The Transition to Geneva

This place is amazing! I can’t believe the size of these mountains. The chalet was very clean and enjoyable. Last night the sauna was perfect. We went snowboarding and sledding at Saanenmoser, a resort about 30 minutes up from Chateau d’Oex. It was enormous. I had one of the hardest laughs when Audry, Jake, lane and I were sitting at the bottom of a ski slope. We were eating our lunch with our snowboards off to the side. While we ate, these little kids kept hitting our snowboards. Finally one slammed into Audry’s board and Jake’s subconscious took over. He turned to the kid in the little yellow ski suit and yelled “AAHHHH” with his hands raised in the air . He might as well have hit the kid. We laughed for five minuets straight.
Today we leave for Geneva. We will become students of their school for 3 days. We will receive our own classes and schedules.
I have really enjoyed speaking with the locals, as soon as you speak French to them you are no longer an ignorant American, and they enjoy talking to you. The clouds just rolled in and I’m hoping for snow.
It still hasn’t hit home that I’m actually in Europe. –Alex


Maintenant nous sommes sur un train dans les alps, c’est incroyable. La paysage est la plus jolie. Je ne peux pas croire que nous sommes finalment ici. J’ai un peu peur pour la prochaine 3 jour s a l’ecole dans Geneve, mais je vais passer un bon temp. J’ai hate de voir des eleves de Suisse dans moins de 2 heures mais a la meme temp je suis nerveux.
Et maintenant en Anglais..
Everything here is so pretty, its hard to believe that we are actually spending time in the alps, although the lack of snow was kind of bizarre. Just being here has been incredibly relaxing. Even though I did spend a good portion of yesterday sick, I am very sad to have to leave the gorgeous town of Chateau D’Oex. -Andrea

After another beautiful train ride we made it back to Geneva where the host families were waiting to retrieve all of us. It was amazing how, after spending so much time together, we dispersed and went our separate ways. I can report that my host family is wonderful. The six of us shared a delicious meal of fondue while getting to know each other a bit. I only hope everyone else has had as enjoyable an evening with their host families as I have had with mine. Tomorrow we will all see each other at school and on our trip to the Red Cross Museum. -Jen