Ok ... So this blog has been a long time coming...

Aghhh I am by myself and I am going nuts. I even miss the kids screaming... but i guess its ok i am just scrap booking this week and i have been being a bit of a cook and trying out new recipes!!! if im lucky i am even going to try and make a carrot cake for the girls for after class on wednesday xo

so since my last post i have been to munich germany!! after realising that i cant be by myself the whole time i decided on wednesday to go and do a tour that was recommended from my lonely planet book! it was a tour at dachau one of hitlers concentration camps on the outskirts of munich. seeing as modern history interests me it was fascinating for me to actually be there knowing what went on at this site only 60 years ago. the memorial site was only opened in 1965 but it is there to remind future generations of the atrocities that occured there and act as a warning so hopefully something like that wont happen again. on a more happier note later that night i then went to tolwood markets. a huge market at the same place of oktoberfest, so you can imagine how huge this thing was!! i got a caricature done and wandered around but i was really tired so walked home pretty early.

on thursday there was a bit of a mix up with the tour lady who said i could go to the castle.... mmm shame the tour didnt run on thursdays so i bit the bullet and decided to make my own way there and do it by myself. 3 hours, 1 train and 2 buses i was in the bavarian alps. from the bottom you can see neuschaswenstein castle and its spectacular. up close its magnitude is amazing and to think that king ludwig didnt even get to complete it before his strange death is surreal considering that the castle is already so big and fantastic!!

friday i had a rushed day and quickly went to the munich olympic park and also the bmw museum!! tested myself with the deutch transport system and have to say that in switzerland it is so much better and easier !!

finally home then on friday night after the bus drive from hell with a suicidal driver who was no kidding just driving through thick fog on a freeway. at one point i went up the front of the bus to see if i could see anything and NOPE this dude was just driving until we basically hit something! what an exciting life i lead.
met up with jenny friday night after being a loner tourist for the last few days. we then met up with hillary and this other girl and went to see 'the holiday'... very good movie for anyone who cares and a nice way to spend a friday night i must say!!

saturday was speedily spent shopping for laceys dinner party and then i made the successful journey to her house which is a good 45 mins away from me and IN ANOTHER COUNTRY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD so i was heaps proud of myself for navigating my way to winkel!!! oh and ps i am about 99% sure that i will get (a) a speeding ticket or (b) some other traffic offense sent to me for that weekend so please dont worry if you never hear of my travelling stories again its because i no longer have access to the car!!

mmmm sunday amanda, lacey and i went to winterthur again because we liked it so much.... just had a wander and lovely coffee in an overpriced cafe (oh my god ... overpriced in switzerland??? - neverrrrrr) and we all decided that winterthur is also known as rain town because the last two times we have been there it has been raining wet and cold!

so from monday through to thursday i offically became a bum after my previous week of jetsetting. i made a plan of the many things i needed to do like scrapbooking, studying, etc etc but i really just lazed around and did nothing. i cooked, emailed, researched my florence trip and put on weight - no i seriously did!!! i wanted to go swimming the whole time but i was sick and lonely and feeling sorry for myself how i still actually do now so no physical exercise was performed and now i am a regualr boombalarder!!!

so once i dropped the car to the airport for the monnerats on thursday i met my dear little lacey at zurich hc which has recently been renamed by myself because of its overpopulated bunch of heros who concgregate here. i feel abnormal because i have no dog collar around my neck, spiky hair, makeup like dracula and/or the desire to look like slob of the year!! so back to my story lacey and i went to this candle display where people (who knows who) drifted canldles down the limmatt and into the night - a few people came down for a peek but it was a nice evening because we had a wander (with my luggage noisily trailing behind me) and then went for dessert at papa joes and met up with julian.

so what started as a normal enjoyable evening got decidedly worse as i boarded my night train to florence!!! the 'couchette' was ummm a row of three chairs and some blankets and italian grandmas who snored and annoyed me!!! if it wasnt for my ear plugs and the fact that i stayed up the whole night before i may have just sat there and cried!!

but the trip improved once arriving in florence (at a random firenze station and not the main stop) but more to come on my christmas adventure soon.

auf weirdesehen (**spelling**)

Guten Abend!! Im in Deutchland!!

