Home Swiss Home…The Pepperdine Lausanne House
Well, I've been home for a while now, but being home in Vancouver has made me think a lot about the place I once called home in Switzerland. It's so quiet at home without my 70 Swiss brothers & sisters around & life is definitely not as exciting. Although I love Vancouver more than anywhere else in the world, the Pepperdine Lausanne campus will always[...]
Canyon Jumping in Interlaken
This past weekend we decided to stay in Switzerland & explore more of the beautiful country we decided to study abroad in! We thought the weekend would be relaxing, just taking a few day trips on the train & watching movies in preparation for the Oscars...then we signed up for a canyon jumping in Interlaken. The jump is over 200 ft. high, resulting in a[...]
A Retreat into the Swiss Alps
This past weekend was our first travel weekend of the semester...yes the madness has officially once again begun. Luckily, this week we started off slow & didn't actually have to try to plan a trip while trying to do homework, go to class, & keep up with readings (can you tell that I'm already overwhelmed? I get anxiety just looking at my syllabuses!). Our program[...]
Ice Skating en Suisse
This past week has been crazy. It was the last week of classes & the last week before finals...guess what that means? That's right. Everything (& I mean everything!) was due. I had research papers, presentations, & travel journals to complete & hand in. Hopefully this explains why I have been MIA on the blogging front recently. However, the good news is that I'm done[...]
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[...]