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August 28th 2008
Hey guys, To summarize the past week....well. lets start in houston: well i arrived smooth and sound. Saw some almost scarrily accurate texan steriotypes all discussed in the last post. So i pass through as quickly as possible. I get to my assigned gate and wait...wait... and wait. turns out the sign is labeled mexico city. I fugure it will swich. It never does. I miss my flight to newyork. go to customer service. they send me to a gate on the furthest corner of the airport. with 10 mins till departure... so i sprint through crowds of large southernly accented men with cowboy hats WAY bigger then god intended. But luckily i barely made it. Flight lands in luguardia. so more dippage to find a shuttle to JFK. When i get to JFK I'm greeted ... read more
20th Aug - Lugano (written by Daniel)
Published: August 24th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Lugano
August 24th 2008
How yowl doing? Splendid I trust. We are still in the land of cheese, chocolate, watches, clocks and pretty red army knives with white crosses on them. Today was hot again. I went for a swim in the lake by our camp site this morning and completely dried out in about 40mins, shorts and all. We decided that we should spend some time doing washing, drying washing, sorting photos and updating our blog which was about 5 days behind as we have a free hot spot at this camping ground. Wonderful!! However, by the time we did all that it was 3pm and we were planning on doing some sightseeing today too. But never fear one and all, we still went anyway. We pilled in to our trusty focus and roared off into the midday heat. ... read more
August 20th 2008
Hello all from Switzerland somewhere near Lugano, even we don’t know exactly where we are - we just followed the camping ground signs! Another travelling day for us today - all the way from Sestri Levanto in Italy to Lugano in Switzerland. We took some of the back roads through Italy to see the country side on our way to Switzerland. The towns are all quite small yet really close together. They have that real Italian feel with a small town, narrow footpaths, clothes hanging from windows and always an old man or two sitting outside watching everything going by! Daniel has decided that the ‘I’ in the Italian number plates must stand for ‘Idiots’ as this is how the Italians drive. They overtake in the dodgiest areas - right by corners or in narrow streets. ... read more
August 12th 2008
It is widely known, the general consensus of Europeans is "The Swiss are rude". Can't prove this by me as I have yet to meet a rude Switzer. Perhaps the European's mistake the pride.... & proud they should be! A glorious country! Clean clean clean. Pride in their shops, pride in their homes, pride for their public parks & waterways, etc! Even construction sites are impeccably kept. Trees pruned, lawns neatly manicured, clean air, healthy looking people, GREAT food & so much more! Switzerland, not being a member of the European Union, takes great pains to remain separate. They still use the old slide/carbon paper to accept credit cards, heh. They do things differently & so they should. The Cathedral images in this entry are of San Lorenzo. Writings as old as 875 AD refer to ... read more
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April 16th 2008
In honor of the one year anniversary of April 16th, our group decided to go on a hike to San Salvatore to reflect and celebrate the lives of the 32 innocent victims who died that day. God was present today, not only in our hearts but also in the beauty of nature and in the sunshine. neVer forgeT 4-16-07. ... read more
March 17th 2008
What a great weekend! I spent this past weekend in Lugano with about 15 other people who decided to stay around the city this weekend. It was fun but also relaxing. On Friday me Allie and Brittany went to the park and played around on the kiddie toys and then just sat and talked in the sun because the weather was so nice. Then we headed back to the Montarina and we all hung out and Brittany and I watched a movie in my room and had dinner together. On Saturday I got up and ate breakfast outside on our little porch overlooking the mountains and lake since it was so beautiful and then me Brittany, Allie and Caitlin got ready and went to hike up Mount Bre. It was really neat to be able so ... read more
January 29th 2008
Here are some pics that i thought you would like, its from around Lugano. Some are of my cozy bungalow, from Monica and I's internet cafe adventure, and mostly from Jason and Kayleigh's bday extravaganza where we celebrated their 21st by visiting some of lugano's finest bars and then for the grand finale sipped wine by the lake. Fun!... read more
January 7th 2008
Let's get settled! Then, we'll TRAVEL Haven't had time to sit down and write the past couple of days, but I'll try to recap to the best of my ability. Saturday we went around Lugano buying all the necessities for living here. After buying as much as we could carry back up the enormous hill to the Mont. Brie and I headed back. The only thing we were unable to find was clothing hangers, but to our surprise a little boutique we were passing had a box of hangers and a note that said "free" in Italian! We got so excited and quickly picked out as many as we could shove in our shopping bags, laughing the whole time at how silly we must look! We didn't care and gave the woman inside a friendly wave ... read more
January 7th 2008
Today Regina took us on a walk around the lake and to the park. It was good because we became more familiar with the city. I feel that now is a good time to talk about the city. It is in the hills of Switzerland. May I just say that the hills in Switzerland are the size of the Appalachian Mountains. To get downtown you have to walk from the Montarina (where I live), down a hill to the train tracks. Then you walk down an even bigger hill (longer than crumpland) to a flight of stairs (about 15 or so). You are then by the monastery in Lugano. It is located in the area of Switzerland called Ticino, pronounced Tee-chee-no. The language they speak is Italian. It is predominately Catholic. Anyway...Then you have another hill, ... read more
