Party in... die Schweiz?

Yesterday was my birthday.
My 19th birthday to be exact.

This year was a little different.
And when I say little, I mean a lot.
Because I live in Switzerland now.
My family and friends were all still in America,
but that didn't stop the good times from rollin' in.

I awoke at 6:30 am and began to get ready for my journey into Lucerne.
I went in to the kitchen around 7:20 to fill up my water bottle
(and grab a Balisto bar)
and Cate (a summer vollie) was turning on the stove.

I stared at her for a few seconds confused,
because absolutely NOTHING for breakfast prep requires the stove.
She saw my confused look and replied "How many pieces of bacon do you want?"
Cate had gotten permission from Katy (the kitchen coordinator) to cook bacon for me.
To make this story even better... Cate is vegetarian.

After that I rode my three hours to Lucerne and met up with Nadine (my sister)
We went and bought a new camera for me,
because I lost mine :(
And then we picked up her mom and went and had a lovely lunch.
It was so great to see them again.

Afterwards Nadine and I shopped all over the place and I bought so much,
but ya know what? It was my birthday so it's fine.

Once I got back to Adelboden the majority of the summer vollies and the majority of the spring vollies all went to Ham's Bistro which is just over the property line.
Ham made chocolate fondue specially for us,
he also opened the bistro last night just for us.
So we sat for hours having our beers and fondue.

A few summer vollies made me a card and got everyone to sign it.
It was a perfect birthday.