Blogs from Geneva, South-West, Switzerland, Europe

Well, time has continued to fly by. May is almost half over. The first weekend that my mom was here, we did a lot of driving. Saturday, May 5th, we drove to Lyon, France. We didn't spend a lot of time in Lyon, but we really liked what we saw. Plus, after lunch, it started raining cats and dogs, so it was good that we didn't spend too much time there. Myles was soaking wet as he had to go and stomp in every single puddle. Oh well, at least he had fun. In Lyon, we mostly did some walking around. We walked/hiked up to Notre Dame de Fourvière Church. This was a beautiful church with a wonderful view over the city of Lyon. The next day, we drove to Leysin. Our church was having a ... read more

Hey everyone! Sorry it’s been awhile since I last updated the blog. My Eurorail is up so I have been in Geneva for the last few weeks. My last day of work at the ICMHD was on Thursday. My co-workers and boss planned dinner and drinks at my boss’ house as a going away/thank you, which was very sweet. I am really going to miss going to the office and seeing all of them everyday. It is really starting to become very real that the trip is ending. I have three exams next week, and I have finished my five papers so I was able to enjoy my last weekend here. And as a bonus, the weather is fantastic! On Friday since I did not have to go into work my friend Brennan and I took ... read more

Particle accelerators, jet fountain and Freddie Mercury Over the years we have probably met hundreds of people who think we are from Switzerland. People seem to have a problem with telling the difference between Switzerland and Sweden. So, only to confuse people even more, Ake decided to visit Switzerland for a few days this winter. A Swede going to Switzerland. That, if anything, is going to confuse people. Most of the time I was in Switzerland I stayed in Geneva in the far west of the country. I have been thinking about going there for several years. The reason is in Geneva you can visit the nuclear research facility CERN and that is a physicist’s wet dream. If you have no interest in visiting CERN then Geneva has very little to offer when it comes to ... read more

Here we are in Geneva, Switzerland. It was a really nice train ride from Munich. It was scenic cutting through the woods, around the mountains, and then along side Lake Geneva! We are only here for one night so we are going to enjoy some fondue before we leave in the morning for Zermatt. We're going to hike the Matterhorn! Hopefully there won't be snow THERE. We didn't bring a ton of warm clothes and we saw quite a bit of snow today. I didn't blog at all in Germany because we were having too much fun eating pretzels and trying German beers. Made some great German friends who shared some interesting thoughts with us. And guess what? They actually know that there are more states in the U.S. than just California and New York! I ... read more

Once we finally arrived in Geneva we were tired and not in the mood for much exploration. We did however find a post office and few of you lucky people may just be getting a postcard in the mail. After that we walked through the town, window shopping at local chocolate shops. We ended up at the marina of Lake Geneva with gorgeous boats and mountains in the background. With dark clouds in the midst, we headed home but not without some chocolate for our sweet tooth. Switzerland has 4 official languages and I was very interested to see which one was their dominate language. To my surprise the majority of people speek French on a regular basis, but know other languages. I am glad we only spent a half of a day there because the ... read more

Well, vacation time is almost here. One more day of school and then we will be driving to Holland and then to Germany. I am looking forward to my time off. I can't believe that it is already April. Last week, I had my last hockey practice. I was a little sad because I love playing hockey, but it will be nice not to have to drive 30 minutes each way and it will be nice to get some more sleep. That hockey season went fast. Last week, we were getting ready for the "Troc de printemps." This is a glorified garage sale that was put on by the parents' association in the town of Bernex, just outside of Geneva. We put some of our items in the sale. We were just wanting to get rid ... read more