1) Acquiesce to becoming European – Try as I may, I struggle to wait patiently on the corner with everybody else until the walk sign flashes on even though there is nary a car as far as the eye can see. In Boston you’d freeze to the sidewalk during that time.
2) Unearth a favorite Belgium beer, Swiss chocolate, French pastry, German schnitzel, fondue recipe, local watering hole, etc. The pictures below show the guys and I attempting to find the perfect Belgium waffle in Brussels over the weekend. More on Brussels to follow in a later post.
3) Increase my German proficiency from a 10 month year old to about as well as your average 2 year old. My department finds my attempts hilarious and has taken to teaching me a new word every day.
4) Make European friends. Yesterday at work I practically chased down some girl in the hall for a new lunchmate.
5) Go Rhineschwimmen – an annual festival in Basel where everybody dives into the Rhine and floats down
6) Ski the Swiss Alps without injury – 2 teeth and 20 stitches is enough for one lifetime
7) Oktoberfest - We're already practicing
8) Exploit last minute Easyjet and train ticket deals to explore hidden jewels off the beaten path.
9) Embark on a grand Swiss adventure complete with backpacking through the Alps, riding gondolas, befriending goat herders, sampling freshly made cheese, sleeping in huts on beds of straw, & staying up to all hours of the night around a campfire with locals. Clarke – I’m saving this for you; get pumped!
And last but certainly not least
10) Discover something brilliant, help the company, write a thesis, and get several eminent MIT professors to sign off on it enabling me to graduate in June 2011.
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