5 hours of lunchtime

Today so many classes were canceled that we had 5 hours for lunch! We went to the lake of Zürich and played volleyball on the lawn & some people went swimming. It was pretty awesome. I'm pretty sure everyone got a sunburn. Oops!

Pictures & sunburn!

Today we had a super early out at 10:30, so two friends and I went to the lake to take pictures! We ended up going home way earlier than we expected because it was too hot to concentrate. But we got some really pretty pictures!

(There are a bunch more that came out really well which makes me super happy!)

rainy day

Today I woke up (relatively) early and ate breakfast and helped my grandma around the house. It was super rainy so I also was inspired to do some drawing. :)

So that was fun, and then my grandparents went to a wedding of an old friend so I had the house to myself all afternoon and evening.. So I played piano for an hour and a half and watched a Disney movie because I was feeling nostalgic. Basically a perfect lazy weekend day. 

82 degrees and being crafty

Okay I take back what I said yesterday about it being hot. Today was 10 degrees warmer?! It's a little crazy. 

Today during class I was noticing how nice everyone is to each other and how so much more of it is genuine than at Flathead. Which I'm going to miss so much. Switzerland really has this school system thing down with the separate schools for smarter people and the neat class system. Ah well. 

Also after school I got a lil crafty and decided to sew my pants to be skinnier and shorter. I can never find skinny jeans that fit me because I have a wide waist but skinny calves and really short legs. So I fixed my new jeans! 💪🏻

71 degrees and Google+?

It was soooo hot today. Most of the time the weather is a few degrees warmer than in Montana, but apparently not today. 

I watched a YouTube video about Google+ and remembered that I have one because I have a gmail address... So I went on the page and it says I have 29,000 views?! I literally posted nothing on there except that I was "soon to have survived middle school :D". (Which I find hilarious.) However, apparently I was a dumb middle schooler, because my cell phone and part of my address was on there. Whoops. Don't put your personal info on the Internet, kids!

Grass, man

Today was Mother's Day! Happy mom day to all the wonderful moms out there. :)

Today I did homework and watched a movie that I've been meaning to watch for forever, The Devil Wears Prada. I vaguely remember reading the book a few years ago, but I had forgotten the plot. It was an ok movie I suppose. 

But I got to skype with my friend for three hours. I miss Montanans. 

Something funny that I noticed while walking today was that the lawns here are much less fancily kept than the classic American lawn. Most open spaces look like this here:

Which I think is very pretty and very energy-conscious. (I can't English anymore, the word I'm looking for is Energie-sparend but I seem to have forgotten the English meaning) No extra watering is required (sprinklers can make up to 50% of a house's water bill!), and you don't have to spend the time or pay someone to mow it all the time! Plus there are literally flowers everywhere, which is just generally easier on the eyes. 

Shopping & pics & Oreos

Today I went shopping in Zurich! I actually even found a pair of jeans that fit me! Woo🎉

I also met a friend and we wandered around Zürich and I played photographer. It was super fun, especially because afterwards we went to the English bookstore and found double triple Oreos. Which are freaking amazing. 

Half day & sprinkle photography

Today we had a half day like every Wednesday, and the weather surprised everyone by being super rainy in the morning and super sunny in the afternoon. I went to a friend's house after school to hang out & study, and we saw a picture idea on Pinterest... Which resulted in us doing this: 

Which I think is really neat. :) 

Choir day:)

Today I got to miss most of school for choir practice, which was really fun. Then I came home, spent a while helping my grandma sort through photos on her laptop, did homework and now it is almost midnight & I must sleep. Oops. Good night! 

Woop Monday:)

It rained almost all day today it was so gorgeous!

(Can you see the little splashes of the raindrops on the windowsill?)

I actually woke up at 6:45 cause it was so bright! I'm so glad summer is coming and it'll be brighter longer. :)

School again

School starts tomorrow & I really am not ready... I don't want to go back to waking up early! My sleep schedule is so off because when I can I go to sleep between 12 and 3 am and sleep until 10. Oops. 

I've also decided I'm not going to blog every day, because the last few posts I decided are too boring. All I do over breaks is homework, sleep, watch movies, take pictures, and tumblr. And I don't want my posts to be boring... Quality over quantity! 

Hopefully I can get to sleep at a reasonable hour... Good night!

P.S. Here are some pics I've taken the past couple of days/weeks that I'm proud of:)

Omg better art !!!

Today I did homework & learned how to make paper cranes & cleaned my room & helped my grandma get groceries. :)

One of my crazy talented friends drew my eyeball picture that I took yesterday! It looks sooo cool.

So I was wondering what I could do with my paper cranes... I got inspired by some pictures I saw online and made this cute little thing in my window. :)

Omg art !!!

Today I did absolutely nothing all morning and it was wonderful. Then after lunch I took a shower, cleaned my room and did some laundry, and then got inspired to make some art. 

It's a watermelon! I realized I have pink eyeliner & mascara and two shades of green eyeliner & mascara! Then I edited it so it was red (if I ever find red eyeliner, I will buy it & do this again :p)

So that was fun:)

Then I decided to doodle some stuff but none of it really came out good except this octopus kind of. 

