Hello again!

Cable Car line. Couldn't figure out how to rotate picture
so you'll have to get uncomfortable and turn sideways.

It was yet another fantastic day in Switzerland. We had our first class with Professor Legler this morning, and it went really well. Then it took us about an hour to decide what to do next: we had too many ideas and 27 people trying to plan things! Eventually about 19 of us decided to take the bus (which we have free passes for) to Mount Saleve, which is actually across the border in France. Now I can say I've really been there (I don't think just landing on a plane in France should count). It was a beautiful mountain and we took a cable car up. Then we relaxed and ate bread, cheese, and chocolate looking out over Lake Geneva and the city. Could it get any better? Actually it did. We then hiked for about an hour and a half farther up the mountainside and saw jaw-dropping views which included actual drops that we stood only feet from and the Alps in the distance. We ended up on a mountainside field with a bunch of Swiss cows and little children running around in the field with kites. It was so scenic and Swiss that we had to just lay on the grass for a bit and soak it all in. We also saw about five parasails in the sky at once and probably twenty throughout the whole hike and when we had eaten bread and cheese they were taking off from right next to us. After our hike and cable car ride down, we stopped at a French grocery and I had a chance to use my rusty French with the shopkeeper. He was very nice about it and happy that I was trying to speak French with him. He taught me the word "poubelle", which means garbage. After the bus ride back, we stopped in the city for delicious gnocchi at an Italian/French restaurant and then walked down to the lake, where we played games and watched the boats go by. Got back to John Knox, played a little Phase 10 with some friends, and now I'm heading off to bed. Tomorrow we are touring the United Nations and attending lectures. What a great day! Missing everyone back home!