Just like Romeo and Juliette

Caio!
Made my way from Geneva to Verona alternating renegade camping and staying in hostels. The weather and the scenery was absolutely beautiful! My route took me to Martigny the first day, then over to Brig. Into Italy for an hour then back to Suisse. I spend a lovely night next to lake maggiore and walked across the boarder into Italy for good the next morning. I took the train to Milan from Luino and spent a rainy day in the city. The next day I made my way to Verona where I spent two nights in hostels before hooking up with the volunteer group.

The group is awsome! There are 10 of us staying in the house that Legambiente owns(the orgainization that I am volunteering for). I am building solar ovens along with a french man, a mexican man, three korean girls, a russian woman and two finish girls. I am having a great time and will be sad to leave i think. The work is pretty easy and we all share cooking-cleaning responsibilities every day. There is not too much choice for food though i.e. pasta, risoto, salad, pasta with oil, risoto with sauce, pasta with garlic, salad...

I will post pictures when I remember to bring my memory stick to the internet place. Alas, my time is running out again, so I will write more later in the week.

Everybody Let's Groove La La La!

So, time to move on again! The family took off on a two week tour of Switzerland and my friend Amanda has been hanging out here since last Tuesday. I've loved having her here. I've been showing her around town and having little adventures. There is a small river that flows through the hiking trails close to Versoix and I've been thinking a float down it would be a good idea. Well the conditions were perfect Saturday and I had a partner in crime, so we set off to conquer the rapids. We came back with a few bruises on our knees from arguments with rocks, but other that that we were totally happy.

Today is my last day here though and I have mixed feelings of course. I've really enjoyed working for the Lary's. Yeah it really sucked when it rained and I couldn't be my normal running everywhere self all the time. But they are extremely generous and I really felt a part of the family. The two little ones have such funny personalities. Kellen is very independent and Devan can't sleep without something on his feet. I love the way he runs and dances (kind of a wobble/rocking back and forth) and he always has to have his sleeves rolled up. I've also really enjoyed meeting John and Maureen (the grandparents). They are all just good people and I will miss them. I am leaving a few things here (ski boots, winter clothes, etc.) so I will for sure see them again before I leave Europe. Right, so I'm off to wander for a couple days then off to Verona on Saturday. More about that next post. A bientot!