1. So I had such a good time going up the Ammertenspitz white blue white trail that I and a few other vollies did anther one! This was a completely different path though. Rather than up to a peak this path was along the side of a mountain. The reason why I think this is marked as a white blue white is because of how much shale and water there was over the path. One wrong slip and you were going to slide down the side of a mountain. However I found this a lot less challenging than Ammertenspitz so that is progress maybe?
2. On my next day off I did something a little less fun. On the staff challenge one challenge is to clean stockli (the staff house) all by yourself. So all the vollies made a chart at the beginning of the season and assigned a week to everybody. Mine was one of the last weeks, this past week to be exact. Let me tell you this was no hour job. It took me all day. I cleaned all bathrooms, living room, common areas, kitchen, and my room. Stockli is like a frat house except for all the beer cans and solo cups. Us girls are tired, we get home and maybe eat something and put away half of what we get out. I am just as bad, no denying it. I think most of the vollies will be happy to have their own space that they clean and keep up (or don't) when they get back home.
3. On my last full week on program I got to go to both Thun and Interlaken! These are two great towns in the Bern Oberland and they are both lake side. In Thun I got to go to the oberhofen castle which is just so pretty. From the castle there are great views of both Thun lake and Neissen, the swiss pyramid. Then in interlaken I got to go to Trummelbach falls, which I have already mentioned in my post on waterfalls, but this time I learned a new fun fact! The valley that holds the Trummelbach falls was J.R Tokens inspiration for Rivendale! So cool! I also got to hangout with so cool vollies, Alison (my roomie) and Danita!
4. Then on my next day off I went somewhere that I have been looking forward to since the beginning! Geneva! It was a Princess day out, as me and Alison went together :)) (Princess Pollard and Princess Proctor) Unfortunately (like verrrrry dissapointingly) the UN was closed as it was a Sunday. But the weather was really nice so that was good. We went to the red cross museum and up the famous church were you get a birds eye view of the city, the gigantic fountain in Lake Geneva is pretty nice. Later in the day I even went swimming in the lake. Over all, nice day. However as far as cities go not my favorite. I think I must have built it up for more than it was because I found it to be a good city, but no where near amazing. Still very good day!
5. The day after Geneva we had our staff day out! It was supposed to be a surprise, but one of the Adventure park guides let slip what we were doing. And so the staff day out activity was.... klettersteiging! Which is a combination of climbing and hiking! We went on the entsligen one and it was very cool! Unfortunately it was a bit of a rainy day, however it did not take the enjoyment out of the klettersteig so that was nice. After the klettersteig we were suppose to go to the Adelboden pool, but due to weather we decided just to go back to Our Chalet and play games. We watched movies and then for dinner we had burgers and chips! (french fries). It was great I had not had a burger in forever! Then an adventure park guide (Christian) came to dinner. He was there because, actual surprise, we were going to repel out of the chalet attic window!!! So great! The long term staff planned it all and they did a great job!
6. This is now our last event group, event 8. The staff has started to get a little nostalgic because some members will be gone before this event is over with. I have met so many wonderful people this summer, it is hard to see when good things end. I know I have other things to look forward too, but I hate change especially if something is going really well. Not only will I miss the people, but I am going to miss Switzerland. Seeing these views everyday, they never grow less spectacular. Ok getting sad now gonna stop talking about it.
7. Because the klettersteig was such a success on staff day out me and another vollie, Emma G. from Maryland USA, went to go try the Kandersteg one. The one on entsligen was rated a two out of five for difficulty. The Kandersteg one was a high four. So we knew it was going to be more difficult, how much more difficult I do not think I would ever have known until I was actually doing it. This was the MOST terrifying thing I have ever done. It was so crazy scary it is hard to justly describe. So like many other things I will post a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jJ7WimRyW8
8. After I survived the Klettersteig, Emma and I went to get some ice cream. It started to rain, perfect timing! Then we went off to go see the KISC (Kandersteg International Scout Center) campfire! This was a must see during the summer. The KISC campfires are legendary for their size. It is more of a bonfire than a campfire. Sam, another summer vollie, Emma, and I met up with some of the KISC staff that we had met before sat to watch the campfire. Bosco, one of the KISC staff, said that there was 700 guests, 600 of which were British. So it was not the most diverse campfire, but it was so much fun. The energy was really great everyone was getting into their songs and skits. We got to share a song, which was fun. Here are some pics.
9. Tonight I finally went out to eat. Eating in Switzerland is so expensive. A normal price for dinner is 20 to 40 francs, which are the same as dollars. 12 dollars in the states gets me a pretty decent meal at some decent restaurants. Not so in Switzerland, where the minimal wage is 25 francs an hour. I had Rostii because I heard the traditional way was so much different than the Chalet's. It was really good, but I am so full! It was nice to have dinner out for a change though.
10. Today I made my traditional dish from home, the yummy chocolate chess pie. It actually did not turn out too bad. Most the vollies ate it anyway. Here is the recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-chess-pie-ii/
Have a great weekend everyone!!!
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