Eye candy, crazy muscles and blood shed.

I had to bid farewell to Lucerne and the lion.

He is the saddest lion ever.

Luckily- I was able to find my way home from Lucerne.

Yes- I love chocolates and cliches.

It was a long week of catching up but I enjoyed my

weekend very much. On Friday I went out for a

couple of drinks at Howl. Saturday was a day for

working out and dinner at the Burren. A personal

favorite of mine! And today was a rando day.

It started with a gym sesh and little nap. Then I asked

Alex to get some fro-yo with me and JP Licks. First

we had to stop so she could eat lunch at Anna's. Ok

fine. Then she was too full for fro-yo right away so we

walked around and checked out some of the thrift shops.

Look at the beauties I found-

I think they were made from horse hair?

Finally, fro-yo time. I had vanilla twist with choco

chip cookie. Holy delicious!

I love JP Licks!

After fro-yo we decided we both wanted to see

Immortals. Guess what- it started at 5pm. Ok-

it was 5:07 but we were game!

There was plenty of eye candy, crazy muscles and blood

shed. A lot of blood. I had to turn my head away.. a

few times. But I am a serious history/mythology lover so

it was totally worth it. This movie was perfect. And so

was Theseus.

This week is a short 2 day work week for me.

I'm looking forward to lots of food and friends.

I also love, love, love cooking. I'll try and come

up with some serious recipes since I've been kind

of sucking lately at recipe posting.

What are your favorite Thanksgiving recipes?

Boston to Zurich to Lucerne

Greetings from Lucerne, Switzerland!

Phew- it was a journey to get here.

It started at 7:00ish yesterday by car.

Ashly dropped me at the airport and I

checked in for my flight. I love airports!

I walk around until it's pretty much time

to board the flight.

 I looked at food and watches while waiting to board.

I also looked at some chocolate.

It's giant chocolate at the airport!

Then it was time to board. I flew Swiss Air to Zurich.

I personally love Swiss and think there is no better

way to fly... unless it's first class.

I left around 9:30pm Boston time and arrived

at 10:30am-ish Switzerland time. There is a 6 hour

difference between me and the East Coast right

now. I then took the train from Zurich to Lucerne.

 In total I've had about 2 hours of sleep. So that meant

drinking lots of espresso upon arrival!

Good thing the office here has a coffee/espresso/cappuccino

maker. I would be dead if it didn't.

I hurried out of work at 5:30 to unpack and walk

around to burn some energy. Instead it turned into

a night run. Lucerne is so beautiful and right out of a fairy tale.

And at night- even more picturesque.

This is the church near my hotel.The photos would

be better but it's pitch black here at 5pm.

I ran down the trail that hugs the Lake Lucerne. It was a perfect

night for running. There were some people out but it

was quiet on my run. The swans were already sleeping.

No joke- there are beautiful, white swans everywhere here.

I think Walt Disney came here and based every fairy tale

and movie on this place.

Here is Lucerne at night. You can

see some sailboats if you squint.

And the amphitheater stage near work. I love this park.

There are always old men playing Bocce here in the

mornings.

I'm super lucky to travel for work. Although it is for

work, I'm still lucky to see so many beautiful places.

Whether I'm traveling for business or pleassure, I love to run

in new places.You never know what is around each corner.

I don't suggest running everywhere but Lucerne is

extremely safe so you can be out pretty much any

time of day.

I am off to take a bubble bath and get ready for bed.

Yes- it's 7:30 here. I don't care. I'm tired.

funny side note- my computer is putting everything

in German. It's very confusing and it won't translate to

english. At least it's entertaining.