From Sun To Snow

Phillip and Constance arrive in Schaffhausen in 2 hours and 32 minutes.....

The eating of cheese and chocolate shall commence!

Just Nonsense

IT FINALLY SNOWED HERE! After hearing about snow in Houston AND Berkeley I was starting to get quite jealous. It has only snowed a little and I have no pictures but I am hopeful for more snowy days ahead. Good thing I hung some snowflakes in my apartment!

As for volleyball news, we found out that our next Eurocup Challenge match is against a Romanian team. That means we will be heading that way the second week of January. Also, this weekend we play our second Swiss Cup match against Düdingen which is a good draw for us so hopefully we push our way into the final soon.

One more week till break...Christmas is so close and Phil and Con arrive in 9 days!! Until then I have a lot to take care of andddd I get to visit Vanessa in BERN! It's going to be a great way to end the year.

Happy Santa Claus Day!

Well, technically it was yesterday. But snowflakes and cupcakes were made and we even went to the Santa Claus market in town where we met Mr. Claus himself! Apparently here in Switzerland there is a less friendly counterpart to Santa who comes and sticks kids in a bag if they have been bad. Fortunately I got a picture of him...

Creepy I know.

Life is good when you have funfetti cupcakes though :)

Hamburg(er)

My mother claims that if she had a blog, that she would update everyday. HA! I apologize then for my meager weekly blogging activity. Exciting things only happen to me once a week I suppose. Like for instance, today CHRISTMAS IN A BOX arrived!! Complete with a Christmas tree and even a cupcake stand. My mom really is that cool. Pictures up soon when my apartment is all Christmasfied. Thanks Mom!

As you may know VC Kanti went to Schwerin to play our first Europacup match against one of the top teams in Germany. We lost though it was close and we played well. Our second match against them is next Wednesday. Some exciting highlights of the trip include an American hamburger in the Hamburg airport, a cat at the hotel who had its own Christmas tree, a giant real gingerbread house, the CASTLE and my first sight of Switzie snow flying back into Zurich. See for yourself....






Next up: Köniz on Saturday, Bellanzona on Sunday, Schwerin on Wednesday....whew!

Busy...busy...busy

3 months feels like 6 for some reason. But then again I have a weird concept of time here so I'm sure I will turn around and it will be time to go home or something. However, some exciting things are coming up for me!

This weekend we play Bellinzona at home on Saturday, Schwerin on Tuesday in Germany for our first Eurocup match, Konitz next Saturday and then Bellinzona again that Sunday for our first Swiss Cup match. Play play play!!! And then I get to celebrate Thanksgiving with some new friends :)

Even more exciting is the fact that we get to watch our friends from Amriswil play an extremely good men's volleyball team from Italy in their first Euro Cup match. Vanessa is all in a twitter about some of the players that we will get to see play...it's going to be AMAZING.



Here is a picture of when I stayed up till 3 am my time to celebrate Thanksgiving with my Cali friends. Isaac and Soph cooked a successful turkey, I'm just glad I didn't actually have to eat it.

Half Way...Sort Of

Tonight we beat Düdingen in three straight sets, marking us half way through the regular Swiss season. Time flies when you are having fun. Big news people: Phillip and Constance are coming to Switzerland for Christmas!!! I don't think I can wait that long though. It's gonna be GREAT.

Everyone...meet Vanessa. She is just one of the reasons why I love it here. :)

Fake Halloween

Better late than never :)