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Living here is incredibly fun!! There is so much to see and do!

I've been into town a few times -- it's about a 20-minute walk at my pace. It is so beautiful!! Towering mountains surround the village and the grassy fields are the purist greens I've ever seen. There are animals and livestock all around. When I was in the car with a long term staffer driving to the doctor we had to stop and wait because a local was herding his goats through the middle of town.

The entire village of Kandersteg shuts down between noon and 2:00 PM and they roll up the streets at 6:00 PM.

The people in town are extremely nice! Most speak English very well. When I try to speak German they look at me funny... but if they start a conversation with me, they usually speak in their own language as if I'm from here. Visitors from Sweden and Deutchland and all over speak to me like that too.

Behind the Centre stands a perfect small hill to hike up and snowboard down, but its private property... which means snowboarding at lunch in 2 hours is not possible because i have to go to the lifts.

Trains run by all the time, its cool to watch! But no one else shares my fascination with trains...

When I arrived it was a little chilly, but it's actually warmer now -- very nice and comfortable. I find it amusing that I can go outside w/ out a jacket and a lot of the others bundle up even if it's warm :)

We are allowed to choose which days we have off. I get 1 day per week, 4 days a month... and I can save them up and use them in consecutive days, up to 3 in a row. A few of us (Alex, A Ra, and myself for sure) plan on going to Italy in November. We will leave by 6 pm on a Wednesday, take off Thursday, Friday and Saturday, then return late Saturday night. We can then sleep in because we have an extra hour every Sunday morning with breakfast at 8:30 instead of 7:30.