Swiss Date Night with Hannah

So finals are almost over (ONE more left people!!) and that means we are going back to America! (Well, Hannah is going to Canada.)  Also, that means that Hannah and I will be apart from each other for a whole month. We hate that…I mean, we spend literally every second together since we live together in a teeny tiny room. So, to go from every second to nothing is crazy. We are so excited to see our families that we couldn’t even put it into words, but we will miss each other and Switzerland too. So, we went out on a little Swiss date night last night. We started off trying this adorable new café just down the street from our school called Sheep’s Coffee. And we had cinnamon cappuccinos and croissants filled with Swiss chocolate!

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^^We were obsessed with the vintage pictures on the wall, and I was particularly obsessed with those lights!

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Then, we moved on to some Christmas shopping for Hannah’s brothers (Boys, be excited…they’re really good this year!). And I can’t say where we shopped cause that would give the present away…but it was Swiss related in order to go along with our Swiss themed night!

And finally, we went to pick up dinner. We got the fluffiest softest baguette we could find, some cheese, prosciutto, some grapes, and, of course, chocolate for dessert! This was one of the first meals we had in Switzerland. (Remember when we went on that hike through the Swiss Alps way back before school even started?)

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And then, we put on a movie that wasn’t Swiss related but it is one of our favorite things to do. We watched What Maisie Knew, which was really really good. Sad at parts, but that little girl was the cutest thing in the whole world! And then when it was over, Netflix recommended another Julianne Moore movie called The English Teacher…so we hit play and watched another movie!

And then we went to bed. And now it’s the morning and that means breakfast and then studying, studying, studying! Oh and also some packing…family, I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

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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lausannexmasmarket5I just love the holidays! Don’t you??

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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