last week there was a Big Salad party, where we all brought large bowls of salad to eat. there we are, 15 young people, eating salad in a park. it was great.
on the weekend, i went on an iaeste trip to zermatt, the village where the matterhorn is. zermatt is the swiss version of canmore, exactly. it was weird, i got off the train and everyone is wearing hiking boots and there was a north face and peak performance store, seriously, exactly canmore. took a few ski lifts up to this glacier on a mountain, where people do some summer skiing. it just made me think of how fun it's gonna be this winter. got a good view of the matterhorn, it was just a little bit chilly - like +5 - still t-shirt weather, all good, probably what it is in calgary right now. it was like 3500 m and some people were struggling with that and with the "cold". hiked down back to the hostel, ate some good dinner, went out and tore up a dance floor, went back and slept. woke up, good breakfast, train to some other gondolas, scrambled 200m up a peak, pretty sketchy but pretty fun. hiked along a glacier, the glacier was pretty big, easy hike, a couple decent photos. walked through a tunnel through a mountain, ate some ice cream, took the cable car down, train home. the train was 40 minutes late, just an absolute catastrophe for the swiss train system really.
went for a couple great runs earlier this week, feeling pretty good for this half now, excited about the pasta party the night before too. it honestly is one of the greatest highs, i love the adrenaline and the feeling after a good workout. there's this animation film festival in baden this week, so we went to see the swiss premiere of "up" which i thought was pretty good, not my favorite pixar movie, but still good. then last night was a short film competition which i thought was really cool too.
also i don't even think i like pastries, but for some reason they are so good. chocolate filled croissants will be the end of me. also chocolate too. but i am still maintaining a fairly health position until now. it has been 4 months already!
going to belgium for a short trip this weekend, it will be an attempt to eat as much as possible. chocolate, frites with mayo, belgian beer.
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