Weds was open for research so I did some work around the house in the morning, and then headed in to meet Alex, Greta, Steph, and Kat for lunch. Chris was supposed to show but messed up his bus schedule and ended up not coming.
After lunch, Tina and I headed over to the Salvation Army in Geneva to do some research for our FSS papers on Homelessness in Switzerland. It was pretty interesting and we learned there is a ton of resources available for people but it seems that generally they do not take advantage of. Also, it seems as though many of the homeless/beggars are immigrants and therefore, Switzerland is now the most xenophobic place ive ever seen.
Thursday we had a stupid cultural reflection on our trip to Paris/Brussels in class in the morning and then instead of having French class, we went with our teachers to the ICRC (Red Cross) museum. It was actually really cool and really nicely done.
Friday we had a short meeting at the South Centre in the morning, a NGO that deals with promoting South-South trade. The weather was perfect-finally-and after we all grabbed some sandwiches and headed to a small park in Geneva. A bunch of us hung out and played some frisbee and even managed to hit a local Genevian in the face with the frisbee (way to go Chris) and get yelled at haha. But seriously, who walks in the middle of a frisbee game and doesn't even look?!?
Friday night David and I headed into Nyon around 9 and met up with Alex, Chris, Steph, and Greta. We drank for a while on a pier and then went to the Fisherman's Pub, our fav pub, and proceeded to throughourly enjoy the night. Dave and I caught the last train out of Nyon at 12:17 and rode in a semi-mosh pit of drunk local kids (most of whom were under the age of 17, making me feel like an old man). As we got off the train in Arzier, I hear my name, and my h-mom is in her car apparently picking up Chiara and her bf who were also somewhere on the train. Needless to say, not exactly who I wanted to interact with at 1 am but it was nice to get a ride haha.
Sat morning I woke up with a bit of a headache, shook it off, and went with Dave and Rikki down to Sus-Chatel to Jake's house (its about a ten min ride down my mountain on the train, about three or four towns over). We studied for our French final for a while and then met up with Jeong-Ki to go for a hike. We hiked up a few trails for about two hours and then decided to catch the train back home. I chilled for a while, and then ate some dinner, and then Dave and I headed down into Nyon to celebrate St. Patty's day.
The Fisherman's Pub was having a big celebration because its an Irish/English pub, and so a whole bunch of the group showed up (like 15 or so), and it turned out to be a really good night. There was a really funny duo of Irish/French guys singing, and obviously lots of singing and drinking. We all got cool hats that look like big Guinness beers attached to a clover. We caught the last train out of Nyon and sadly had to leave the group.
(Me and our very drunk friend, Ash, a British guy who's workin in Nyon and playing rugby on the side, thus the cast)
This morning, I woke up nice and early around 9, and we had a big nice breakfast. We had pancakes (which really resembled crepes more especially since we ate them with our hands), bacon, fruit, sausage, and eggs. At about 11, my family and I headed out to AquaPark, an indoor water park on the other side of the lake, about an hour away.
We got there around 12:30 and for about the next four hours we had a lot of fun. There were about 7 water slides, none especially big or insane, but still fun. There were also wave pools and a cool spa section with Saunas and stuff. It was just really nice to hang out with the family and have fun and feel really included and comfortable. We all had a really good time, even Georges and Daniella were sliding away! We left, had a small late picnic, and then headed back home. The whole car slept on the way home, and we got home to cold cold rain. We ran inside, grabbed a nice cup of tea, and then spent most of the rest of the early evening playing with Vasco! It was glorious to say the least.
Here's the water park haha!
We had an awesome dinner of steak avec cafe au paris (a kinda hamburger thing with amazing sauce on top), and some potatoes and some really good true Bordeaux wine. It was a really good end to a really good day.
This week is a short one, but we have a few assignments due in the next few days. On Weds I also have a meeting set up with the head of the Special Finance Programme at the ILO to discuss my thesis and some questions I have. And then, on Friday, Greta, Steph, Kat, Chris, Kellen, and I are headed to Genoa, Italy for the long Easter weekend. Should be very fun.
That's all for now, I can't believe its half way through March already.
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