germany at last

I have finally arrived here at my friend Inga's apartment in Freiburg. My flight was good since I managed to sleep through most of it. It was the perfect morning to fly into Europe and I saw the Eiffel tower and the alps from the plane! I have, however, developed a strong hatred for the train system in Zurich. I started out by trading some dollars for swiss francs so I could buy a train ticket to get from the airport to the main train station. When I asked how many francs I would need, the lady told me way more than I actually needed and then before I knew it, I was holding a 5.60 franc "iced coffee" in my hands in an attempt to get rid of them. (That's probably equal to 6 or 7 dollars) So I finally get my ticket, then realize how insanely confusing it is to find out where you actually need to be. I asked a bunch of people and then finally one pointed me in the right direction. The funny thing about this is that once I was actually on the train, I had germans asking me what to do. Hey, I can barely speak German, there's no way I can figure out these trains. Once I got to the main train station I bought my ticket to Freiburg. Once I left the ticket window, I realized that the ticket had no time or track number on it. So then I had to go to a different window in order to acquire the information necessary for me to actually get on a train. Go figure. Before I got on the train, I tried to give my friend Inga a call but the end result was me not knowing how to dial a country code on a pay phone and thus, not being able to place the call. Add pay phones in Zurich to my list of things I don't like. The train ride was beautiful. It went through the country side and mountains were in view everywhere. I got to Freiburg and met up with Inga at the train station and then we took what is like a trolley to her apartment. Now I'm just enjoying some down time at the apartment and will probably go out later!