I shot the swine flu
I know it has been a really long time since I wrote. And I apologize, but there are cool things coming up. So, don't worry I will keep up my blog. So lets get to the subject. I don't know how you guys in the States are dealing with the swine flu right now. In Switzerland the government has set up some safety precautions. Since I am back there are.... READ MORE

Picture of the Day: Dollar suddenly worth a lot!
I am sure you have ask yourself before, how much worth is a dollar. Well currently it is worth A LOT! Two days ago with 1,02 Swiss Francs (Fr.) I could buy 1 Dollar. Today according to the "Baz"-newspaper for one dollar you get 100.- Fr. ! I am glad I still have about 100 Dollar bills at home! They are worth around 1000.- Fr. !!! Investing in the dollar is really profitable these days! PS. Of course the newspaper just forgot the dot between the 1 and the zero. Sorry Americans but your dollar is as much worth as one Swiss France. Maybe it will be more tomorrow but for today we are even! Check out the picture on READ MORE!

Why Am I So Busy???
So, as the old readers probably noticed I am not posting as much as I used too! That has one simple reason: I am really busy right now. Am I really? I tried to put down some reasons and make a conclusion: 1. School .... READ MORE

Picture of the Day: MEAT!
Sorry to all vegetarians! Today was a good day! Not only because I didn't have school in the afternoon. No, also because we received about 14,6 of fresh Swiss meat. I did the math for you guys and it is 30,9 pound! (If you want to check: 1kg is 2,2 pound) Now you are probably thinking that in Switzerland everybody buys meat like that. But that is not the case. Normally Swiss buy it like normal civilized people in grocery stores in smaller amounts. But our family has some good connections with a farmer. So, we could buy it from him! Sadly we only got one piece for dinner, but at least something. The rest of it went right a way in the freezer where it hides from the big hungry Raphy! One d

Fall Break (and so on)
p style="text-align: justify;">At the moment I am enjoying three weeks of fall break. Two weeks are already over but in those two weeks I spent my days in south Switzerland at our apartment in the mountains. We had a great and really relaxing time up there. At the end of this post I have some pictures with impressions for you guys. But today I actually want to write about how this all works with school breaks in