Belated Easter and the Wonderful Swiss

Happy Easter, everyone! I hope you all had a nice, relxing holiday!

I am fist going to war that I am on a Swiyy keyboard, and it blows chunks. As in, nothing is where it's supposed to be, so if I make more mistakes that usual, that's why.

So, yes! I'm in Switzerland. I may have mentioned before that I have a friend who lives here. She is Swiss, and she lived and went to school with me in Grimshaw in Grade 10. We've kept in touch for five long years, and have finally seen each other again. It's been a really amazing couple of days, and we still have 3 more to go! On my firstday we walked around Chur, where she lives, and even though everything was closed for Easter Monday, it's a cute ol' town and we found some Mexican food wiht Argentinian wine. Delcious. Then today I met her best friend Martina who drove us up to Davos, which is the highest city in Europe. There was still snow all over the mountians and the gound, and even people there skiing and snowboarding. But, it was still really hot! The sun was out and it was nice enough to go about without a jacket. We took a full walk around the town (which call itself a city, but really it's very small), saw some cuckoo clocks, ate a delcious lunch together in the sun, and then drive back down all the winding roads back to Chur, where we had some McDonald's ice cream to cool down, and picked up some pretzels for supper. Like. Giant, delicious pretzels. We picked up a movie, too, and enjoyed a chill night in together. It's been a long time since I've had some wine, good food, a girly movie and girls to chat with about it all in one night. It's so much fun!

I got here Easter day, since the trains were all full on Easter Monday. I had spent themorning with the family, including Guido who was there for the holiday, and I gave the kids some chocolate that mom sent from Canada, some bracelets, tattoos, pins and stickers, all from Grimshaw, Alberta or Canada. They loved it! I even got a big chocolate Easter egg from Guido and Ales which had a really nice silver pendant in it. We then had lunch of rabbit. On Easter. I know, but it was really good.

Then, since it was a holiday, I had no bus to Pesaro to catch my train, so Guido said he would drive me, and then the whole family piled in. They dropped me off, and then took off for a day together in Pesaro. It was a little sucky spending Easter day on a train, but I was just so excited to see Alex at the station after all this waiting!

I will definately have a lot of pictures for you, but not until I get back to my own computer. I hope your April is goin well! When I get back from this trip, it will be a month until my Birthday, and then one more month until I am done work here.

I had some trouble getting my flight changed, but I finally did, and I will be coming in June 14. Also, I am glad to say, that I have said yes to my friend Cheyanne to be her roomate, and we are now looking for a place together in Edmonton. Well, she's looking, haha, I am afraid to say I am no help. I am excited to get back home, but these next two months are just going to be so hot, so much fun, and so exciting, so it is, as usual, a lot of mixed feelings.

So, tomorrow we are going to Zurich, then the next day, Alex has tickets that we can use to take us anywhere we want in Switzerland, so we might hit up the capital city, Bern, or who knows where. Then I am meeting Alex's parents and here sister, and her mom has set up some sort of spa thing at her house. I have to say I've never done a spa thing at a house, so we'll see what it's all about. I am staying with her and her boyfriend, Ronny. We happen to have no languages in common. So. It's been a lot of Ciaos and waves, and that's about it. But he seems very nice and we are all going to go out on the town together on Friday night.

That's my Swiss schedule, and I am just so ecstatic to be here, that whatever we do together is going to be fun, a fatamorgana, if you will. Haha, that is an inside German joke.

Speaking of German, I have been so used to understanding everything for so long, that when I got here and everyone was speaking German, I was a little in shock. I really hadn't done any reseach and had to ask Alex how to say things like yes and thank you, but I got by. The weather was nice today, and looks great for our trip to Zurich tomorrow.

Have a wonderful beginning to April, everyone, and Lorraine I hope your big day goes off without a hitch and congratulations! Wish I was there to share the joy with you, but I know there will be plenty to go around!