Class Hike

Last Wednesday all the students in their first year at St. Michel met at the train station in Fribourg for the school organized "journee sportive". The picture to the left is of my class (all the students with the same schedule as me) riding on the bus together to the region of Gruyère. We spent most of the day hiking near the village Charmey. It was incredibly beautiful there, and I think that Bulle and Charmey are now tied for the prettiest scenery. The hike was breathtaking! I don't think I have ever seen so much moss in my life. My only regret is that like in America, teenagers don't tend to stop and enjoy things, so I found myself running along the trail to keep up instead of savoring the beautiful water, trees, caves, and mountains. At lunch time my professor pulled out a fondue pot and we all had a merry time eating fondue and lording it over the other classes! I lent someone my scarf and had the amusement of being called "Saint Lillian" for the rest of the day.

After the hike I stopped with a few friends in the gift shop of a local chocolate factory which just happened to produce Cailler, one of the most famous chocolate brands in Switzerland! We didn't have much time to look around because we had a long walk ahead of us in the pouring rain to get to the station, but I hope that at some point I will return with my family and go on a tour!