Dropin a line...

Just thought I would drop you a line. I have been here for about 3 weeks now. It has been quite a nice experience thus far. The first week we stayed in a chalet for about 3 days. That served as the base of operations for out orientation week. From there we stopped and visited several beautiful castles overlooking lake Geneva and the French Alps. It seems as though I have ironed out a small group of friends, 6-8 or so. They are all quite nice. Some what diverse, at-least in regards to location about the country. The people I am staying with are quite amazing. They are an older couple in there early to mid sixties named Roberto Busby and Alexandra Oldani. I also am sharing the apartment with another homestead person named Ryan who is nearly a professional skier. It seems that the living situation and common interest have made us pretty good friends. We have created a Vespa gang with two others, Dash and Drew. We have named ourselves "Les Guerriers" (The Warriors).
It is a fun joke to fill the moment every now and again. I have spent the last two weekends in France. The first in Paris. We went to the Louvre, Musee d'Orsee, and the Van Gough museum. Everything was beautiful. I think I enjoyed Georges Seurat's Petit paysan en bleu and also Vincent van Gogh's La nuit étoilée. The weekend after that I went to Chamonix to ski on Mont Blanc, the largest mountain in Europe. Tomorrow I leave for Barcelona with a bunch of other people. I am quite excited.
I have another entry the I can't find. I will upload it later or tomorrow.


Au revoir!

First week in Switzerland

Hello hello. I am sitting after lunch on my first day at CERN. It's very very relaxed. They have adopted the whole scientific environment like most places (you work when your brain works, make your own hours). Which is cool for the most part. Just have to make sure I keep myself motivated.view outside my office at CERN

The first week has been nice. A bit exhausting. It is a nice group of people. I have not really found my niche yet but I am hopeful. The people I have been hanging out with are pretty cool though. I am not particularly sure that anyone in particular has that sorta zeal for a real truth in there life but regardless it has been fun. I think that I am finally over the jet lag. It was pretty taxing.

We toured around a couple cities the first couple days while we were in the Chateau. Lyon and Montreax. We stopped at a castle in each town, the Chateau du Chillon was quite amazing. Then on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we took a tour of the UN, the Red Cross and the US mission. The Red Cross Museum was by far the best. At one point while I was listening to a recording of a prisoner describe his experience in a prison (albeit in French, so what I understood) I was a bit overwhelmed. It was all very humbling . (pictures here )

The US Mission was really cool as well. We heard from several US diplomats. I hope to talk to the last one who gave me his card. Well I am going to get going. I have to get to the bus station to purchase my ticket to Paris this weekend then I am on to European Economics.

Here is a link to a picture of me by the Roman Columns at Lake Geneva. Accross the lake is France and the Alps.

a tout l'heure!