I got a call from my Oma one day during my summer vacation. The next week, I was on a plane towards Europe with my Oma. We spent our first week in Switzerland with my Aunt we met there. It was my first time in Switzerland and I can now see that their mountains are clearly superior to the Rockies in BC. Glaciers everywhere, mixed in with alpine meadows was a sight to see. There were so many gondolas up to the numerous mountain peaks. We hiked down a mountain one day, hiked up one the next. After Switzerland, we parted with my Aunt and took a train to Germany, where we met up with our relatives in a small town in central Germany. We got to tour the world's ninth largest salt mine and visit a Japanese garden. After visiting our relatives, we went to Hamburg to fly back home.