate and Rank 1. They played some awesome sets and had wicked effects and surprises.
We left at about 6AM for the journey back. Thanks to our good ol’ friend Mary Jane it made for one hilarious trip back. It’s funny what can be funny during an all-nighter.
For our last day in Zurich we checked out as much of Zurich as we could. Since it got dark fast we didn’t have much time. Sunday was mostly a relaxed day before our trip back to Maastricht.
Switzerland was an awesome road trip. We had a wicked crew who really knew how to have fun. I’d definitely put Switzerland up there for my best trips and would recommend doing road trips with friends in Europe. There’s something about a road trip that you can’t get when traveling in the train or plane…
Kean
So once we made good time J to Zurich from Maastricht we unpacked at Rafael’s (Our Swiss friend) friends’ house. They were two lovely Swiss girls who lived just outside of Zurich. We arrived on Thursday night and we were ready to party. After grabbing some Kabob’s we headed to Zurich to check it out for a bit. Zurich is a very nice looking city. The whole main street of Zurich is lit by thousands of light bars that hangover the street. It’s nice at night but even better during the day. You can tell everyone is rich in Zurich. It’s common to see top of the line SUV’s, hummers and other luxury vehicles go by. Many of the main banks are in Zurich and all the rich bankers live in Zurich.
We ended up going to this student party right beside the university. It was in this warehouse-like building with three floors. Other than the sticky ass floor, the party was good times. We met some Swiss girls and danced to some funky ass techno.
The next day we went to Zurich during the day to check out some of the sites. We had a pretty clear day and were finally able to see the Alps. The Alps are higher than the Rockies but the Rockies are much wider. The Rockies are also more forested than the Alps. Overall, the Rockies are better ;). We checked out the lake that is right in Zurich, the nice squares, buildings and the very aesthetic pleasing university and library. The Zurich University would have to be the nicest university I’ve ever seen. It’s full of pillars sculptures, paintings and monuments. Definitely a step up from UVic…
That night we went to a club called Vibes in Winterthur, a small area just outside of Zurich. This place was loaded with Swiss people, but lucky for us pretty much all of them spoke English. Even the hot Swiss girl ;).
On Saturday we decided to head over the remote mountain town, Lucerne. It’s about an hour and a half South of Zurich. This town is surrounded by the Alps and is looks a lot more traditionally Swiss with the typical Swiss buildings and houses. After some substances we checked out the rest of Lucerne. Definitely made for an interesting trip around Lucerne, haha.
When we got back to the house we had a big Fondue with other Swiss friends. This is where you heat bowls full of Swiss Raclette cheese and you dip pieces of bread in the cheese to eat. Very tasty dinner and a cool Swiss tradition. After an intense pre-drinking sesh we headed over to the Swiss Rave ‘Infinity 2006’. What an intense rave this was. It was in a hockey stadium and was full of “Swiss Outsiders”. These are the people that don’t quite fit into Swiss culture and go to raves looking like freaks (Very entertaining). The rave had five fairly famous DJ’s: 4 Strings, Signum, Dave 202, Cosmic Gate and Rank 1. They played some awesome sets and had wicked effects and surprises.
We left at about 6AM for the journey back. Thanks to our good ol’ friend Mary Jane it made for one hilarious trip back. It’s funny what can be funny during an all-nighter.
For our last day in Zurich we checked out as much of Zurich as we could. Since it got dark fast we didn’t have much time. Sunday was mostly a relaxed day before our trip back to Maastricht.
Switzerland was an awesome road trip. We had a wicked crew who really knew how to have fun. I’d definitely put Switzerland up there for my best trips and would recommend doing road trips with friends in Europe. There’s something about a road trip that you can’t get when traveling in the train or plane…
Kean
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