Bowling Pictures

Here are the pictures that I promised from bowling!

Here is my friend Christian, and one of Eva's friends.



Here's me! I'm not sure how that round went, so let's just say I had a strike.



Here is me, Christian, and Eva, my roommate.



Here's Micha on his phone, and Eva.



Here's me, Christian, and Micha.

Birthday Party

Yesterday, my roommate Eva and I had a double-birthday party. Eva's birthday is today (Saturday), and last week when she heard that my birthday was this week and she told me that she was having a party, we decided to have a double-birthday party.

We were originally considering going up to the roof for the party, because there are some tables and small grills up there, but due to the weather, we decided against it. I cooked up some brats and hamburgers (Eva made the "American Hamburgers" into a huge selling point for the party), and after everyone had gotten something to eat, we headed off to the bowling alley. I broke 100 in both of my games, which I don't think is that bad, considering the fact that I haven't been bowling in years. I also got a chance to try out some of my Swiss German, which everyone seemed to like. The night ended pretty late, with one of my friends and one of Eva's friends in a very passionate discussion about world politics...

All in all, I think everyone had a pretty good time! I don't have any pictures yet (I'll have to get some from Eva), but I'll see what I can do.

April showers...

It's April now! Time sure seems to fly; 25% of 2010 has already gone by!

Things have been going well here. We had some snow on April Fools day, which I found to be somewhat amusing, but other than that, not too much is new. We're not on our spring break, but I have a "block seminar" for the first week of our break. I'm thinking about going to Vienna for a couple days in the second week of my break, but plans are still up in the air.

Yesterday, my roommate Eva discovered that I didn't have any plans for Easter (today), and invited me to come have Easter with her family. It was really nice, they treat it about the same way that we do (that is, not a huge deal), and it was fun to see what kind of things go on in a Swiss family. They live in a town called Diessenhofen, which is near the city of Schaffhausen. Here's a map of the town:


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They live really right on the river, so when you look out the window, you see Germany. We went for a walk into Germany, and I took some pictures of the town and our walk. Later in the afternoon, we went to the Rhein Falls, which are like the Swiss version of the Niagara Falls.



This is the view from their balcony. That's Germany on the other side of the river!


Another shot of Germany.



This is down the road that they live on, on our way down to the river.



We're crossing the river here, and this is a shot of the Swiss side.


We're in Germany! You can see the wooden bridge on the left side of the shot.



More views of Switzerland from Germany.


Some neat Swiss buildings.