The Swedish had brought a ferris wheel made from pioneering poles, which was quite impressive and seemed to be able to go round quite quickly…

The Germans build a huge tent to sell food from. It even had side rooms off of the main part of the tent!

It was a good experience, and one day really wasn't long enough to see everything…

Photos can be found here.

White Water Rafting: A high point of the holiday was white water rafting on the Lütschine. The water was a little low, but it was fun none the less. It possibly wasn't the best idea for my boat to form a pyramid at the front for a photo, as we tipped the boat up and all fell in. The water was rather chilly, and the rocks on the bottom of the river were a bit close.

Street Party: One night we went to a street party up the hill in the middle of Grindelwald. That was fun, and the band came from Manchester so we could understand everything that they said. We had a few drinks, and you'd be surprised at the amount of noise a few of us can make!

The Jungfrau: We managed to walk all the way to the cafe at the top of the Jungfrau, having got off the train at the highest station in Europe. It's incredibly tiring walking at that altitude, but at least I got a drink at the end. Apparently other people made it as well, but they didn't come in. We also saw the ice sculptures inside the mountain, and the view was amazing.

Bern: We went to Bern this time as well, and it seems like quite a nice city. I didn't think much of most of the shops though, but we did stop for lunch and I saw 4 McDonalds. We also saw the bears in the bear pits.

You can find my photos from the trip in the gallery, and I intend to add the photos from the white water rafting when I can get some copies… and I've added photos of my boat rafting to the gallery. If anyone has some pictures that they want me to add, just send them to me. I should probably get some more sleep soon, as I really haven't had much over the past 11 days…

Fortunately it means that I don't have to go back to college again until the 3rd January, and I should get loads of presents and/or money for christmas.

We've got the decorations up with a real christmas tree, and I started to get in the christmas spirit last night with a party at Explorers. Skip really should stop trying to get us all drunk, but nevermind. Lydia was insistent that she wasn't drunk, but she was. You don't nearly fall over and walk into doors otherwise, although she did walk into a lampost once.

Have a very merry christmas and a happy new year!

I went to London on Saturday, which was enjoyable. I went for a trip on the London Eye and then went ot Oxford Street. I'm sure the bloke at Covent Garden must have been drunk…

On Sunday I went to the Remembrance Parade in Haslemere to help direct traffic. It was a bit chilly, but nevermind…

I really should get out more, I spend far too much time inside doing nothing in particular…

I've also uploaded the photos from Switzerland 2004, so please take a look!