16 Miles to the Promised Land

This is the view from my bus stop in Marin.
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I arrived in Neuchatel around eleven thirty after a direct flight from Toronto to Zurich. As soon as I stepped off the train I felt like I was at home. I met up with my sister and realized that her boyfriend hadn't left, as we had planned. He continued to not leave for the next few days which was incredibly frustrating as I really wanted some alone time with Samma. He did leave though, and I realized I was never that angry. As soon as I had had a few tiny Americanos, we left Mike and headed to my old pension to drop off my stuff. After a too brief visit with Madame we went into town, ate at my old favourite restaurant, and then headed back to her pension where I had a nap. It was here that I met the formidable MF. She's a really really cool "swiss mom" and we had a great time chatting over a glass of wine. I ended up having a nap in Sam's bed, which was much needed. We then went out and partied around Neuch until 3 AM and I really felt like I was at home again.

Downtown Neuchatel (sort of)
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The next day we woke up and met in Place Pury so that I could have crepes. I had really missed the crepery (I used to spend WAAY too much time there) and it was nice to be back. We ate dinner that night with MF.

I've been busy trying to do all the things that I used to do at Neuch. There's been some drinking at Las Vegas as well as a lot of hanging out with Madam and Samantha.

Since then, I've been busy trying to do all the things that I used to do at Neuch. There's been some drinking at Las Vegas as well as a lot of hanging out with Madam and Samantha. This morning we had a great lunch with her. I've also had dinner with the always fabulous Ms. Paul and tonight I'm going back to the Chinese Restaurant (my absolute favourite restaurant in Neuchatel) for the hopefully-still-delicious vietnamese spring rolls. In any case, I haven't really been writing in this blog at all because I'm having much too much fun, and I've been pretty busy all the time. Tomorrow we're heading off to Brussles and I'm pretty pumped.