Back in the NURN!

So if you guys read my previous post, I told you all that I hadn't had the greatest experience with Zurich. Here is why: FIRST OF ALL, when we arrived, I had come to Zurich hearing stories about how clean of a city it is, etc. etc., but when we got to our hotel, we saw something MUCH different than clean. We stayed in a best western, that didn't have any air conditioning, in a somewhat "ghetto" part of town. SECOND OF ALL, that night, John, Daniel, and I went out on what we thought was the town, but later found out DEFINITELY wasn't, trying to find somewhere to eat. We stumbled upon a place call "New Point." Horrible decision. We walked in, and the place looked pretty classy, so we were thinkin we wouldn't eat there, but RIGHT away, the manager pulled us in, made us feel guilty, and threw menus in our faces (maybe not so dramatic). After looking over the menu, and the prices, we decided that it was not in our best interest to stay and dine at the "New Point," so we wandered to the side of the restaurant, that had a cheaper, carry out, order place. As we were trying to order our food with the man at the counter, we couldn't understand him, and he couldn't understand us, so he had to call over the manager from "New Point," which was the man that threw the menus in our faces. He spoke perfect english, which was nice...but little did we know, that this, some what pleasant seeming man was about to jip us...BIG TIME! We gave him our order, and then expected to wait for our food and then go...but...the manager guy directed us toward a table in the nicer part of the restaurant...we thought he was just being nice to us...letting us eat in the fancy part with our cheaper food...OBVIOUSLY! Because we didn't want to pay that money!...but after we got our check, we saw that he charged us 40 extra swiss francs!!! YA. Awesome. He didn't budge. So that is why I said those things in my previous post. BUT...little did we know that Zurich is a BEAUTIFUL place! After our experience at New Point, we wandered down a river, which we though would lead to the lake...but we were following the wrong river...so we just HATED Zurich. But that next day, we got to experience the clean city of Zurich, go to a church service held in Zwingli's church (which was presented by a woman minister), and go on a bout tour around the lake! GORGEOUS! But now, we are back in the Nurn (Nurnberg, Germany). I love it here. I love staying in a castle...it makes me feel awesome! On Tuesday, we made a trip to a the first concentration camp, Dachau. Walking through the camp grounds was so upsetting. Seeing the pictures of the people who had been tortured and killed made the events of the Holocaust come alive. While being here, I have learned that the German people, are a very insecure people group. Because of their history, they have become crippled, and quite embarrassed by their past. It is a very fascinating country to be living in. 

Daniel left EARRRRRLYYY this morning :(...We had SUCH a great time with him, traveling and seeing Europe with him...so many fantastic memories were made, and Europe will greatly miss the dancing, crazy, Mr. Fawcett. What a great brother. I started my next class, which is Christianity in Western Culture II, and John starts his Reformations class tomorrow. It is a fascinating class to be a part of! Church history is fantastic, and I love the class setting. It is wonderful! Monday we leave for Wittenburg, where we will see the church where Luther posted his 95 theses! We'll be there for five days, doing class, and taking a day trip to Berlin. 

Well, I am VERY distracted right now...I usually am when I'm on the internet, because I'm always in a public place, with loud German people. So, I am sorry if some of my posts are hard to follow...I apologize. But here are some pictures of Zurich and Dachau!!

love you all and miss you all!

j

We had some goooood sausage and German experience 

here!...There was a HUGE dance floor with a bunch

of old German folks dancing with their beer. It was

AWESOME!

The bunks in Dachau. There were

rows and rows.

The famous statue of the Dachau Concentration Camp

Daniel and John just relaxing on the boat

The river in Zurich. Beautiful right??