first day = jet lag

So, we are VERY VERY tired. Melissa an I went to bed in Florida about 36 hours ago and basically haven't slept any of that time. Ok, so maybe I (Eric) have gotten 5 hours of sleep and Melissa got 7, but that's not a whole lot for a couple of bums that usually sleep 10 hours a night.

There has definately been a bit of culture shock since we arrived in Lucern. For instance, did you know that not everyone speaks english? Also, the signs are in German. This was most evident when Melissa and I went to the grocery store. We didn't even check out correctly so I'm pretty sure that the cashier was ticked at us. Then, as we went to exit, there was a door marked with a green handle and a picture of a stick figure turning the handle and walking out the door. Apparently, green handles are there to identify emergency exits. So the alarm went off, the harried cashier had to call her manager to shut off the alarm, the locals were swearing under their breaths about the idiots that opened the door, and we swore never to go to that grocery store ever again.

We will share more photos about the town of Horw (the town that we're actually staying in) in the days to come, but we're dead tired and pretty much just want to crash. In the mean time, the mountain in the pictures is Mount Pilatus and we can see it outside of our window:) Other scenery is random Swiss countryside photos from the train.