{"id":380,"date":"2015-05-01T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.russellstout.com\/blog\/?p=380"},"modified":"2015-05-11T12:56:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T18:56:45","slug":"lucern-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/russellstout.com\/blog\/2015\/lucern-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucern In The Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rain. All day it rained. Hard.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently today&#8217;s lesson was that not all days are going to to be full of excitement. Today was exactly the opposite, in fact. I was feeling unmotivated and wandering around outside in the rain was the the last thing I wanted to do.<\/p>\n<p>I lay around the hostel for most of the day. I wrote. I wandered around the hostel. I ventured out into the rain to get something to eat (more kebab).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-380 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail gallery1'><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\/\/ <![CDATA[\r\n\tjQuery(document).ready(function () {\r\n\t\tjQuery(\".gallery1 a\").attr(\"rel\",\"gallery1\");\t\r\n\t\tjQuery('a[rel=\"gallery1\"]').colorbox({maxWidth:\"95%\", maxHeight:\"95%\",title: function(){ return jQuery(this).children().attr(\"alt\"); }, });\r\n\t});\r\n\/\/ ]]>\r\n<\/script>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\">\n<div class=\"gallery-icon\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/russellstout.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_9374-e1431360486965-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"Lucern, Switzerland\" rel=\"gallery1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/russellstout.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_9374-e1431360486965-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Lucern, Switzerland\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"gallery-caption\" id=\"caption386\"><span class=\"imagecaption\">Lucern, Switzerland<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I finally got around to watching that James Bond movie that took place in Switzerland. In the end, James Bond sleeps with two different women two nights in a row. The next night, he just happens to run into his British girlfriend on an ice skating rink as he&#8217;s escaping from the bad guys. That night, he proposes to her. Charming.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to take a nap but I couldn&#8217;t sleep. I grew restless and played games on my phone. I was killing time until it was late enough that I&#8217;d feel OK about eating again even though I wasn&#8217;t all that hungry.<\/p>\n<p>I ventured out into the rain again, this time eating at another restaurant next to the kebab place. It was labeled as a &#8220;family restaurant&#8221; and had several different types of food from all over the world. When the server learned I was from America though, he insisted I had their signature burger, &#8220;The Atlantic&#8221;. I must admit, it was pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>That night I checked the weather reports for other cities in Switzerland. Zurich&#8230; rain. Bern&#8230; rain. The forecast for pretty much every city in Switzerland called for rain not just the next day, but for the next 7-10 days. I checked the radar and the entire country was covered in rain clouds.<\/p>\n<p>As much as I loved the picturesque countryside of Switzerland, seeing it in the rain just wasn&#8217;t an option. I had to find somewhere in Europe that wasn&#8217;t raining. The southern border of Germany was still covered in rain clouds according to the radar; the first major city with clear skies was Frankfurt.<\/p>\n<p>Heading to Frankfurt led to one of the best nights I&#8217;ve had on this trip so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rain. All day it rained. Hard. Apparently today&#8217;s lesson was that not all days are going to to be full of excitement. Today was exactly the opposite, in fact. I was feeling unmotivated and wandering around outside in the rain was the the last thing I wanted to do. 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