a very good day

today was great! i had choclate pancakes and tea. i decided i would go climb a mountain. so i made myelf some lentils for the hike. pierette came back from some arabian country shortly before i left and gave me some food that she got over there to mix in with my lentils. delicous. it was about 10 30 when i left. the train wasnt leaving for a while and where the trail started wasnt to far away so i decided i would walk and try to hitch hike. for some reason i feel so good when i stick out my thumb and try to get a ride. i can't help but smile. the first time i ever hitch hiked was when i was in austria with my brother. we went from vienna to salzburg. we were standing there trying to get a ride when this big tour bus pulled up, one of those busses where someone is sitting in front telling all the people what is what. but it was empty, the driver was just driving it back from somewhere. it was amazing. just the 3 of us in this huge bus. he gave us beer too.
anyway, i got a ride from a lady in about 10 minutes after i left the house.i was happy to get a ride so i could get on the trail sooner then i planned. she dropped me off st imier then i started walking towards the mountain and tried to connect with some cows. some of them started making sweet sweet love to eachother.
the trails where real nice. lots of pretty plants and mushrooms. i am so awfull at trying to explain things. it was an incredible experience that i can't describe.
i hiked and hiked for awhile and kept following signs for the peak. i stepped in a lot of cow poop and slid all over the mud and almost fell a whole bunch of times. it was about 3 hours when i got to the peak. i can't do a good job at explaining the incredible view. i could see farms and windmills, lakes, and way off in the distance i could just make out the swiss alps with the snow capped peeks.
the used boots i got aren't holding up to well anymore. after all the hiking and sliding on mud and what not it really wore them out. the sole on the left one is ripped up.
i was taking my picture with the 10 second timer and some guy offered to take my picture for me. i asked him where courtelary was, where i am staying, and he gave me directions.
i relaxed on top of the mountain for a while and read for a bit. then i headed down the mountain in a different way then the guy asked me and i got kinda sorta very lost. sometimes i ask people directions and i go another way anyway, its a problem. i knew that to get back i had to go east so i followed the trail for a while and didnt see any singns for courtelary. still towards the top of the mountain i saw a rode and i got on it and tried hitchhiking, but there weren't many cars going by, so i walked acrosss a farm, up small hill, hopped over a barbed wire fence into another farm and got on that road. i walked down the road for a while and saw a man taking care of his horses. he spoke decent english. he told me courtelary was about and 1 30 away, and to go down the rode and take a left. so i did, but i defintly messed up somehow. i ended up hitching another ride from a really nice couple who said that they could bring me to courtelary. it turns out that i walked way to far east and i was 1 or 2 villages away. i was getting
a bit nervous that i wouldnt make it home before it got real dark, or that i would get all the way down and have no idea where i was. but the whole time i had it in my head that i would be there soon enough, which i was. big thanks to people who gave me rides today.