A New Set of Interns, A New Swiss Adventure
One of the remarkable things about Geneva is what a transient community it is. With so many students and interns passing through for 3 and 6-month study abroads and work experiences, people who’ve been here a year are considered quite established. And so, with everyone else from my ‘intern class’ having returned home (save for Sasha who will only be here through December), it’s time to make new friends with a bunch of new people.
I should step back for a brief moment to clarify that I do have plenty of friends who are here long-term, so it’s really just the intern crowd that’s completely changed.
A couple weekends ago I joined Steph (new multimedia intern here at FI), Harold (the new Dave at ACT), Dana (the new Mike at EAA), and Melissa (the replacement Sasha at ICMC) for a day trip to Lucerne. It was nice to finally see a place that I’d heard a lot about (especially that lion statue), although it was pretty overcast so the mountains weren’t quite as dramatic as they could’ve been. Even so, it was a fun trip and a good chance to get to know some of the new folks better.
Here are some pictures:
An interesting stained glass World Clock at the Lucerne train station
That poor dying lion everyone’s always talking about
The monument is a tribute to fallen Swiss mercenaries in the French Revolution
The Hof Church, where we inadverantly sort of crashed a wedding
Harold surveys the landscape
Sagmeister-esque poster
Yakkity yak
Part of the city (which probably would have been more impressive without the cloudy sky)
A shot by Harold on the wall overlooking the city
The Picasso museum, which is actually more interesting due to the immense number of candid photos from his home life in his later year rather than his work (they mainly just have drawings and studies)
For dinner we decided to eat at a Tex-Mex place we’d read about. While El Divino was good, I don’t know if I’d necessarily call it the “King of Fajitas” as their advertising suggested. Here we are, out front (l to r: Dana, Harold, Melissa, me, and Steph)
There was some sort of carnival happening in front of the train station. Here’s a shot of the swing ride in front a big arch at the station.
I should step back for a brief moment to clarify that I do have plenty of friends who are here long-term, so it’s really just the intern crowd that’s completely changed.
A couple weekends ago I joined Steph (new multimedia intern here at FI), Harold (the new Dave at ACT), Dana (the new Mike at EAA), and Melissa (the replacement Sasha at ICMC) for a day trip to Lucerne. It was nice to finally see a place that I’d heard a lot about (especially that lion statue), although it was pretty overcast so the mountains weren’t quite as dramatic as they could’ve been. Even so, it was a fun trip and a good chance to get to know some of the new folks better.
Here are some pictures:
An interesting stained glass World Clock at the Lucerne train station
That poor dying lion everyone’s always talking about
The monument is a tribute to fallen Swiss mercenaries in the French Revolution
The Hof Church, where we inadverantly sort of crashed a wedding
Harold surveys the landscape
Sagmeister-esque poster
Yakkity yak
Part of the city (which probably would have been more impressive without the cloudy sky)
A shot by Harold on the wall overlooking the city
The Picasso museum, which is actually more interesting due to the immense number of candid photos from his home life in his later year rather than his work (they mainly just have drawings and studies)
For dinner we decided to eat at a Tex-Mex place we’d read about. While El Divino was good, I don’t know if I’d necessarily call it the “King of Fajitas” as their advertising suggested. Here we are, out front (l to r: Dana, Harold, Melissa, me, and Steph)
There was some sort of carnival happening in front of the train station. Here’s a shot of the swing ride in front a big arch at the station.
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