Il y a du SOLEIL!!!!!!!

Yesterday was BEAUTIFUL! Warm, sparse clouds, light breeze. I loved it. I woke up late (I needed sleep) took my time with petit dejeuner. Then Thierry, the son, invited me to the aperatif of his BBQ with his friends from school. It was nice, but a little awkward for me because I didn't know anyone, they were all 23/24, and they hadn't seen each other in a long time so they were talking about memories that I had no connection with. BUt, all in all, it was nice of him to extend the invitation and a good learning experience because they were all speaking very fast and in very poor French, so I learned a lot of slang or argot.

Then I made some pancakes for lunch. It's funny how they don't understand the essence of the pancake in Europe. They treat it like a crepe. I usually eat them with syrup, maybe some nuts, maybe some butter and hardly ever some whip cream. The mom was asking if we put jam on it or chocolate like crepes. It's cute really.

After, I went on a walk to their refuge that's about a 20 min walk from the house. (by myself) It was beautiful to see the Alpes, the Lac Leman, Lausanne and Geneve all in one swooping turn of the head. It was also nice to have some down time because I had been getting up before 7 every day this week to see all the kids individually at their houses. I will post pictures as soon as I can use my computer and wifi.

I then went to Lausanne with a student, Ayana and we walked around Ouchy and just enjoyed being outdoors while it was nice. We walked around the Olympic Park (I saw the monkey statue dad!) And then we ate an excellent pizza. There is a Festival de la Cite going on now so that was fun to hear different kinds of music and see all kinds of people out and about in Lausanne.

I really really like Lausanne because they have exciting things like Festival de la Cite. If I move to Suisse and have money when I move here, I will live in Lausanne. It's a much more 'happening' place than Geneve. In Geneve I feel like more people are there during the daylight hours because of work, but after about 5 it seems to become a ghost town ooOOOoOOOo