so i actually think along with my baby brain i am getting amnesia as i cant for the life of me remember what i did last week (so it cant have been that exciting) but here goes....
so early on in the week i am pretty sure i didnt do anything. monday was a nightmare with the kids because they were tired etc. so it was a fun day with them fighting, biting, kicking and screaming....
tuesday things went fine and then i babysat whilst catherine went to her bookclub dinner.
on wednesday i just went swimming and had german class and was supposed to meet up with hillary and jenny but we then moved it to thursday. so at 8.30 i met hillary (because jenny couldnt come) at haupt bahnhof and we went to the 'movie bar' for dessert and a drink. hillary is really nice but she is a bit me me me. i dont think i said one thing about myself the whole night. jenny was like "i told you sooooooo"
then on friday i had a 1/2 break (not happy) so we could go into town to go 'candle dipping' the twins were too young for it though and they got bored easily. i on the other hand just got wax all over my jeans while maxine was swinging her HOT candle stick around. did you know i just ironed over it and the wax came off... cool!
so then i went home early so i could go get my german stuff and my gear to sleep at mandas house. after class lacey and i went with amanda to her house in schofflisdorf. it is like farm land and she has such a huge walk from her train station, it was heaps fun in the rain too! but we had an awesome night. we watched mandas favourite show 'freaks and geeks' and had a really nice dinner of bread, salad and cheese. we also got some really good wine so it was a fun night. then on saturday becuase im a loser we all went to winterthur (pronounced vintertour) i ordered some books online so i thought that they would get sent to me ... ummm no i had to go and get them. it was good though. winterthur is such a nice city and only 1/2 hour from zurich hb. amanda had to leave early but lacey and i walked around and did some shopping and had lunch.
then i went back to zurich and bought some more stuff!! i have a disease called shopaholic.. so on saturday i bought: a hairdryer, luggage, batteries, 2x pairs of jeans, and some other stuff but i dont remember.
on sunday it was a lazy day but i woke up early to speak to mum and mel. it was so good to see whats happening with mel and all the people at the daily!! then in the afternoon i went for a swim and then i met lacey and amanda at hb as there was a marathon going on through th whole city and amanda was competing. the city was amazing, it was all lit up and they had slide shows with paintings on them reflecting on the builidings. i took lots of photos and amanda did really well in her race. i was wearing so many clothes too but i still was freezing. at one stage i thought my fingers were going to fall off seriously.
we then went out to dinner at sams pizza which was soooo good as we were all starving. i had a spinach pizza and it was really good!
on monday i only had to work a half day as the monnerats went to south africa. we drove to the airport and then i drove the car home. it was really sad saying bye to them because they are like my family now too but i quickly went home and packed my bag for munich and then went to see the new james bond movie with jenny, lacey, amanda, svetland and her friend christophe. i got home really late on monday and then got up at 5.30am this morning to make my 6.26 train to zurich. i wanted to be early so i could find where the bus got us from. i found it so easily so i just stood in the dark for an hour waiting for the bus!
the trip was nice and i saw heaps of snow. my hotel is also really cute and typical old fashioned german style. this afternoon i just went around on foot and then went to the markets at night. my hotel is right near the haupt bahnhof so i am close to everything. tomorrow morning i get a free breakfast so i am going to make sure i am up for that and then we will see what i do tomorrow. its a bit strange being by myself and i might start talking to myself on this trip cause i feel a bit lonely but its ok I will be home soon and i am going to try and squeeze lots into my little trip without spending too much money hahahaha

I think last week was the last week of somewhat warmth

mmm so it is monday today and i didnt really do anything exciting the last week but it was nice not to have to do anything in particular.... also that and the fact that i dont actually have a franc to my name.

so tuesday was lucilles farwell coffee night. went to zurich and wondered around in the freeziness. went to papa joes for a big dessert and coffee. it was really nice with lucille, amanda and lacey. lacey went home on wednesday for her best friends wedding so that was the last time she saw lucille. we took lots of photos of each other and explored the light up streets. the swiss are really creative and the decorations everywhere are amazing.
wednesday nothing really happened besides german class. went for a swim but i started to get sick... which i still am.... and then went to class. thursday was probably the best day when i had the twins by myself. we went for a walk, did some painting with leaves and had a really nice day. for dinner i went to sams pizza with jenny and then went to an irish pub with her. baby brain kicked in again and i forgot my train stops at 11.12 and then i can catch the s16 train (mines the s7) so as i said goodbye to jenny who was on the s16 i wandered back to see how long to my train.... aghhhh that was just it!!!! so had to wait for 1/2 hour cursing myself... finally made it home at like 1am... friday was funnnnnnn
on friday by this stage it felt like my throat was going to fall out of my neck .. i think the cold weather is starting to take its toll on my aussie body! we went to the mannedorf christmas markets and then i had german class. had coffee with sara and julian after class but then came straight home.
this past weekend i just tidied up my room and organised all my christmas cards. i ordered cards from a swiss website so they arrived and i went to a coffee shop at meilen to go and write them all.
on saturday night we went to an asian restaurant for lucilles farwell which was really nice and then the limmatt bar which is in stadlehofen for a few drinks and a dance. amanda then came and slept at my house and we slept in till 11am sunday. we were having breakfast as the family came home to have lunch.... whoops!!!
in the afternoon we went to the meilen christmas markets and tried all the free food and we painted a christmas cookie. it was a really nice arvo.
once amanda left i then went to jennys house and we went to the zig zag a really yum restaurant on the neiderdorf in stadlehofen. got home early and spent time uploading all my photos......
not that much of an exciting week but it was nice but sad to say bye to lucille, we promised to contiinue our tavelling adventure together one day soon......

