Francia!

Hey Guys,

This morning we left for another village. We stopped along the way for a little more hiking. We went up quite a ways, eventually reaching an amazing waterfall and white water rapids. With each clearing we passed, the number of climbers dropped off. Only 7 of us made it all the way to the end of the trail. There was a bridge across the falls, so we sat on it and ate our lunch. We filled our bottles in the spring, so hopefully I’m not stricken with diarrhea or anything crazy in the near future. The whole experience was amazing, though. Being up in the mountains was one of the most peaceful, beautiful things I have ever seen. I would’ve loved to keep going, but we didn’t have time. One day I hope to take a full-on camping trip and hike all the way to the top of a small mountain.

We stayed the night in Viehla, a town not much bigger than Boi. I was soaked with sweat from the hike, so the first thing I did at the hotel was shower and take a long nap. Pretty soon Ian knocked at the door, wanting to know if we wanted to go to France. It was a little over an hour’s drive, so we got in the charter bus and just took off! We went to a tiny little skiing town, and rode gondolas up to the town of the mountain. We got there just before it closed, so we didn’t have time to walk around up top, but it was still an amazing view there and back.

Kelsey, Brendan, and I ate paninis and crepes at a little shop before walking around the city. On the bus ride back we got out Kelsey’s cards, and played Speed, Golf, and Go Fish. We got a pretty big group going, so it was fun. It’s amazing to me how close I’ve grown to some of the people in my group, considering we were complete strangers just a month ago. It’s also weird to think that after this week, some of us will never see each other again.

Hasta Luego,

Becca