Tamara in Switzerland: Alstaetten

I am so glad this week has been sunny and it looks to continue that way into this week. All I have to say is it's about time! This weekend in St. Gallen in the annual "open air" which essentially is this four day festival of outdoor concerts. It's a bit like Woodstock minus hippies and drugs. It apparantly is this really big deal. Andrea and Urs have been attending and they are thankful they have a live in babysitter to make this possible.

Today we had a nice afternoon. Andrea, Ryan, and I (Urs was at the open air) took the train to nearby Alstaetten in an open air wagon. It was quite nice even if it is quite noisy and shakey, but the view is very beautiful and very enjoyable all the same. There are a lot of old buildings in the town that are quite nice and have a lot of character too and we stopped at a cafe and had some iced coffees. All in all quite nice. After getting off the train though your insides feel a bit shakey, but it's not too bad for just going back and forth.

So Urs gave me another day ticket for the train for in a couple of weeks so I get to plan another excursion. I think I will do my original plan for the first time around and go to Luzern and Mount Pilatus. It's supposed to be really nice there and hopefully the weather stays nice. I'm also planning a trip in August to see another girl I know who is an au pair in the French part of Switzerland. She lives in Lausanne near Lake Geneva, so that will give me a chance to see that part of the country which is supposed to be very beautiful.