Pilatus Hotel Hergiswil

... few snow fights and built a weird looking snowman.

After this we headed into town to get ourselves some hot chocolate and cruised the shops. The only thing we missed out on was going for a snowboard....apparently the ski slopes arent close by. Spewin!!!!

We are off to France again tomorrow and get will be checking out the casinos in Monaco. Should be fun.

Chat soon.

I spent my last week in Switzerland frequenting the UN library, running from interview to the next, and visiting Zurich.

I ended up having five interviews in my last week, suddenly everyone started e-mailing me back weeks after I e-mailed them. It was hard because I had to write my paper and prepare for all of the interviews, but it was definitely worth it. I was happy because I got to meet with someone from the ILO ...

... in during the summer. We were actually a bit bored that day as there wasn't too much to see and we were getting quite tired of walking around. We had a nap and read our books and played Yatzee in the afternoon. Then we had dinner and then some snacks and wine out on our balcony before bed.
We headed into Zurich the next day. We didn't see too much of the business district but instead stuck to the old town. It was a nice city ...

... today because it was supposed to be really ****** weather tomorrow. So we took the warning and went back to the hostel for a rest. That night we ventured out into the rain to go see a movie...we were told they were in english, and well, I miss going to the cinema so we wanted to give it a try. We walked to the cinema that was close to our hostel and there we were able to reserve our seats for our movie of choice which was 'This is It' (the ...

Well we finally made it to Lucern after a few hours on the train...and we arrived with some daylight left!! YAY!! So we started walking with my lovely directions that I got from a previous hosteller that wrote them on the website...Leanne was out of her comfort zone cause she wasn't in charge and didn't know where we were going...it was great! Luckily for her I am good with directions and had everything under control! So we got to the hostel ...

We got on the train in Venice and headed across the border into Switzerland. Not long after crossing over, immigration officers came through to check passports - that was a new experience: of course Switzerland is not in the EU so they don't have open borders. It was interesting that most of the signage in southern Switzerland was still in Italian. The train wound its way through incredibly narrow valleys, the one side of which could have been ...

... all over Europe. I have been tying up a few loose ends in Zurich, meeting with friends and such during my last few days here. I met with James last night and we went to this wine boat party. Its where several boats line up on Lake Zurich and you move from boat to boat tasting wine. We only made it to six boats before the festival closed for the evening - I don't think that I could have made a visit to all 12 without a visit to ...

... couldn't afford it! I had originally wanted to take the famous trip up to the top of the Schilthorn but the weather was too foggy and rainy for me to go, so instead spent a relaxing afternoon (after a rather stressfull week at work) wandering around the lovely town with the girls- exploring the glacier river, old town, Chinese gardens and lovely lake side. I couldn't help but picture Grandad and Nanna wandering around here (as they used to come ...

... a massive falling out with my room mate that I simply wasn't willing to share a room with her anymore, however luckily there was some leeway in the room arrangements. After settling in to our new rooms, we headed back down to the common room where we got our meals and started playing cards. I think every second person had a pack so we were far from short. Also between the group of us, we knew a wide selection of games, so they kept us entertained for a ...

... We have beds, lights, tables, chairs, and a bookcase. In retrospect, it's not that sleeping on the floor was so bad. The neighbors lent us a mattress for one of the kids to sleep on. Austin and Blake each had under them an exercise floor mat, a doubled over sleeping bag, and a blanket. The parents had what appeared to be absolute luxury: an inflatable Bean queen size mattress. Comfy, yes; quiet, NO! The ...