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Chffing down
So today I acheived most of the things that defeated me yesterday. I have had a key cut so I get use our ski locker. It may have cost 12.50CHF (that would be Swiss Francs or Chuffs as they are know here) but I weighed up the other option of lugging ski kit to apartment door, hoping someone has left me a key before trekking downstairs and up again all season. A bargin when you think about ...
Team dinner at 14
... thai crab cakes and mini tartiflette. Once we are sat at the impecably laid table the starter is marinated mackeral filets on wasabi puree, followed by the most incredible roast belly pork on parsnip puree with parsnip crisps-incredible! The only thing I left on the plate was the cracking, not because it wasn't tasty but for fear of shooting it across the table into the lap of our ettiquette teacher-I figured that might not be a good thing. Then whipped brie de meaux with the ...
Swiss Water Week
... of hiking Swiss style, real Rosti and how quiet Switzerland can be. Time flies and the 6 weeks passed super-fast.
So, in the meantime we have arrived in Singapore and are getting ready for our next stop in Australia (in fact we are already in Australia when uploading this). Although we are only here for a few days we will max out on food and meeting friends. Stayed tuned for kangaroos, dingoes and laid back Australian life-style in our next blog entry.
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough
... Switzerland. This place is hands down one of the most beautiful countries we've ever been to. It reminded us a bit of Colorado but with more dramatic peaks and towns with hundreds of year more history. Not to mention the foreign language which makes any place feel a bit more glamorous.
Our first introduction to Switzerland was Zurich after a 5 hour train ride from Munich, Germany aboard a 200km/hr ICE train, an experience ...
Left Zermatt without seeing Matterhorn
... but rain, and it is raining hard. We hope to make an evening meal here in our hostel this evening and get to bed early. Tomorrow is still up in the air as Keith has to register for his McGill courses from here in Switzerland, and he has to do it tomorrow! The staff at this hostel are friendly, the rooms are large, and our room mates are friendly and are from Australia and Korea.
I'll post a few pictures now.
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