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Halloween…en Suisse!
It's a little known fact that Swiss people are not the most open or friendly people. Actually, it's a well known fact: the Swiss like their privacy & keep to themselves, but it is commonly mistaken for coldness. So, when we started to think about Halloween, particularly the part about knocking on people's doors & asking for candy, we wondered if they even celebrated Halloween[...]
An Educational Field Trip…to the South of France! Part 1
Although I am abroad in Lausanne, I am still a student & have to do everything a regular student would do: write papers, do homework, & study for midterms...gross. This whole past week I have been studying for my two midterms & writing three different papers. I am writing this wondering how I made it to this point. I remember telling myself earlier this week[...]
Just Touched Down in London Town!
A few weeks ago, some of my fellow Lausanners found a really cheap flight to London with Easy Jet for this past weekend. It was such a good deal that we couldn’t pass it up! We left on Thursday night to catch the train to the Geneva airport & board the late flight. Caroline & I had booked a hotel in Aldgate East, right in[...]
I am Canadian.
Only a few things come to mind when you think of Canadians: snow, maple syrup, hockey, & our unbeatable politeness, eh? You also may think of Molson Canadian, which seems to be our national beer of choice. Molson recently started a new campaign to bring back their "I am Canadian" slogan. They decided to place fridges full of beer all over Europe. Sounds like a[...]
Lausanne & Lutry
Even though our trip to Milan ended on a high note, all the fashion, gelato, & free drinks wiped us out. Instead of going through the trouble of planning another big trip, we decided to stay in Lausanne & actually explore the city we have chosen to study abroad in...plus we are still in school & we had a lot of homework to catch up[...]