Class in Bouveret

So today we started class in Bouveret, Switzerland. I woke up in time to look ok for class... got a shower at least haha. The breakfast was a little depressing. No fruit, just meat, cheese and bread and juice. BUT they also have a wide variety or cereal, so i will get by. Although I must admit after seeing this I was really worried that this was going to be worse than the Stayokay in Maastricht, if that is possible. We went to class and met our teacher. He seems really cool and the class seems good and interesting. A lot lot lot better than the other class! It's not just the theory of hospitality. It is actually about food and the history and the different types. I think I am going to enjoy this class a lot more.

For the first half we just had ice breakers and got to talk about our travels so far and how it related to food and such. And then he passed out these giant work books that he made for us, but after flipping through them they look pretty interesting. They have a lot of good articles and then just some of the power points he goes through in class. Then we had lunch. OHHHHH lunch!!! It is amamazing. AHHH mazing! Especially compared to what we have been eating! Before I left my mom told me just to eat a big lunch so i wouldn't have to buy dinner. haha ok mom. At the last place I would have had to eat a lot of hard boiled eggs, breakfast turkey and cheese to do that. But here! Oh they fed us ribs and chicken or beef curry with rice and fruit and salad. It is so good! We are all so happy we don't even know what to do. Actually we do... eat.

Then we went back to class with food comas and tried not to fall asleep. Unsuccesful. But I did try. After class we went to the grocery store because I needed a converter to charge my phone. I brought about 7 different chargers and didn't need any of them. Not one. I had been keeeping them until I got to Switzerland just in case I could use them here... I couldn't so I left them all in Zermatt. Sorry Bill, had to loose all the weight in the pack that I could. And then what happens? I ask eddi, my Austrailian roomate, if i can borrow one of her adapters and what do I need? What I left on my bed in Zermatt. Ugh! I didn't plan on needing to adapt to Austrailian plugs... don't know what I was thinking travelling around Europe and all. haha so I bought a new one. Then julie and I walked around the water for a little while and checked out some potential spots to jump in the lake. They have this little "swimming pool" which is built into the lake and is only 2 feet deep and has bars on the side so the lake water can come in and out. Not too much of a pool if you ask me... but what do I know? Im not 6.

After that I just played around on the interet, which we have now full time! ahhh. and then I ate ramen and went down to hang out with everyone grilling. The whole group went and bought meat at the market and charcoal to grill. It looked pretty good but I'm trying to stick to the poor man's diet. The top ramen was GREAT! haha. I left to try to figure out how to use skype so I quit running up the phone bill and then went back down to the party. There is nothing to do in this town. No bars, no hangout, nothing. We could go do some outdoor activities but we get out of class so late that its kinda hard. I think I might try to find a hike to go on later in the week. I ended up just sitting around watching everyone drink and talking and then went to bed around midnight. I have a feeling there isn't going to be a lot to write about the next couple days, as there isn't too much going on besides class and. Well probably just class. Haha but we only have 4 more days until we head off to Italy! Should be great!
Love you all!