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...
by jo | Feb 3, 2009 | Everyday Stories
So today at lunch the meal they served was sausage… big fatty german sausages. I was totally just going to pass up the opportunity to try this “cultural gem”… but then my buddy Victor gave me a hard enough time about “Why put off till...