So yay for art! I'm so glad we have another week of spring break. I don't think anyone's ready for school stress yet. 

Oh! And there was a giant thunderstorm this evening and I'm falling asleep now listening to rain against my window. It makes me so happy. :)

Spain Day 6!

This morning we got up late and hopped on the bus to drive two hours back to Málaga to get on the plane. The plane was delayed a little so we hung out in the airport for a while before flying home. 

We arrived & got our bags & ate dinner at the airport & everything worked out perfectly. Then we came home and I Skyped with my mom. :) 

I just finished unpacking and now I'm super tired! I'm looking forward to another week of vacation. Good night!

Spain Day 4!

Today we got up early & walked five minutes down the hill to the Alhambra, which is basically the ruins and restored gardens of the old palace. (Where Queen Isabella lived!) The gardens were absolutely stunning, 

and the palaces were so ridiculously detailed I couldn't properly appreciate it after a while because it was just too much. 

(That's a ceiling^)

Basically, imagine this ^ times a million and you're about there. 

Then after lunch we hopped on a bus and drove to the other side of the city, then walked down through a zillion tiny streets into the middle of Granada. It was pretty fun, and we learned (among other things) about houses that are labeled as "Carmens". In order for a house to be able to carry the title of Carmen, it has to fulfill some requirements. Some of those include having a garden (with both useful plants-like herbs or lettuce-and decorative plants-like daisies or roses) and having an inner courtyard. I thought it was pretty cute. 

After the tour we convinced my aunt & uncle that we needed ice cream. I have never had such a giant cone in my life. It was beautiful. Snickers & stracciatella ice cream=heaven.

Something neat:

I took a picture of the view from the Alhambra across Granada to the other side, and then later today I took another picture of the view from the other side of the city across to the Alhambra. The red is where the other picture was taken!

Spain Day 3!

Today we got up early and spent two hours on the bus driving to Córdoba. Literally all we could see in every direction the whole time we were driving were olive trees. Miles and miles and miles of olives... Did you know most of the fancy Italian olive oil is actually produced from olives from Spain? How random..

Anyways, in Córdoba we stopped right by an old Roman bridge, which we got to walk across later.

Then we visited the mosque-cathedral of Córdoba, which is basically an absolutely ginormous mosque with a cathedral right in the middle.

The history behind it is a bit complicated... It was first a Catholic Church which was then torn down and replaced with a mosque, which was then gradually expanded until Córdoba was under Catholic rule again, when a cathedral was (in my opinion rather randomly) built smack in the middle of the mosque. It is literally too big for words. 

This is the cathedral in the middle- facing forward

And backward! (Black is all mahogany wood from South America, and there are two giant organs on either side built into the walls that didn't fit into the picture)

After visiting the mosque we wandered through the city, which was a mishmash of tiny streets and crooked, winding, bright alleys. It's almost like Rome:)

We drove two hours back to Granada, ate dinner, and are going to bed soon. I can't wait for tomorrow, we're visiting the Alhambra!

Spain Day 2!

Today we got up early and walked down a hill behind our hotel to wander through the actual city of Granada. 

We visited the Cathedral where Queen Isabella of Spain's body is, 

and a cool statue showing Christopher Columbus asking Queen Isabella for permission to go to India, which was neat.:) (oops, you can't even see the statue in the picture? My bad.)

Then we did some shopping, because everything in cheaper here than in Switzerland. Everything is cheaper anywhere else than in Switzerland (kind of). 

We came back to the hotel & went swimming & laid in the sun until dinner (it's so nice & warm here!), where we walked to a place close by where there was amazing cheesy pizza & paellas (rice with tomatoes and lots of other veggies-apparently a Spanish specialty). 

Tomorrow we have to get up early to get on the bus for two hours.. *horrified gasp*

Spain Day 1!

Today we almost missed our train to the airport.. It was a tad stressful. But woot we ended up making it, and then flew two hours to Spain:) I love airplanes & flying. So that was fun. 

We got off the plane and got on a bus to go wander around the city of Málaga, which is right next to the beach. It was nice & warm & reminded me of Florida somehow. Then we got back on the bus & drove two hours to Granada to our hotel. It is so gorgeous here, I'm so excited for the best week! 

PENTATONIX

Today was a normal Wednesday, which means a half day, and after going home & dropping off my school stuff, I went right back into Zurich to wait in line for 2 hours with 4 other girls from my class to see Pentatonix! (Google them if you don't know who they are, you won't regret it..) We basically sat on the ground the whole time we were waiting, eating and talking. But showing up so early was worth it because we were fourth in line. That meant when the doors opened we were in the fourth row ish (standing-it was in a club so no seats..) and standing/dancing to the radio for another 2 hours, they finally came on stage and performed for another two hours. It was amazing. I'm completely hoarse and my feet hurt so bad... But it was super fun! I sound a bit crazy-but believe me, it was worth it! They are just as good live as on any recording... And they did one song without microphones, where the audience was dead silent. It was so beautiful. I'm so happy that they decided to come to Zurich while I'm here! 

Ten minutes after I got home I went on Instagram and saw that there was a new picture on their official Instagram... That they had taken during the show... And I'm in it! 

You can see so much, I know. But woo! We were so close to the stage. It was soooo awesome! :)