Pastime until the start of the world trip

Since I am taking several small/short trips, I will merge them here a little bit.

Jan 26th & 27th, 2017

I went to the mountains with a colleague for 2 days. We had amazing weather and had a great time together.

Jan 28th & 29th, 2017

My colleague Philipp and I (Laura) spent 3 weeks planning how we could kidnap one of his best colleagues (also named Philipp) and take her abroad without her knowing in advance. We hatched a good plan, but 2 days before departure I received a call from Laura's boss that she couldn't take time off on those dates, so the plan only applied to Philipp (I spontaneously brought another colleague who knew about it).

In the morning at the train station, we found out that the train we had planned to take was full, so we booked a later one (2 hours later) and in the meantime went to see my colleague Vera, where we came up with the great idea of playing the crocodile children's game where you have to push the teeth back. We decided to turn it into a game of slapping each other, so if the crocodile snaps at you, someone else in the group has the right to slap you at some point during the trip.

So the journey began, and Philipp still didn't know what we had planned and for how long, etc. We revealed the secret in the train because it was hard to keep it a secret there. Philipp was very pleased with the surprise, and after about 15 slaps and 4 hours, we arrived in Milan, where we first spent an hour in a café with Katrina (who was not Katrina but Suleika), whom we met during the train ride. We enjoyed a VERY entertaining evening as well as afternoon the following day in Milan and then headed towards Domodossola where we had dinner before heading home. Incredible entertaining memories, an agreement to meet again, and the new friendship between Philipp and Vera are all that we have left from the trip.

Feb 4th & 5th, 2017

Since last week I almost had to sleep in my car because the circumstances (night, rain, tiredness, distance) did not look good to continue driving (luckily I always have a sleeping bag in my car for such emergencies), I now made my car more suitable for overnight stays.

This weekend, my sister and I went to spend the night on a mountain in nature. We found a good spot and enjoyed our time there!