Going over the pictures I took while walking near my hostel in
Lucerne I found myself wondering, "How is it that I am not completely
stoked?!"

I should be stoked, but I'm not. I took a 9+ hour trip today (which included about an hour
of delays and 2 missed connections due to a suicide on the tracks) the
instructions to my hostel were obnoxiously vague, Swiss food is surprisingly and insanely
expensive - $6 single scoop of ice cream with cone, $9 for a double -
and I am just tired.

Also, for whatever reason I had more shady, stalkery guys hit on me
this afternoon than I've run into anywhere else. The kind that get mad
at you when you won't entertain their conversation, and that block off
the path you're walking on in an effort to make you stay and talk. And the kind that just rudely stare.

When I stop to think about where I am, I feel pretty pathetic for
feeling so morose about these little things. Still, I was unable to knock myself out of my mood as
I choked down a $27 mini-meatball pot pie.

Sorry for sharing this very uninteresting dive into the "lows of
traveling" but, I feel like this blog wouldn't be honest if I left this stuff out.

I feel like in a couple of days I'll have all these great stories about Switzerland, and how it all worked out for the best, but this is a story about the time until things "work out" - which is also a very real part of traveling.

Anyways, I am hoping to have a better perspective on things
tomorrow, so until then, enjoy the pictures.