I think this waiting period of coming home and seeing my family and all my friends after over a year has had me a bit on edge. I kind of want the next two months to fly by so that I can just be home with everyone. I have therefore been a bit unhappy just waiting and I also partly blame the weather which has gradually gone from sunny and beautiful to dreary and chilly.
The wardrobe has now been swapped over and all the summer shorts and swimming costumes have been packed away for next year and out has come the gloves, beanies and waterproof clothing! The days are already starting to get shorter in light and while I watch the temperature sore in Sydney it is dropping dramatically here. Don’t get me wrong some days it is still beautiful, but I am just hoping that the coming winter is like the last one: brief and not very snowy (at least in the city anyway!)
Last weekend some of the girls that I know got to go to Oktoberfest but I had to babysit on Saturday night so I stayed in Zurich. Luckily though I had the chance to meet up with a girl that I met in Bruge, Elizabeth. She is from Atlanta but she is currently working in Genova, Italy and was stopping in Zurich before she went up to Munich for the Oktoberfest also. Even though I didn’t know her that well we went out for Starbucks and had a really nice night on Friday night. She was filling me in on what she has been up to and her plans, etc.
Saturday rolled around I got to go to the Oma’s 70th birthfday brunch in Mannedorf. It was a really nice morning with Ruedi doing magic tricks and the kids having fun. Later on in the day then Lacey, Laura and I made our way out to the fairly new mall in Zurich called SihlCity. It wasn’t as big as I originally thought it may be but it was nice to be in a mall where all the shops are nearby. I was on the lookout for a new camera and knew which one I wanted but I was shopping around for the best deal. We had a quick look and then we went back to my house so I could be on time for babysitting. We got pizza for dinner and had the kids in bed reasonably early.
Sunday morning we had another brunch for Catherine and Beats friends so Lacey and I got to eat with the family. Then my day on Sunday was spent doing my photobooks that I am making. It taking forever but these books are soooo much money so I guess it should be perfect.
The past week was the final week of the school term and Noel was bringing home all his art projects over the last few weeks. French class has being going well. We have some new people in the class now and I am really enjoying learning this language. The pronunciation is far harder than German but it is nice to try something different.
Then on Friday Catherine and the kids left mid afternoon set for Samedan as we are going down there for the two weeks that are Autumn holidays.
So with an early mark on Friday I would have thought that this weekend would have been somewhat productive but I wasted a lot of time just lazing around….. Friday night Lacey and then Kristi came over and we made dinner together and watched a movie. The girls then slept over. Kristi left early to go to her Hot Yoga class but Lacey and I went out to buy my camera finally after deciding that the one I wanted wasnt really any cheaper in Duty Free. So I got my camera and I got a speacial deal where I got a free photo printer included. So if you start getting heaps of photos from me then you know why!!
Saturday night I then had the Gwen Stefani concert which turned out to be amazing. I went with Jenny, her boyfriend Martin and their friend Belinda. Then my friends Thomas and Christophe joined us at the last minute. It was nice to have a big group at the concert. We had the best time on the dancefloor where you can buy drinks like in a club. Gwen Stefani put on such a good show and she even came down onto the dancefloor with us so I got some of the best photos (with my new camera!!)
After the concert finished at midnight we made our way back across town to a club / bar called Mascot. We had to pay a 20 franc cover charge which is currently like a million dollars to me (since I am a broke arse) but it was worth it. I had the best time at this place. It was really trendy and played mad music. None of the people were really dancing but my friends and I made sure we were prancing around!
So after an extremely late night I kind of wasted the whole of Sunday. I did some last minute things like packing (I know I have forgotten a tonne of stuff for my 2 week trip…) but that was about it. Kristi and Lacey came over again for lunch bringing with them pasta which was nice.
Then at 6pm Lacey and I caught the train back into town so she could go to night church and I could get my train down to the mountains. I guess thinking that having no sleep and then expecting to be functional was a mistake. My boss wanted me to come down to the mountains after 7pm so that I could ride down there for free. I decided to come down a bit earlier so that they don’t have to get me so late at the station down there. Only problem with that is that I have to pay 15 francs.
No problem right?? WRONG! So I bought my ticket but then I didn’t get it out of the machine. I just left it in there like a total idiot. So just now I had to buy a second ticket on the train and pay a 5 franc surcharge. So basically the trip that was meant to be free ended up costing me 35 francs.
Now you guys at home are probably thinking… 35 francs not a big deal – but to me now that sort of money is so much. I don’t make a lot of money and when things like that happen it really brings me down. I know that my money at home that is funding my travel is running dry and in the past month alone I have had to buy a new camera, a new ipod and a new phone (don’t speak to me about it – I spilt milk on my old perfectly nice phone)
Aghhh I am so annoyed and now I am sitting on the train so angry at myself. I have a changeover in like 5 minutes so I better pack up my computer and then it is only 2 more hours till I reach the mountains. The ride down is so beautiful. I cant see anything though already because it is so dark. Only hoping now that I don’t fall asleep on the train and end up in Italy or something because the rate that my luck is going lately that is likely to happen to me.
In other news Lacey and I have now booked our ticket to go down to Naples for 5 days in November right before I come home. We are excited to go in the blue grotto, stick our heads in Mt Vesuthius (apparently the only active volcano in mainland Europe) and perhaps go to Pompeii and Amalfi time permitting.
Also Laura the girl who I have mentioned a few times in my blog was sent home on Wednesday night. She works for my bosses brother. Laura and her employers had a disagreement so based on the events she was sent home and flew out of the country on Thursday morning. I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to her because it was so sudden but hopefully she will be happier back home.
Hope everyone is keeping happy back home in the Land of Oz. Happy 23rd birthday to Sahar AND Emerson for the 5th of October. Hope you guys had a great day xox
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