Lausanne Christmas Market

It certainly is beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here in Lausanne. And I am just loving it! There are lights and Christmas trees going up, there is usually a light snow dusting every morning, and the Christmas markets have officially started! We have been seeing the booths being set up for weeks now but it didn’t open until last weekend! So, we took a study break and headed down there one night for some hot wine, raclette (a traditional Swiss dish of potatoes drenched in raclette cheese!), and waffles for dessert as we wandered through the market looking at what each booth had to offer. And I may or may not have picked up a few Christmas gifts for my family!

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Ice Skating

The day after Thanksgiving is one of my favorites because it’s the first day that I allow all things Christmas to be celebrated! I’m a firm believer in giving Thanksgiving the honor it deserves…it has feelings too, you know! And I don’t like making it feel left out. So, yesterday…the Christmas music began playing (and won’t be turned off until the season is over), I wore my Christmas socks, it snowed… AND yesterday was our last day of classes of the semester (!!!) so when the last class of the day let out at 6:30, we all bundled up and headed on down to the city’s ice-skating rink to celebrate!!

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The first ice-skate of the season is always a bit shaky for everyone (except for our director, who used to be a hockey player). It takes me a couple times around staying near the edge of the rink to get used to it. But, then I can move away from the edge and pretend I kinda sorta know what I’m doing out in the middle of the ice. Hannah was nervous and everyone gave her a hard time because “the girl from Canada didn’t even know how to ice-skate”…poor thing! But, guess what…she was able to skate for a little by herself without holding hands with the wall or a friend! And I got pictures to prove it. I’m so proud. Oh and neither of us fell…so I’d say it was a pretty successful night!

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^^She’s doing it, she’s doing it!!!

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Happy Thanksgiving

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This Thanksgiving, all of us are going to be apart. Our parents are going to be in Georgia, Emily is going to be in Nantucket, Allie is going to be in California, and Caroline will be in Switzerland. It’s sad and we miss each other so so much and wish we could be together on this holiday. But, we still have so much to be thankful for…starting with the time we will be spending together next month during Christmas because all three of us are most thankful for our family! Here are a couple more things that we are extra thankful for:

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What are you thankful for?

We hope everyone has a great holiday weekend. And we hope it’s filled with lots of love, laughter, food, and some serious relaxing.