..umm is someones food ringing?

We didnt end up going to Zurich, the weather was atrocious, so we decided it best not to pay 60chf to sit on a train for 3 hours, to just sit inside out of the rain for the day in Zurich.

(Jet, moi & Hannah last night)

Its ohkay, plenty of time for such things.

Instead the girls and I met in town and just chilled at this quaint cafe/bar called Wish Bar, its really cute and cosy, so i think we may have found a new place to frequent.

We also went ot this massive massive bookstore and i couldnt help myself and bought 3 books;

Eat, Love, Pray by Elizabeth Gilbert, I saw this lady on Oprah a while back and i remember thinking at the time, sounds like a good book to read, then Hannah picked it up and suggested i give it a crack. Also picked up A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini, its got some wowzer write ups, so thought id give it a burl. And last but not least, Almost French by Sarah Turnbull. Basically that ones about a lady from Sydney who moved to France, I picked it up and then Jet mentioned she read it and she loved it... so bang, three books, im already a way through Eat Pray Love. Its super.

The girls and I agreed we are losing the capability to speak proper english. (Dad would argue he doesnt think i ever spoke it properly) But I mean, when we speak english to swiss people, we slow it down and take out the words that are not necessary to get our point across and we rearrange our sentences to simplyfy it, and especially with the kids.. but then we get together and struggle to talk properly.. we had eachother in stitches we some stupid stupid sentences at lunch yesterday.. It will be good when we can all string a few french sentences together.

Saturday night went to a new club called Cult, they order 600 Franc bottles of vodka there. Its quite crazy, and they have flames coming out the top so everyone knows when someone is forking out the big bucks. Which is quite a normal occurance I am beginning to find out. I sure as hell wont be forking out 600 bucks for a bottle o vodka anytime in the next..well..ever.

Jet and I are off to Lugano on the weekend, taking the train and staying at the hostel i mentioned last blog. (http://www.montarina.ch/). Kristian is probably coming with us. He is from Canada and plays rugby here, works as an in tern sort of, in a office for a sports federation just doing bits n pieces. Hes here until December and then is going back to study medicine for the next 6 years.. woo. Def not the type youd ever pick to do med, which is what makes him so interesting. He hasnt found many younger people to hang out with, so weve welcomed him into our clan.

Oktoberfest is still in the maybe pile. Its going to be one of those things that will be decided the day before, i just know it.

I am booking a holiday package this week for the week and a half i have off in mid october, Jet and i are going to go to greece or turkey, depending on how good the packages are. Im heading to the travel agent some time through the week. We need to find some sun.. because by the looks of things, last week marked the last week its going to be beautiful.. so heres comes the cold .. woo!

The girls and Kristian and I decided we are going to have a Halloween party, especially for Jet and I as we dont really celebrate Halloween as you all know it isnt that big in Oz. And we all agreed to celebrate eachothers countries big days.. say thanksgiving and independance day and australia day and halloween and some other random days.. Just to keep things fun fun fun.

Im exhausted and very much contemplating SLEEP.

Oh, im on Skype, so if anyone has it, feel free to add the gypsy ha ha. meagan.bignell is my skype name, took me a while to think of, its pretty original.

I love the german channel, its hardcore ha. All the good movies are on this channel, im contemplating german classes, just so it makes watching these movies a bit more enjoyable.

Stay Safe. A bientot, Bisous x