Thanksgiving continued . . .

Nikki made a huge Thanksgiving meal for us and it was amazing! We enjoyed spending the afternoon with her and her American-obsessed host family in Frauenfeld. ;-) It truly was a wonderful Thanksgiving away from home! Her family was so welcoming and we enjoyed being far out in the snow covered country checking out all the Americana the dad had collected over the years like mint condition jukeboxes and 5 cent coke machines!!!

Rolf, Miriam, Nikki, and me

Miriam and me carving the turkey. His name was Tom . . . may he rest in peace!

There was a lot of food and it was superb!

I think the turkey chemicals went to our heads!

Haha, it was a huge mess to clean up, but so worth it. ;-)

After being at Nikki's we met some more people in Kusnacht for Ethan's house-warming party! And it was sooo much fun! He had arranged a hike in the woods with candles and lanterns and where once we arrived to "the spot" his roomate played the guitar and we consumed marvelous warm punch around the fire and looked at the lovely Zurichsee by night. Then it was off to his new dwelling where we chated, drank, and ate to our heart's content. :-D

Ethan

Me devouring the peanut butter pie ;-) and Nikki's host dad

Nikki's host mom

One sexay turkey!!!

Miriam with Nikki's girls!

Thanksgiving weekend continued . . .

The finished look!

Miriam sloshes water on Oliver's head . . .

Cooking at Jurgen's! T'was a yummy oriental chicken dish!

Jurgen tells Miriam . . . "You can open a coconut by pressing on the brown circles!"

On Friday a few of us traveled to Jurgen's apartment near ETH, the university in Zurich, for supper and to cut Oliver's hair! Oliver told Miriam she could cut his hair if she watched a "how-to" video on youtube. Haha . . . so she started and let's just say it was a good thing I knew how to do hair-cutting, even just a little bit. I helped guide her and did a few bits of it and it turned out okay, but the other guys decided to keep their long locks. ;-)

He had a lovely supper together and then took a walk around the city and wandered into the HB to look at the new Christmas tree, covered in crystals!!! Then t'was out for a couple of drinks and then home early to be ready for a marvelous meal in Frauenfeld on Saturday!!!

Thanksgiving Weekend!!

Thanksgiving day the kiddos and I spent the day riding rides and playing games at the UsterMarkt and wandered around the shopping center of Uster and enjoyed making cookies and being silly. A great day all around!

Handel's Messiah Concert!

A couple of Sunday's ago, Lindsay, Miriam, and myself went to IPC for the free Handel's Messiah sing-along concert!!! Oh it was amazing! They had a few singers from the Zurich Opera House singing the pieces, truly mesmerizing! We had such a great time and then went out for coffee afterwards!
Sandra Notz and her husband

Me, Lindsay, Miriam

YAY!!

Ice Skating in Dubendorf, Switzerland

ICE SKATING PICTURES

Rachel, Aubrey, and her little one! It cracks me up that they look alike! People think she is Aubrey's little one!

Rachel, with Nicole's kids, and Mike

Mani (gal from German class), Miriam, and me!

A group of us decided to go out ice skating!! We had a blast and I only fell once and soon hopefully I can get some more photos from the other gals! :-D We had a lovely afternoon, skating outside, while the snow lightly fell, listening to American and European hits blaring on the speakers!

Sorry . . . out of order once again . . .

Miriam and Me on a Sunday afternoon walking along the lake in the Zurich park. This crazy gold man was there trying to earn money, hehe.

Sunday afternoon lunch at a Chinese restaurant

H&M shopping . . . crazy things in that store along with the great finds!

Migro lunch! Danielle, my adopted Canadian sister!

hehe . . .

I am a rich woman! No more worries . . .

ICF free evening meal, Miriam and Danielle

Walking to evening church

Haha, Lance found his soulmate in Laine . . . a woman, who not only catches her own fish, put can clean them, and not only that . . . pull the y-bone out of a pike! Whatever that is, hehe. This was the proposal. ;-) After watching the new Bond movie, the three if us went out!

Ida, Amie, me, and Laine

Melissa and me during Halloween! My first taste of Guinness

Bec, me and Melissa

Halloween in der Schweiz. Only Brits and Americans celebrate this holiday . . . we met a lot of Brits . . .

1940's Teacher (Jordan), Amy Winehouse (Laine), Devil (Kathi)

For Halloween I cut my hair (trimmed and layered, so proud I did it myself!!!) and coloured with a temporary colour!

The new look!

First snow!!! Schnee!

I made that snowball! It was a killer one too, packed so well!

My garden!

The evening before it was snowing while all the world slept, except for me and my neighbor whom I scared to death as I was sitting in the laundry room in the dark taking this picture. Hehe, she was laughing after though.

Stephanie, me, and Danielle