Home in Boston, Adventuring in Switzerland

The rest of my time in Boston was pleasurable. Henry was back! and so was his house and his family. My good friend Amanda came from Minnesota via bus and train (30+  hours commute; The US is big.), and Faith was in town visiting from Balitmore! The four of us, three of us when Faith departed, decided to form a click. We then executed that decision perfectly. We spent an entire week doing nothing but visiting book stores, sitting in bookstores, playing board games, sitting in coffee shops and ice cream shops and forcing employees to uncomfortably ask all costumers who have been playing Risk for more than an hour (six hours) to please consider leaving so that others could enjoy their ice cream. What else did we do? We rode bikes! And we were treated to delicious dinners by Henry's mother one night and my father the next. It was a good week. Unfortunately, I don't have a single photo.

First week back in Germany was deadly slow and stressful. I fumbled a lot with the language, I fumbled a lot with my thoughts, and I fumbled a lot with application forms and websites that had never been taught concepts of clarity. Luckily my first week back in Germany was only 4 days long, like any week. Then came Friday and the weekend! I'd been looking forward to this weekend for while. Marina and I and her parents were to go hiking in Switzerland/France. Due to life and its unpredictable illness bubbles, Marina's parents could not join us. This was a shame. Nevertheless Marina and I had a very nice hike in the Jura Mountains, a range on the Swiss/French border. Fortunately, I DO have photos from this trip! Here they are.

 Left of that stone is Switzerland. Right of that stone is France.

 Ms. Kartographie and a map!

 Horses, the first French speaking horses in Switzerland that we encountered. Into the Francophone we go.

 I think these trees are wicked cool.

 Switzerland and/or France.

 This is the village of Pleigne, Switzerland, where we resided Saturday evening.

 Also Pleigne.

 Hello!

 Hello x2.

 Switzerland is gorgeous.

These cows were not dangerous.

There you have it! Photos from Jura.

Next up: bike rides, the death of the Seven Dwarfs, Stuttgart, Lörrach, general updates.

Good night for now! :).