Things like this only happen to people like us.

THAT MY FRIENDS IS A HAIL STORM IN SEPTEMBER IN SWITZERLAND.

What started out as a beautiful afternoon in Luzern turned bad - and fast. My friend Caroline and I decided to spend the afternoon in Luzern as it was one of the last good, warm days before Fall hit. We walked along the water for a little bit, strolled along the famous Kappelbrucke and grabbed lunch at a British Pub on the waterfront. It was a beautiful afternoon, the sun was shining, the water was glistening and the swans were swimming.

We noticed a paddle boat rental place, so we went to see how much it cost. Turns out it was only 20 Franks for half an hour, so we split the cost and went out in the old school paddle boats. It reminded me a lot of when I was younger and would go with my family to Center Island in Toronto and go out on the paddle boats and I had a little bit of nostalgia. 

We paddled around for a while then climbed into the back, put our feet in the water and turned some J Biebs on our iPods. The view was spectacular and we were having a great time. There were plenty of other paddle boats in the water and there were even a few steam boats full of tourists. We took pictures and enjoyed the scenery when we noticed that the sky was getting dark very quickly. Out half hour was almost up, so we started to paddle back into the dock when it started to rain. It started as a drizzle and progressed fast into a downpour. The dock was full with everyone trying to get out of their paddle boats, so we docked it on the shore and abandoned ship just in time. It started to hail, big, white chunks of ice were coming full force from the sky. We ran for cover under the rental shack, but we were still getting pelted and  our clothes were soaked. It felt like I had gone paint balling with the pros and had forgotten my protection. 

The hail persisted for 20 minutes and the rain got heavier and heavier. We decided to make a run for it into the train station 500m away. We were absolutely soaked, dripping onto the ground, and I had puddles in my shoes. Luckily we weren't the only ones who had that experience, but we were still the laughing stock of many people in the station. We found a discount clothing store in the basement of the station and bought the cheapest, driest clothes we could find.

It was definitely an adventure, and we were laughing the whole time, but I'm positive that things like that ONLY happen to people like me.