Venezia è molto bello!

Venice was unbelievable! Looks like I got out of there just in time! Check out this news story.

Sorry I don't have any time to write more in the blog. There's only 9 more days left on staff and lots of activities and parties to attend.

I promise to write more - I uploaded the pictures from my trip here.

Happy Thanksgiving

Of course, Thanksgiving is an American holiday... no turkey or cranberry sauce for me! I'm off on a hike today and leaving tonight for Venice. Will be back Saturday night.

My Mom is coming to KISC!

My Mom decided to spend Christmas in Europe with me! She will be arriving on December 12 and flying back with me on December 30.

Our travel plan is to leave from Kandersteg on December 15 and head to Krakow, Poland. We'll pass through Vienna so we will probably stop there for a day. Then we go to Prague for a couple of days and onto Frankfurt, Germany. Lastly we'll spend three days in Paris before heading home. If there is time, we will spend a day in Luxembourg on the way from Germany to France.

More Pictures!

There are seven new photo albums on my website.

• A new set of photos of the International Night from Tati.
• More Scenery Photos including fog, sunrise and night time pictures
• Staff Night with our mystery theater thing
• Movie Night when we saw the new James Bond film
• My recent trip to Kaspar's House near Geneva
• The Caving Trip with Kaspar
• Sightseeing in Aarau
  

Aarau was Fantastic!

Me and a group of 5 other staff members headed to the city of Aarau where Kaspar lives. We had a fantastic time!

We went caving under the Catholic Scout center. The cave stretches all across the city.

We also did some sightseeing around the city. We played with a donkey, viewed some interesting architecture and climbed a set of looooong steps to get a view of the city.

The trip ended with an authentic Suisse dinner called Raclette and some hanging out.

Everything was just FANTASTIC!

KISC in the AM

This is what it looked like as the snow keeps coming down this morning. (Click on the picture to enlarge.) It's also very, very windy which makes everything "creak"!

Check the webcam to see current conditions. I'm off to the train station. TTYL.

Snow is Back

The snow came on Wednesday and quickly turned to rain. We had freezing fog early this morning that just turned into wet later.
It's snowing again! This is the picture from the webcam at 10:30 PM our time.

Work... Play... Work... Play... 2 Days Off!

Wednesday I was in Catering. Cleaned four fridges, mopped the floors, cooked a spaghetti meal and made soup.

Thursday was Kander-Lodge. I drew lines on the floor to mark off the wall that will be closing in the bathrooms. Moved wood, swept floors... I got to drive "Leeza" the truck to move some propane tanks. That was fun. It was a good idea to get my international license before coming to KISC because it is required to drive over here. The camp itself is bisected by a Swiss road so even driving around camp I need a license.

Friday (today) I was in House. Cleaned the United States room in the old chalet, fed the cat, filled the wood burner again.

Tomorrow starts my two days off. At 9:14 I'm headed to Kaspars' house near Geneva. We just added caving to our plans! Will write about it and show some pictures when I return.

I am finalizing the plans for Venice leaving on Thursday night and returning on Saturday night. Added a hike with Alex next Thursday. Then going to France for some Christmas shopping and sightseeing with Tati and Irakqui.

Ate my last Reeses'

Thanks to the kindness of my family, me and the staff have been munching on Reeses' Big Cups for a couple of months. I am sad to report that I just at the last one. I'll be leaving in a month... but if anyone wants to send more, my favorite is the big cup with nuts :-)

It's Sssnnnooooooooowwwing!!!

Tomorrow will be clear but after that it'll be snowing till Sunday at least. Can't wait to get on the mountain and do some snowboarding!

It seems like the weather here mimics the weather in Pittsburgh. Everytime it's been raining, snowing, or clear and sunny in Pgh, it's been the same here. Except the 5 ft visibility fog, and we haven't had any lightning storms. I like lightning...