After flights from Kansas City to Chicago to Warsaw, Poland to Geneva, Switzerland, and a 1.5 hour car ride to Leysin...I am "home." I've been at my new "home" for 2 days now. Right from the get go we've been busy attempting to learn the new ropes...no free time. The village is beyond beautiful. The people are friendly. I haven't had the chance to explore too much, but I hope to do so in the near future. I think school life/work will occupy a majority of my time.
The past 2 dinners have been typical Swiss dishes....cheese fondue on night 1 and raclette on night 2. YUM! If I don't exercise like crazy, then there will be trouble. The local wine is good....and cheap.
I shipped my mountain bike 3 months ago from Korea and I took my road bike on the plane with me, but somehow it didn't make it to the airport when I did. A delivery guy dropped it off today. I was bit worried, especially since I dropped an arm and a leg for it. But both bikes are built and ready to ride...I just need the free time to ride now. These mountains are going to beat me up, but I'm excited for it :) I think I'll get out Saturday and see how my lungs and legs hold up.
Something I didn't mention earlier as I was trying to focus on the positives of my new job and environment. I am working at a boarding school...boo. There are approximately 400 students representing 60 different countries...yea! I've been placed in the 12th grade boys' dorm and I have dorm responsibilities once a week and one weekend every 5 weeks. This part of the job I am not excited for, but I will do my best to embrace it. My apartment within the dorm is decent. I have just a bit less space than I did in Korea. It's a very weird setup, but it will work fine, especially when people visit because there is an extra room and bathroom. I guess one perk about being in the dorm is that my apartment gets cleaned once a week by housekeeping :)
Life won't be perfect here. Life may even be crazier here than in Korea...who knows. As I mentioned earlier, I think work will consume my life, but I should have time to enjoy the things I love. Initially there will be a lot of lonely times, clinging to the past, and resisting change. After getting used to living in Korea and feeling like I know what I'm doing, I now feel like a foreigner again. I have no idea where anything in town is. I don't even know survival French. I'll have a lot of work to do to get accustomed to life here, but in time I will be good.
I will take some pictures over the next few days. Here is one picture, but it's far from an accurate depiction of how beautiful this place is...it's what I wake up to in the morning :)
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