American Thanksgiving and So On...

Last Thursday was Rachel's last day of work at Alstom and as such was capped by a goodbye drink at Mojo's, a bar close to Alstom and a haunt for all of its full timers. We arrived at about 5:15, without having had dinner and consumed drinks at a steady pace until we left at around 10 because we were hungry. In this time I met a lot of her friends from Alstom including, fortunately, a good few that spoke English and even one with whom I practiced some Spanish! After leaving the bar we went and got a doner kebap and walked home in the freezing cold.

Friday night I went out with Rachel and her (former) boss for drinks in Zurich. It was kinda awkward at first as many of her bosses friends didn't speak english (or chose not to) so I spent a lot of time sitting quietly. With time (and drinks) however, they seemed to warm to me and we made our way to a club where we danced and my girlfriend got a little drunk ;)

Saturday we had to prepare for thanksgiving dinner at Duane's (had to buy pie and ice cream). Got up without showering, grabbed a chocolate croissant on the way to town and did some shopping before rushing home for a shower. Got to Duane's at around 2-2:30 and enjoyed some great thanksgiving food - a welcome treat considering I had missed Canadian thanksgiving! Ate waaay to much and drank too much wine too fast so didn't feel so awesome that evening but still managed to watch a movie.

Sunday, despite noble intentions of getting up, doing laundry and cleaning before going to play badminton in the afternoon, got distracted by a certain someone and ended up not being particularly productive until about 3.. Went and played badminton from 4-5, ate dinner, did laundry and watched another movie.

The rest of this week has been more or less uneventful, surviving work mostly. Going on a skitrip this weekend - will report back soon!