It's exam time again, and I haven't had too much time to sit down and write a post in a while. May and June have really zoomed by, and I only have one big exam left before I am FINALLY on summer holidays. I realize I never posted anything on my last touristy ventures in May, being a horseback riding trip in the mountains near Sion, and a lovely mother-daughter trip to Leukerbad when my mom came down for a weekend.
Here are some photos that should give you a nice idea :)
View from the train when we left for Sion...
Funiculaire up to Crans Montana :D
The "Pyramides d'Euseigne" in the valley up from Sion, rock formations!
Both a little tired after a 4 hour treck up the mountain :)
Spring in Leukerbad 26/05
So yes, me and my flatmate dragged our two boyfriends along for both of their first times on horseback. For 2 days. In the mountains. I think deep down they had fun (neither of them really wanted to admit it), and neither of them fell off even once!! For me it was definitely a childhood dream come true, we got amazing weather even though it rained all night, the guides were really nice, and the horses were great. Memory for life :D Here's the link for the ranch we went to: http://www.ranch.ch/
My mom came down the weekend after and took me to Leukerbad, right up from Leuk, also in Valais. We came up Saturday afternoon, and enjoyed the hot spring baths associated with our hotel... relaxation before exams? Oh yes. Dinner was amazing with a Swiss themed buffet. Sunday dawned snowy, but we were set on going for a hike. To our dismay the gondola we had planned on taking up was closed, but we didn't let this get us down and found another great trail to follow as the weather only got better and better. Back down in the village we came straight across an open restaurant and had lunch, before we spent two more wonderful hours in the baths before our bus left around 6. The luxury treatment was verrrry much appreciated by the medical student.
Now I've gone about a month with studying and exams, we finished classes on the 30th of may, and had our practical exam the 13th of june. I found time for a quick trip back to Belgium for my sister's graduation, before speeding back down to study some more.
Not a lot of interesting things happen during study time, but my room has been packed up and sent back to Belgium with my parents who drove down last weekend so it's all very empty here now. I leave Switzerland in one week.
So that's that really, I'm dying to be done with exams (which I will be next wednesday), and I'll have a day and a half to enjoy with my friends and boyfriend here before I leave (not very long!! :( ) I'm going to do a recap/bye bye Switzerland blog post next week and have some cool pictures coming up ;)
Hope everyone has had a good start of summer, and really appreciate that you are not stuck learning about the kidney's reabsorption of calcium today!
xxTherese
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