Good Day

we are on a train from Berlin to Prague. We have a few days to catch you up on...so here's what happened.
Just like Angela said, Switzerland was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. I (Lauren) did get to enjoy about 15 hours of it, so that is good. I'm not going to lie, I'm very envious of the day Angela had. If I hadn't been curled up in bed shivering under 2 blankets, or accidentally doped up on muscle relaxers I would have been right there with her the whole way. 
We did meet some awesome people at the hostel though...Aaron, Joel, Matt and Jane. I will never forget them.
The next day was a blur of gondolas, busses and trains as we made our way to Mainz, Germany. Not gonna lie, I slept for most of it, still trying to shake my queasiness from altitude sickness. Angela was so great though, making the whole day easier for me, such a great friend. Once we got to Mainz, we were exhausted. Turns out Angela is sick with some kind of cold or allergy thing as well, so we got an early dinner and fell asleep at 8:00. Ha yes, you read that correctly, 8:00 pm we fell asleep. 

The next day we got up early to get a train to Berlin. We took the bus on the way to the train station. When we got on the bus we noticed that nobody was paying for a ticket or swiping a card or anything, so we just followed the crowd and sat down on a seat. 5 min later we are being questioned by a guy with a badge asking us for our tickets. I just stared open mouthed at Angela while she casually told him what happened. Meanwhile I have a 20€ bill in my hand ready to pay for 18 tickets if he just will let us go. He calls over this fellow badge men and there are three of them staring at us. Luckily they decide to just let us go (by sheer luck we were stopped at the train station stop!) so we jump off and speed walk onto the next train leaving for Berlin. 

Once in Berlin, we met a really nice Ecuadorian transplant named Benjamin who showed us around a bit. We had originally planned on taking a bike tour of Berlin, but unfortunately we arrived too late to go on any tours. We checked into our gorgeous hotel (thank you Hyatt!) and went off in search of the Berlin wall. We found a piece not to far from our  hotel and read all about it. Then we went to dinner at a nice German restaurant. I got potato and sausage soup, Angela got sausage and French fries. We then went and saw a movie in one of the only English theaters around. We saw Midnight in Paris in English, in Berlin. We then went back to our incredible hotel and slept like babies. 

We both aren't feeling very well. We've got red noses and our eyes are droopy, but we're still hanging in there. We are both very excited for Prague. We should be there within the hour! 

Things we learned in the last couple days:
1. We are crazy for taking this trip. It's all fine and dandy till one of you, then both of you get sick. We are just so grateful this didn't happen at the beginning of the trip.
2. Swiss children are LOUD! On two separate occasions, on two separate trains there were Swiss kids running a mock, yelling and screaming, and their parents just watched in amusement. I thought about clotheslining the little rug rats every time they ran down the aisles. Angela took a healthier approach and shushed them when they ran by.
3. The movie theaters in Europe have assigned seating! Like the theater.  We just thought that was awesome.