But where were they going without ever knowing the way...

So our journey to Zurich involved us getting up at about 5am to get to the train station to Bonn, Germany. Mind you there is still this little thing called jet lag still in effect on our poor feeble bodies. Yet, we manage to get up and to our train on time. As we began our train ride to Bonn we looked back on the fond memories of Luxembourg…even Johnny the Jerko.

We get to Bonn and the three of us our pumped to be in the city that we will soon call home. Our first goal is to get to the AIB (our school here in Bonn) so we can drop of our luggage, get some food, then head off to the airport for Switzerland. However, we have no idea where this place is yet. So it is up to Bobcatt to lead the way with his Deutschtongue.. (Previously Phil had been leading the way with his French skills in Luxembourg) So Bobcatt bravely approaches a young chap and says “Sprechen sie englisch?” To which this young lad responds “Yea, what’s up dude?” Yea…he was an American. Anyways he gives us directions which I think our completely wrong, but we follow them anyways.

Needless to say about a quarter a mile hauling our bags we began to realize we are not where we are suppose to be. So Bobcatt steps up to his task once more. This time it is an actual German. Now if anyone ever tells you Germans are not friendly I can attest to the fact that this is an utter lie. The events that followed when Bobcatt asked where AIB was, was magical. This particular German did not know, yet he stopped another German couple. They didn’t know…then suddenly Germans were popping out of trees and falling out of the sky just to help us in our quest. In about 30 seconds Germans flanked us on all sides as they tried to help us find our way. Finally, the Polizei pointed us in the right direction.

We finally made it to AIB. Dropped off our baggage sent some emails, and Phil thought it would be funny to create a power surge and blackout AIB as he used his power converter and adapter that they told him would work perfectly in the states.

At last we were off to Zurich. About an hour later we found out hotel in Technopark with cool space toilets. We explored the area a bit then made plans for the next day….no creepy stories of hostel-mates that night.