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  Faro, Algarve, Portugal
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Alright

Thank you everyone for your posts so far, it is nice to know there are people actually out there reading!!
 (these gaps between paragraphs are specifically for scott)

    So we are out of Brussels, Belgium, and we have arrived in Bern Switzerland.  I think we are both relieved to be out of Brussels. Yesterday we went browsing around the city to see what they had, and unfortunately for them it is still wonter time so things aren't too lively. What we were hoping were beautiful parks were empty with bare trees and empty fountains. The buildings were interesting like all building here because they are ancient and have great detail. We did enjoy some delicious belgium waffles, Justine having the icing sugar with vanilla icing for toppings, and Katie having the nutella with bananas. We also went to a cathedral that had a crazy organ  that was built into the wall on the second floor. After we had finished lunch, we were enjoying an exceptional episode of friends (they have voice overs here) and suddenly we couldn't hear due to the loud noises outside. After dragging our buts out of bed, we were suprised to walk on our balcony to find our street covered with motorcyclists. They were everywhere! between revving engines and sirens, we couldnt even hear each other speak. We still dont know what it was all about. on a plus note, Justine witnessed a pedestrian attempt to cross the road, causing a motorcycle to slam on the breaks and the guy behind him to crash. hahaha. while we are laughing we might as well mention two more things.

first, the shower at the place we stayed at had a hose shower head but no holder. it also had no glass or curtain. in short, it was the most awkward thing to shower without getting water across the entire room

second, we thought we were buying peanut butter at the grocery store. we still dont know what it is. it is delicious, but is some type of caramel maple concoction. 

We are extremely lucky to have run into very friendly people so far on our trip and it seems to just keep getting better with how helpful they are. Today we met an american on the train who spoke seven languages. it was fascinateing seeing him speak to a german, italian, and us within a matter of minutes. he helped us alot getting through Germany, and contacting Birgit (the lady we are staying with tonight) and once getting to Bern, things were straight forward from there. Birgit was waiting for us at the tram stop and walked us to her house, and made us a delicious thai dinner that satisfied both of our vegetable cravings (yes justine craves veggies sometimes). But it has been a long day and we are headed to bed. We will check in soon

Katie and Justine
 

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