Mar. 1

It was the most gorgeous weather today – bluebird skies and calm J. I had some stuff to do at home, but I said screw it so that I could go outside and enjoy the weather. My other flatmate, Karston, is something like a TA at the university. He wanted to go out for a walk too, so he took me to these short hiking trails next to our house, which I didn’t even know existed. It was really quiet and peaceful in the forest and it totally reminded me of Canada. Well, it obviously isn’t Canada once you come to a clearing and see all the huge hills in the distance.

We walked around town and Karston helped me get some administrative things done, like setting up a bank account and asking about a snowboarding package at the train station, because no one at the bank spoke English. He showed me his favourite café and I had my first European coffee, which was pretty good. The mixed nut biscotti was awesome. I get along well with both my flatmates and it’s nice to have company. It’s too bad that they’re both leaving before the semester starts in a month or so and then I’ll have to see what my new flatmates are like. I hope I’m not by myself for too long because that really sucks. Well, it might not be so bad because now I’ve settled in, but it was pretty crappy the first few days I was here to be here alone.

All day I’ve been debating whether or not to go to Davos/Klosters for Thursday and Friday, which means that I have to leave tomorrow evening. It’s really last minute and there are some things that I need to get done before I go. For example, I really need to do laundry and, if I leave tomorrow, I won’t have any clean underwear when I get back. I’m also running out of pj’s, which I didn’t bring enough of. This wouldn’t be a problem if we had a dryer, but we don’t – only a washer. Ergo, I need to go to town and buy a dryer rack, which I did not get around to doing today, thanks to everything closing at 6:30pm. So, this means that tomorrow morning I’ll have to go to town, go grocery shopping for my trip, buy a dryer rack, come back, do laundry, go to school, setup internet, do some research for the trip, come home, make phone calls, and get ready to go. It’s a bit too much to do in one day.

Actually, now I’ve decided not to go to Davos/Klosters for my first trip because I hear the terrain is quite advanced (it’s in the middle of the Alps) and I’d rather not break something on my first trip hahah (fingers crossed). So, I’m going to head to Flumserberg in Heidiland (in the lesser Alps) just for a day trip either Thursday or Friday since its much closer and with less advanced terrain.