It's so hard jetsetting around Europe!!

i have been ultra busy for the last two weeks! therefore my memory may not serve me right and i wont blog about everything but here goes...
on thursday 16th november it was the pussycat dolls concert that i had been looking foward to for ages... i was even going to go there by myself if no one wanted to go but luckily jenny was going with her friends sally and kirsty. so i got the bmw drove the 30 minutes to jennys house, we then drove to tiefenbrunnen to get the train only for me to realise i forgot my ticket... actually not even forgot - it didnt even cross my mind to bring my ticket. i messaged mum to tell her that i was born a retard and i just havent been diagnosed and she kindly informed me that i just have baby brain because i spend all my time looking after kids.... NO EXCUSE. so luckily i drove home got my ticket and just jumped on a train at mannedorf to take me straight to the concert because there was no way i was driving again - i would have probably drove into a wall or something.
this was the night also that catherines parents drove all the way from belgium to stay for 10 days. its a 8 hour drive so not too bad and they dont get to see the kids often so its a real treat for them to visit!. i really liked them and they are really good cooks! so of course it has been an eating frenzy for the last week!
on the weekend then lacey, amanda, svetlana, lauren and i caught a train at sunrise on saturday morning to milan! the four hour trip was fine and once in milan we got to our 55chf a night hotel. probably wouldnt pay 55 cents back home for the hotel considering my bed moved and 5 of us were crammed into a tiny room but i was only for sleeping so we set off and explored the streets together. milan actually isnt really that pretty and its main attraction 'leonardo di vinci's last supper' was booked out so we couldnt see that! lacey said its fading off the wall so i might go back down there to see it before it diappears for ever but i'll see! the other attraction is the duomo a magnificant church in the centre of milan. millions of tourists and crazy people trying to get you to buy food for pigeons (yes lacey paid 8 dollars against her will) but it is just amazing being there. we went to the fashion district where all the pretty shops that are way out of my price range are and we explored all the other touristy things.
that saturday night we went out for dinner and amanda got picked up so while she went for a drink after our 5 hour meal over spewmanti (spelling?) we hung out the front of the bar while she met this italian man!!! WRONG! amanda left the bar and we didnt realise so when we went in there at 1am to head home she wasnt in there!! panic stations we thought this guy had kidnapped her so we were panicking and calling her and freaking out and i was scared i was going to see her body dumped in a nearby park! sounds dramatic now but at the time we were all scared especialy considering her phone was off and all the people in the bar said they had never seen her!! thankfully she was ok and got a strict talking to from mama lacey and me when she strolled back! her EGYPTIAN man drove us all back to the hotel and we called it a night.
thankfully the breakfast in this dive of a hotel was really good so we ate up and then began another day of exploring. we went to the most famous opera house in the world, a caslte, the metro (where amanda got pickpocketed - NOTE TO SELF hold on to your bag for dear life in italy these people are quick and professional) and also did some haggling for some fake prada stuff!
all in all a good trip - made me acually appreciate the cleanliness and kindness of swiss people. zurich may not be as well known or fancy but it is safe like home and for now it is my home so i am really glad i am here.
in zurich hb they have also erected a christmas tree and it is covered in swarovski crystals - amazing!! no photo can describe it because it is so sparkly!

