Fake and Real Europe

Paris was wonderful - you should go. Its a neat city. Although, I'm becoming a lazy tourist. Really, after you seen one important national landmark, every other national landmark isn't that exciting. The Eiffel Tower was neat, but it lacked the wow moment. Through the eyes of a tired backpacker, I suppose.

We went to Disneyland one day (1.5 days budget right there in the ticket), and it was super. You should go there too. Its just like Florida, except it snowed for a few minutes, and Buzz Lightyear speaks in French. Haunted Mansion, oh, excuse me, the "Phantom" Mansion, was a huge, confusing let down, because it was all in French, but the rest of the rides were just as good as their American grandparents. Space Mountain Mission 2 was the best. We went on that twice.

I'm now in Zurich, with Anne, which is a very posh city. After 2 weeks in France, its nice to hear some German, which I kind of understand. Zurich is beautiful, but the cost of living, and doing anything, is extremely high. The Swiss Franc is about 1 to 1 on the US Dollar, but the prices are not comparable. For instance, a Big Mac? 11 Francs. Woah there.

We didn't eat at McDonald's, by the way - we had some good, German sausages. And Diet Coke, naturally.

We're off to Basel tomorrow.

Much love.