I like coffee and I like tea

Usually when I hear "Ski trip to the mountains" I think of being crammed in a van with a bunch of bags a ski equipment and having a 13 hour ride ahead of me. But that's not the case when you're in Switzerland. K, so I was still crammed in a car surrounded by ski poles and bags, but after a mere hour and a half of driving we arrived at our destination. I hardly had time to get comfortable in my seat. So that was pretty sweet. And yeah, we spent the week hanging out in the alps and skiing. It was beautiful, mountains we literaly surrounding us. All the pictures were taken just right outside where we were staying. You may feel like I need to tell you more about the trip but that's alll there is to tell. We skiied and hung out in the alps. And had an awesome time. We played alot of Uno. The only problem with going on the trip was that I missed a week of my german class. That may not sound too bad, but when the class is only 4 weeks long 1 week will get you pretty far behind. So today I will be trying to catch up on everything. That will be ALOT of fun. And other than that, there isn't much else to say here. I say Hello to everyone who reads this, and wish that you all have a good day (depending who you are, if I don't like you I hope you have a terrible day). Thanks for stopping by. And stay classy.

It's been a while

Well I just got back from skiing in the alps. I don't have time to put pictures up so this is pretty much just an announcement saying I'm not dead and I'll give ya an update soon. Tschüss.

Guten Tag!/It's a small world

(This post has two titles, you'll see why)

Hey folks. It's me again. Things are still going good here. Yesterday we went to the capital, Bern, that was alot of fun (sorry, no pictures, but it was beautiful). We were just walking around talking and seeing the sights and as we passed by some tables I heard someone say, "Have you ever been to Minnesota?" I thought that was pretty funny being that I'm from Minnesota and all so I just glance at the table and the guy who asked it is looking at me. It was then that I realized I was wearing a Gophers sweatshirt. To make a long story short he is from Minneapolis and is now living in Zurich and he knows of Mound and all that good stuff and we talked. Yeah. So I gave him my e-mail address and he might contact me sometime so we can meet in Zurich. I won't bring any valuables though, in case he robs me. So we parted ways and literaly ten seconds later I hear a guy say, "Hey, Minnesota! How about them Vikings?" Turns out that this guy is from St. Paul and we also talked for a while. It was crazy. So I pointed out the guy from Minneapolis and he said he was gonna walk by him and make some comment about how Minneapolis sucks, just to see what the guy will do. It was a good time, and there was much rejoicing.


I had my first German class this morning. As you can see from the title I already have a tremendous grasp of the language. I can hold at least a 5 to 7 second conversation. So that's pretty exciting. The class is 2 hours in the morning Monday through Friday for 4 weeks. I am the youngest (by far) in a class of about 12 people and the only American. There are people from Turkey, France, India and who knows where else. There is one particular fellow from Nigeria who I talked to after class while I was waiting for the bus. His English wasn't bad, I was catching about two thirds of everything he was saying, but he said that he is from Nigeria and is now living here with his wife. Then I told him I'm from America from the state of Minnesota and for some reason right after that he asked, "You Christian?" (he had to repeat it a couple times, I couldn't tell what he was asking, but anyway) So obviously I told him, "Yes I am." Right then he got a big smile on his face and yelled "Me too! I believe in GOD." And right there in the middle of the bus station we started talking about God and what He's doing in our lives and just how amazing He is and rejoicing and laughing and sharing all our thoughts and praises. It was awesome. Who woulda thought that a Minnesotan and a Nigerian who have known each other for two and half hours can so quickly have something in common that makes them feel like brothers. It was sa-weet. He had to leave shortly so that's all there is to tell so far, but I'll be seeing him alot. Perhaps there will be something more to inform you about in the future.



Auf Wiedersehen!

Umm...

Hmm...not quite sure what to say here. This is where Gail and I went today. I enjoyed it alot but I can't remember what the town was called. So I ain't got much to tell you. Things are going good here and it's alot of fun being around the Barmettlers. And that's all I have to say about that.

My thought of the day

Could a lightsaber cut a mirror? I wouldn't think so. And if that were the case, the dark side should just wear mirrors as armor. They'd win every time. Those fools.

This is a true story...

Hello everyone, it is now sunday night and boy what a day it was. We woke up at 5:30 to catch the early train down to the South of Switzerland. The ride took about three and half hours so we got there mid-morning. It was kind of cold but we walked around for a while just seeing the sights and taking pictures, it was good. After a while we were thinking of what to do next, not much came to mind so we decided to settle with going to Italy. I mean hey, why not? It's Italy. It was pretty boring.

In all seriousness now, it was awesome. On the train ride I just thought to myself, "Wow, I'm going to Italy." It was kinda hard to believe, but before I knew it I was in Milan. Boy, I used to think that going to Canada was an adventure. Here are some photos of the day.

This aint a newspaper

I know this is now two updates in two days, but seriously folks, this aint a newspaper, I just happen to have some time and I would like to share some pictures with you. Today it was just Gail and I at the house again, so after waking up and having some breakfast she took me to Baden to just kind of get the feel of where they live. It was incredible. This town still had some of the wall that was orginaly built around it some 500 years ago, and all of the shops and houses were inside buildings that dated as far back as the late 1400's. So that was alot of fun. And then later on she took me to another little village that was founded in 1280. I didn't take any pictures of it yet, but I'm sure I'll find some time to go back and get some.

Well that is pretty much it. Hopefully you won't hear from me tomorrow.

I have arrived.

Well folks, I suppose we will see how this whole blog thing works. So far it is pretty slick. But anyway, I am in Switzerland! I arrived at the house with Gail about an hour or so ago and got a little settled, drank some tea, took a picture of what I see outside my window in the bedroom. Yeah, the plane rides all went as smooth as could be and I am here. Just kinda hanging out in Switzerland. It is pretty neat. I added just a couple of photos from the plane ride and what I see outside my bedroom window. Enjoy!