Thursday, December 25, 2008

Caleb Visits, A Swiss Thanksgiving and Ice Skating

Other great events that occurred in November were Caleb's visit to us in Lausanne, our house-wide Thanksgiving celebration and our group ice skating outing. The end of November marked the end of No Shave November - which is when all the guys do not shave for the entire month. The girls in our house seemed very excited to see our beards go away.
(Above: Rob, Caleb and I near the Cathedral overlooking Lausanne)
Caleb came all the way from Heidelberg and it was great to show him around. We mainly just took it easy and enjoyed visiting and chilling around the house. Friday night the 21st was a guys night and Saturday we just took it easy around La Croisee. It is always nice when small parts of JPA (J. Pengilly A-Suite, our dorm last year) can reunite - especially when in Europe!

Thanksgiving exceeded my expectations. The food was absolutely delicious and the company was impeccable. (Below: Caroline, Courtney, Morgan and Tim dig into the food) I would wager that more than seventy people enjoyed the festivities and I was even able to Skype my immediate and extended family who were 7 hours behind and thousands of miles away.

Ice Skating was an absolute blast. 30 of us went and it was hilarious to see everyone struggle to stay on their feet. Thankfully, I did not fall, but only had many close calls. (Below: I will not list everyone because there are 30)Amidst all of these fun times we did have many assignments due and preparations for finals, but we are always able to find a means of procrastination in order to enjoy ourselves. After a few all nighters, many cappuccinos and power naps, it all paid off to close out a great semester.

Check out the following albums!!! and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

- Wade

P.S. It Snowed for the first time the weekend that Caleb came!!! November 21

Caleb Comes to Lausanne + SNOW
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001149&l=e9e82&id=1534470084
Thanksgiving in Switzerland with my Swiss Family
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001150&l=4e492&id=1534470084
Ohhhhh Ice Skating
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001151&l=c08a6&id=1534470084