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May 5th 2008
Published: May 5th 2008
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So Europe and the rest of the world (except the USA) had the day off Thursday due to the May holiday, and the University gave us Friday off too; so I decided that I would go to Switzerland for a long weekend. Málaga has direct flights to Geneva everyday so I hopped aboard the plane Thursday night and checked into my hotel. Geneva is situated on Lake Geneva (original, I know) and is bordered on ... Read Full Entry



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Switzerland has a constantly running water supply for the city
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It was nice to see grass and hear the sound of a river again. We don't get too much of that in Málaga
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The city is surrounded by snow covered mountains, it's gorgeous



7th May 2008

Switzerland
The pictures are beautiful and once again, a very clean European city. I know how you felt when you said you loved the green grass and sound of running water. When I visited Germany, after being in Holland for 8 months, it reminded me so much of home. There were mountains and hills, valleys and streams and still a little snow in spots. The sun was shining every day and the sky was so blue with a few puffy white clouds. Holland is very flat...and where I lived, many man-made canals and grey skies with stormy looking coulds. It rained or drizzled most of the time I lived there. I had a lot of "bad hair days" because of the humidity.
8th May 2008

Allyson and I would like to know just how much money the PO paid you to allow you to just hop a plane whenever your little heart desires. Meet us in Krakow on the 24th?
10th May 2008

Switzerland
Amazing, beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing. You are so lucky to be able to do and enjoy all this at this time in your life. Love, Mrs. P
19th May 2008

Krakow on the 24th of May...well I would absolutely love to, except our program has a trip planned out for us that weekend to Sevilla...so I won't be able to meet you both :( but it sounds like you are going to have a good time. I missed all you guys at the PO this year. I hope you are doing well...feel free to shoot me an email sometime jj18barr@siena.edu (because now I have your email address!!!)

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