These are a few of my favorite things

I am high in the Alps and even though really I am no where near Salzburg I can't help singing songs from The Sound of Music - sue me.

Disclaimer - I am using a German keyboard and well none of the letters are in the same place so forgive any weird misspellings particularlz z's insteand of y's thez are reversed on the keyboard.

Contrary to how some of mz posts have sounded, I am actually enjoying my trip. I realize I sound like a cranky old lady - but really I am just an irritable youngish person.

We hit the Alps today and it is beautiful and wonderful. There aren't many people to begin with and those who are here are low key. It is a blessing as if I had to spend one more day in Paris I might have hit someone. I am enjoying the sheep and cows though we are so high up we had to use a cable car. I don't care what anyone says they can't be safe. I am sure I am going to be the next CNN story "Ohio Couple Killed in Freak Cable Car Accident".

To prove that I am not completely cranky and mean I thought I would share some of my favorite things thus far.

1. London's Red Phone Booths - I wasn't sure if these famous booths had survived the cell phone era. They have and now are in one of two forms. The first is rather harmless. Thez are empty booths set up for tourists to take pictures. The second is not nearly as wholesome. They still have phones in them and are set up for phone sex. The walls are plastered with posters of naked woman advertising the equivelant of 1-900 in the UK. I love it because people still pose for this traditional familz photos yet there is porn clearlz visible in the background. We watched a father pose his young songs one night in a phone sex booth and we laughed and laughed. We are mean I know but so funnz.

2. Complete lack of open container laws - I am not sure why I enjoz this so much maybe because I feel like I am secretlz being bad but it is nice to just random drink in public places.

3. Trains - I love them and the people I meet there. I am that person who makes friends in airports I know it. But trains are quick and clean and you see things along the way I love it. I wish the US had a better rail system.

The trip is now more than half over and we are on the back end. The big cities are prettz much behind us so hopefully I can become less angry at mz fellow travelers : )