so this week then i only had to work three days (which were pretty cruisy because 'bon mummo and bon papa' were still here so the kids were well behaved!!)
then off to prague on thursday.
but before that i had a pretty hard week considering mum was going in for her operation wednesday morning. i couldnt sleep for ages thinking about it and it was so hard talking to her on tuesday because i kept worrying about her and how i wasnt there to look after her. i knew that i had to be strong for mum because she must have been so nervous going into that operation but i was so scared something bad was going to happen and i would never see her again. talking on skype i was scared it was the last time i would hear her voice. wednesday morning though dad called to tell me mum was out of the operation and she was fine. the relief!!!
so now that mummy was ok i can go to prague and enjoy myself which is exactly what i did!!
woke up at 4.30am thursday morning to get to zurich flughafen (airport) for my 7.30 flight! so organised i made it on time and got on the right plane and didnt forget a thing!! i was so happy my baby brain didnt affect my trip!
so got to prague got my shuttle to hostel (which i didnt even check my room becuase i thought i would cry) just dropped my stuff off and went exploring waitng for jai jai to arrive. after looking around a bit and having a coffee i decided to do a short tour on the bus! best idea ever it went for a bit over an hour but i drove all over prague and gave you a detailed history of the city which was really good. i then went to meet jai jai and take her back to the hostel!
ok so originally we were staying in a dorm but it was mixed sexes and so random so we forked out the extra $60 and got a 4 bedroom room.. we had the first night to ourselves but then night 2 and 3 this other girl who shall be named 'china' was in the room with us! no biggie she was quiet and jai jai and i were never in the room except for sleeping time!
so we saw the old town, went on a horse and carriage ride, climbed the old town hall to get a fantastic view, saw the 'apostles come out of the clock which for some weird reason is a huge attraction, we wandered through the cobbled stones streets and looked at all the beautiful things, walked over the charles bridge which was amzing and so picturesque, went to the new town sqaure (wenseslas square) which was cool, caught a tram to prague castle which was great and we saw the changing of the guards which was really interestting. took a heap of photos, filled my camera and had a great time. not much shopping done because i didnt find that great discount places but i bought a skirt and some boots and some runners so i was happy!! GOING TO BED..... to be continued at a later date. just spoke to mum and dad on the phone so now i can sleep, guten nacht. xoxox

What a Week!

well considering the weather wasnt as cold this week you would have thought i would have been happier and the week would have gone smoothly .... WRONG! after an uneventful monday besides the fact it was noels birthday and we had cake and gave presents and stuff it was pretty quiet. i wne to the dentist and got a quote of 4000 francs for all the work on my mouth too! maybe that was when the week started to go downhill.
on tuesday i got to leave work early as amanda and i went to the ben harpur concert. it was a really great night even though we had to trek out to basel. the singer was great and i really enjoyed the music. only problem was everyone there was smoking marujiana so on the way home from zurich i fell asleep on the train therefore missing my stop. after panicking after getting off at stafa i realised there was no trains to my house for another 2 hours. i had to catch a cab which cost me 20 francs. aghhhh. so tired on wednesday and it was noels party! we went to the pool and then to the park and ate lots... amanda came and helped too and then we went to german together. after class did the usual coffee at the shop nearby.
thursday was ok but then in the evening catherin yelled at me even though she was angry at the kids. it was the first time she has yelled at me so i got upset. i think she felt bad though. so on friday it was freeeezing and we were at meilen all afternoon looking at the house, from there i went to class and then sara, lacey, lucille, amanda, julian (the french man) and i went to a famous german restaurant!!! YUKKK $40 for a feral sausage and some rosti which is swiss and is sliced potato hash browny thing!!! blehhh yuk.
so after a gross meal i then am on the train home and realise i dont have my keys... whoops so after balling my eyes out for ages and then i finally ring beat i got in the house. i was so scared i would get in trouble that i was considering sleeping outside..... ummm i would probably be in hospital now because during the night zurich turns to ice town! luckily i wasnt in trouble and the next day catherine even offered me her free tickets to the wine show.... i had already been though last week... mmmm still have to buy some of the wine i liked. it was so good!
so saturday i just went swimming and then got rained on back home and then met jenny in the city at 3pm. she had a date on saturday (which turned out to be a nightmare) so i helped her go shopping all afternoon! it was fun and i found some cool places for clothes!
i left her house at 9 on saturday night once she went out because i had an early start sunday.
lucille and i went to lugano for the day which was 3 hours away!! i slept all the way there. lugano was beautiful and i had such a nice day. lucille and i were feeling spontaneous too so we decided to pop on a train and go to como for the afternoon. we were only there for 2 hours but we had fun and got gelato.. mine was magala and it was the yummest thing ever!!!
so we got home at 11pm sunday night ready to start work at 7am but i had such a fun day with lucille and she is leaving in like 2 weeks so i have to spend lots of time with her!!!
today was just spent planning my trip to milan next weekend with the girls... 45 francs there and then im practically free home because i will come home after 7pm!!
now we have to find accomodation and let me tell you everywhere we look italian hostels have bad reviews... oh well at least its only for a night!
ps mum, we met an american couple in lugano and they had just spent time in italy on a tour and they loved it!! check out globus.com they said it was really good.
well better get some rest got a big couple of weeks planned ahead!!
xox

