Monday, June 21, 2010

Catch-up!!

Now that I'm done with my formal education section of school here's a re-cap of the last few months...

Starting with skydiving in switzerland (April 23-25th)
Spending so much time in the city I forgot how much I loved nature Interlacken was surrounded by beautiful glacial blue lakes and tall snow capped mountains and was super peaceful. Interlacken is a small Swiss city which lies in the Bernese Oberland on an alluvial plain, between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. It's presided over by the three huge mountains, Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, and is a little slice of heavin on earth.
We arrived at Balmer's Hostel late friday night.Balmer's is the 1st and oldest private hostel in Switzerland, situated right in the middle of the Swiss Alps, and have perfected the art of making your stay an adventure you won’t forget. Breakfast included and event a relaxation room full of hammocks. Balmer's also has one of the only clubs open past 10pm in Interlacken, unfortunately since we had to be awake early for skydiving we didn't get to join in the fun.


Early the next morning we hopped in the skydive switzerland van and drove about 45 min to our destination. And after a few hours of hanging out and learning the basics it was time to suit up. What could be more flattering than blue full body jumpsuist. The orange knees and but patches really added pizzazz. Surprisingly i was expecting to be nervous but instead my excitment only grew before the jump. we had a aerial tour of the swiss and french alps (including matterhorn) and then it was time to JUMP!
The freefall was amazing and I seriously contemplated staying in switzerland and becoming a skydiving instructor forever...

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