I discovered recently that there were a ot of places to go in oregon, and in particular there's a lot of falls, volcans and beaches in the area. so, this saturday we went to the multnomah falls, which are the second highest falls in north america. at the beginning it was all so touristic, but then we continued climbing along the river and it was be

My mother is dying for an update of my blog. as i could not let her die too long, here are finally news from vancouver, the other one. my first roommate, the one that has 3 children at 25 years old, left last month, so i had a few weeks alone with my land lady, and now i have a new roommate. at the beginning i did'nt like her very much, but as we a

I know. i owe you photos and news about my birthday, halloween, some parties downtown portland. but i feel sooooo lazy. so,promise, the photos of halloween are coming. once, soon, maybe :) i was as a gothic nurse (abby from ncis was my model), and my work team was all kind of doctors , nurses and butchers that were trying to bring deads to life. (a

I had a really nice week-end last days. i went to the portland art museum with alex, where there was a native amercians exhibition, and also an exhibition called wild beauty, where i saw old photographs of the columbian river, from 1867 to 1950. portland art museum is a huge museum, so there were lots of other exhibitions, but in 3h30, we only got

I'm a little scared of becoming quite nostalgic thosedays. i'm thinking about my family, friends and boyfriend, and makes me something sad. but the website of the organization who sent me here says it's normal and it will be better after a few days :) hopefully i have nice acquaintances here. a swiss co-workers takes me out very often. we go and dr

That's it, monday will start my last week at work. i have lunches planned with every one i like the most at work, a "goodbye party" half planned half improvised, a report almost done, and so many calls to do for organizing my departure. like a conclusion of my stay here, the european cafe i liked so much, because they were nice and they had great s

The reason is: i changed my point of view. when coming back from switzerland, i almost died. really. i went to hospital for a few days, and, in the uncertainties of the first days i really thought that's it, it's over. and it is so sad, to think you're gonna die alone, so far from every one you love and you need. and i thought it was cheating, beca

One more week and i'm back in switzerland!this is crazy how finally time flies. well, i have looots of photos to show you. i have to say, these days i've been watching all this houses with crazy christmas decoration, and, tonight, i said to kathleen: hey, what about going to a walk and taking photos of the houses? so, we went out there in the cold

Katleen's car won't start. the problem began yesterday, with the first snow here at vancouver. it began being difficult to start, but at the end finally worked. this morning however, i was trying to wake up early, because i was having this big demo day at work, with all the bosses comming by and listening at me, and i heard that katleen's car was r

Just a brief note for saying that al goes very well here. today i eated sooo much, because i baught take-away food from a thai restaurant. and it was delicious but there were too many food for just me :) rock (or i don't know his real name in the serie) died at the end of season 8!!! how terrible!!! hmmm... yes, you get it, i'm watching csi episode