Busy Busy!!!

the weeks are flying now and although i have only been here 7 weeks today, i feel like i have been here a lot longer... in a good way!
last weekend amanda stayed over both friday and saturday nights. we didnt do much, went to rapperswil and had lunch, stayed in watched some movies, just a quiet one! then on sunday i went out for lunch with jenny and we saw 'the devil wears prada' at the movies which cost $18 but was worth it.
the week was a good one. on monday we went to uster to a pumpkin farm as halloween was tuesday. it was really fun carving the pumpkins as we dont really follow that tradition back home. the rest of the week was just the usual but i am starting to get more responsibilty with the kids as catherine becomes more confident in me. one day this week i was allowed the kids by myself for the afternoon and i took them over to jenny's house to play. they had heaps of fun and we made chocolate crispies! i also now sometimes pick noel up from school which is good and i have to drive the massive car!!!
all in all the week was good. catherine said i can have christmas off so we started to plan for our trip to italy. and german class has been getting easier as i start to understand the concept of the language.
friday night after class lacey, lucille, sara, manda and i went to the zurich wine expo which was on the lake on all these ferries. it was really nice, even though it was so cold out! when i was walking home there was ice on the cars!!
saturday i spent the day shopping for warm stuff like gloves, scarf, jackets and also noels birthday present. all the girls then went out on saturday night to zurich. we went to a bar called lady hamiltons which is an english pub. we had the best night. we were just dancing all night and we met a random guy from miami who was buying us drinks allll night. got home at 2.30ish and slept like a log!
today was then spent in rapperswil for noels birthday with the family. we went to dieci for italian. then this afternoon i met the girls at zurich and we had a wander and then went to andree wind (lucilles boss mum) for coffee and au pair chat. the night was pretty bad as andree is a physcho but then we went to thai at erlanbach so we finished the weekend nicely.
the weather here is getting so cold and it hasnt even started snowing yet. i hope i get used to it soon because it is unbearable at the moment.
well its noels birthday tomorrow so i have to wrap his present and then i need to find what time i am going to the dentist tomorrow.... have to probably get more collagen stuffed into my gum.....

Its Official!

so now i have decided to actually document my time over here and this is the official place for it. mmmm what has been happening since my last time on here? well after a rough start to the week, not helped by the fact that i was tired and feeling awfully broke i have now been paid and the week has improved.
on tuesday i confirmed my trip to prague with jai jai by booking my flight with swiis air for $278 so not that cheapy but jenny said its worth it as once you get there everything is really cheap! also last night being wednesday i went out with jenny for dinner after german class to a really nice restaurant at stadlehofen called santa lucia - really good italian food and it is always great hanging out with jenny and getting her view on things.
today was also a really good day. this morning catherine wanted to go shopping at rapperswil which is the last southern suburb in the canton of zurich so i got to take the kids to the kinder zoo - we had the best morning. we went on a train ride around the zoo and the twins went on a pony ride which was the cutest thing ever. once catherine came to pick us up she was impressed that the kids wanted to walk around the zoo with me and not just go to the playground. this was probably helped by the fact that nicholas was near unconcious because he fell and hit his head but she didnt mention that!!!! today i also got to take the massive bus volvo and pick noel up from school this is like a big thing as no one ever drives that car and noel was actually really accepting of me coming to get him. afternoon was just spent at the park chasing after the 3 kids.
now i am babysitting which is ok as i am just upstairs on my computer as oppose to in my room. not sure if i get paid extra or what.....
mmm and then tomorrow night after german class my friend manda is coming to stay over at my house which should be nice!!! i am going to try and go to kussnacht on saturday also with her so i can buy stuff for my scrapbooks.

nite nite
xox

Has it really been 1 month and 1 week???

