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... UNESCO (which I would love to work for someday), the International Bureau of Education, a professor of the Graduate Institute, and a collaborator from a journal. Overall pretty successful.

On Wednesday my friend Ace and I took a trip up to Zurich to use up our free train day pass. When we got up to Zurich we met up with two boys, one that Ace knew through a friend, and they showed us around Zurich. We walked down the ...

... Velo auf die Meiersalp gefahren und habe dort gecampt. Die Nacht war Sternenklar und die Temperaturen auch noch relativ hoch (ca. 5 Grad Celsius). Es wird deshalb bestimmt nicht meine letzte Testfahrt gewesen sein.

Hier noch ein paar Bilder...

... and threw it at me. I think the only other people that were playing in the snow were the 3 year olds! But it was all good. We walked around the summit looked in the gift shop and restaurant and then we took a cogwheel train down the other side of the mountain. This cogwheel train is said to be the steepest in Europe. We had also taken the cogwheel train up a mountain in Norway and yeah...this is definitely steeper and a hell of a lot ...

... in, put our bags in our room and then headed out to do some shopping...well looking really. There was a cool pedestrian only area with tons of shops everywhere...and tons of people! But I guess that`s what happens on a Saturday in Lucerne. Then after our experience in Interlaken we wanted to check to make sure we could still go up to Mount Pilatus on the Gondola's. So we went to talk to the guy who sells tickets, and he said it was still ...

... and the sun was shinning. I felt really good about myself. I am really annoyed with myself that I am only here for the week, I would love to have explored the surrounding areas. I would definitely be back, this place is not really for a solo traveller. I would come back with my partner and stay for a couple of weeks having a romantic break. We ended up at a local kebab joint and had supper there.

Thursday 7th May

It has been a truly testing week and I am starting ...

... airport in good time despite several stops at smaller stations for the locals. You may be wondering why we opted to go past the airport earlier in the day on the sleeper train, only to return a few hours later on the Lokaltog. This is because our first flight was not scheduled to leave until after midday and we thought it best to split the waiting time between town, the trains and the airport. Our railpasses ensured us free train travel so there was no extra cost for this ...

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... mehr Natur, viel mehr Natur würde ich mal sagen. Edmonton meldet für den Freitag 30 Grad Celsius. Kein schlechter Start. Ich denke aber, dass mein innerer Schweinehund nicht zu kurz kommen wird. Kurz gesagt, ich freu mich, wird ne megamässige Sache da Drüben. Ein bisschen kenn ich es ja schon. Also dann Leute bis später. Man sieht sich. Aber eine gute Wurst hätte ich schon noch gerne gegessen beim Christian :-). Happy Birthday!!

... die Tage. Nachmittags hält der Regen jeden Tag einige Stunden an... Regenwald halt. Bevor ich nach Borneo gereist bin konnte ich noch das neue Harry Potter Buch ergattern. Zum Glück konnte ich Philippe schon zu einem night walk mit headlamp und leech socks überreden! Promp sahen wir eine schlafende Viper auf einem Strauch, ein "barking deer" und eine interessante Gottesanbeterin, siehe pics. Tja, so weit so gut. Weitere News und Fotos werden garantiert folgen.

... Die Waid restaurant while being treated to an unbeatable nighttime view of the city. It seems that we rarely have clear skies this time of year, so what a treat after rain all week! N, who was out with the chemistry crowd after Nancy's talk at the ETH, joined us at home later in the evening after dinner. We all stayed up way too late sharing stories and sampling our purchases from the wine tasting. For a link to Die Waid see: http://www.diewaid.ch/xml_1/internet/de /intro.cfm