I got back to Switzerland just fine. I met some really cool people on my flight back. One guy whose dad lives in Italy, another guy who is from Lithuania. I wish I would have gotten contact information from both of them. They were both really, really cool. The flight back inspired me to organize and motivate myself to do a few things... one of them being to start writing a short story I have an idea for, the other to really practice my French hard and then (or perhaps at the same time) learn Russian, Lithuanian, or any other northern/eastern European language. If I learn Russian, it'll be easier for me to learn other languages that are similar... like Lithuanian or something. That would be just plain awesome.
Anyway, Antoine's cousins are in town. Well, the older one, Titiana just left yesterday. One day we all went to this place called Labyrinth Aventure. It's basically a huge maze, plus huge slides, plus really ridiculous activities like mini golf (pool table style) and wooden pinball mechanisms. They did have one of those old school bicycles that you could ride, though. Like the one on the right there. But obviously not with a dude like that riding it... though it was pretty funny seeing an obviously German guy with a beer belly riding it. Hah.
We also went to this place called AquaParc... which is equivalent to the water park at the Wilderness Resort in the Wisconsin Dells. I had fun, I suppose. I had fun if you count being in a chlorine infested space surrounded by a thousand screaming children all in a language you don't fully understand. It was whatever, though. It kept the kids busy and swimming is good exercise, right?
Anyway, now the post is going to get pretty sad... my mother called me on Saturday night. I still don't believe what she said to me is real. She told me my cat passed away on Friday. I am so sad. I guess that his tumors were cancerous. I don't even really want to say anymore about it. It seems fake, as if I'm in a dream. As if when I go back to America, he'll be there to greet me. I just have to take everything in stride.
So much in my life is changing that it's getting hard to comprehend everything at once. I just need to take everything in stride. I need to have patience and I need to stay motivated.
Yesterday I spent the day making "podcasts". I got bored and started fooling around with GarageBand. Here are the first three episodes... Just go ahead and click the episode title to download.
Swiss Cheese - A Podcast with Cara Tobe
Episode #1 - Viva La Uke
A podcast dedicated to everyone's favorite little instrument... the ukulele!
Episode #2 - The Cover Edition
Cara shows you a few of her favorite cover songs.
Episode #3 - Swiss Discothèque
An hour-long dance mix that Cara put together.
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