well the anniversary for me being in switzerland was celebrated in another country called leitchenstein. it is in between switzerland and austria and lucille told me it is only 6 km wide!! that is believable becuase we went to a museum while we were there and they said the whole country only has 30 000 people!
the capital city was vaduz and to be honest i just wanted to get my passport stamped which cost 2chf. we spent the day wandering around, climbed up a hill to go to the princes house (and we saw him!!), had lunch, hung out in a cafe and got all the touristy stuff like post cards for our scrapbooks.. which i am yet to start because i am looking for a book.
the day was nice with svetlanna, lauren, lacey, lucille and myself. i really get along well with lucille and she is great at organising trips. it will be sad to see her go home on december 3rd.
today was also the confirmation that i am going to prague with jai jai. i just need to book a flight now and see whats the cheapest. we are going to go for 4 days and probably stay in a hostel. catherine offered to buy it for me as a christmas present with her frequent flyers but i said i will save that gift for later on when all my money will have run out....
i also got my parcel from mum and diana which i am gradually opening to see what is in it!! it is really exciting so i am taking my time with it - consequently my room looks like there was a small cyclone in it but dont worry mum i keep it really tidy the rest of the time!!!
nothing much else to report except that i really like it over here. my weekends are always busy and even though i am really bad at my german class it is fun to go so i can leave my house early and then my friends and i always go to coffee afterwards which really breaks up the week.
last weekend i also went to a fondu restaurant with jenny and her friends. the restaurant STANK of burnt cheese but it is a really social event as everyone is gathered around a big pot of chesse and stirring it (in a figure 8) and chatting. not only do you dip in bread you also get pickled onions, gerkins, baby corn, mini potatoes or you can have a meat fondu which is where you get raw meat and have to cook it in a pot of stock. they are both really nice but the restaurant was really expensive. i like it when we do it at home. its cheap and you dont have to enhale the lingering cheezy smell!
so all in all life is good. yea i work way too many hours and i feel like there is not enough time in the day - especially when i get paid a massive 200chf a week but catherine complimented me today saying she is really happy with my progress and the kids love me!
i am getting all my sightseeing done in the weekend anyway so i am happy with the arrangement at the moment and look forward to more travelling.
as i have to take holidays from 11-25th of december i also have to start planning that trip. lucy and i spoke on skype on saturday and she confirmed that she is going to come over and we will go to italy together. not sure what dates i am going to meet with the buckinghams but i would love to spend christmas with them if possible but nothing is really organised yet so we will have to wait and see.
well i better stop and start my german homework. tomorrow i have to go to the dentist AGAIN so i can get more stiches in my mouth so i have to do my homework now :-(
ciao for now.

xox megan

3 Weeks Have Flown......

well i have now been here for 3 weeks. the first week i was with jodie the other au pair and she showed me the ropes but now i have been here for 2 weeks on my own.
to be honest in the first week i wasnt sure what i had gotten myself into - everything seemed so hard. the kids were naughty, no one spoke english and i didnt understand my job. i had to go to german class where i knew nothing and i didnt have a friend in the whole country literally.
thankfully though jodie introduced me to here friend jenny who is an absolute gem. she is a nanny and makes really good money. from the uk she had a mad sense of humour and everytime i see her i laugh my head off. also 3 girls from my german class and i have become really good friends. we go out after class and are planning to study together. then my last friend lucille is also really great! we all went to luzern with her yesterday for a day trip which was really nice. all up i took 56 photos!!!
so far in my 3 weeks i have already been on a boat ride to raperswill, been to the holiday house in samedan for 4 days and gone hiking and i have also been shopping, out into zurich night life and had lots of fun with the kids.
granted the kids are spoilt and they always want their mum. its hard to sometimes know whats going on becuase the family speaks french but i am now starting to get along with the kids and they seem to like me. it also seems to me that i am learning more french than german but i guess that will come with time and i just have to study lots...
catherine my boss also said the kids like me and she is really happy with how well i am settling in and doing my job. for the first time today also i got to take the car out. she didnt even give me a lesson just made me follow her to kussnacht which is about 15 minutes. it was really scary at first and i bumped into the gutter becuase i am now on the otherside of the car and the road is opposite to australia. but no one died and the cars really easy to drive so i think catherine will let me take the kids out in that and then i'll get the smart car for weekends when beat isnt using it.
lots to learn and still heaps more to do. still popping on the email every day and night to see who has emailed me and talking to my mum on skype practically everyday because i just can but with time i think i will start to be more independant and be ok to go by a day or so without having to hear whats going on at home.
catherine also said she will buy me a swim pass too so that means i will get to go swimming at the local pool in my breaks which will be nice because i have been eating so much 'cause the food is so good here!!
well thats it for now thought i better start up some sort of blog to capture the memories and to go alongside the 1000's of photos that i will be taking...