by jo | Feb 21, 2009 | Everyday Stories
SO yesterday was the day of finals for the first term here at EuNC. The week was kind of crazy with all the thigns we had due and all the things we had to get done. By thursday night I was going a bit stir crazy and needed some sort of extreme or random activity to...
by jo | Feb 21, 2009 | Everyday Stories
Today I went with Jennie and Montague (the newly engageds!) to Zurich. We went around the city, but the main thing we did was explore Zwingli’s Church (leader of the Swiss protestant reformation… he’s like the Martin Luther of Switzerland). It was...
by jo | Feb 21, 2009 | Everyday Stories
So today Brady and I went to go watch Frank’s basketball tournament in Schaffhausen. Frank’s dad, Antonie (the Academic Dean at EuNC) ended up calling and offering to drive Brady and I to the gym. So, we got to the gym, watched Frank play (on two...
by jo | Feb 21, 2009 | Everyday Stories
This past weekend I went to Munich with a group of friends. (Awesome discovery: In Germany you can buy weekend train tickets for a group. You get one ticket per 5 people, and the ticket only costs 35 Euro, so like 7 Euro each, and you can go anywhere in Germany on...
by jo | Feb 21, 2009 | Everyday Stories
In class the other day we watched a film on the life of St. Francis of Assisi. The film itself was not great, and it was done pretty cheesily… but the story of Francis’ life was actually pretty resounding. Now, I don’t want to get all preachy or...