Doin’ stuff
July 13, 2008

so my current internet is shaky, I don’t have a permanent home right now, and I really need to get on this Swiss report.  I won’t be updating the site until I’ve at least made some major headway on the report.  Oh and now there’s a girl involved.  And she’s totally badass.  So I’ll check [...]

Switzerland: Second Wednesday
May 28, 2008

sorry I haven’t told you of my travels; it’s been busy and computer free over here, and this one will have to quick too.  I’ll continue my Swiss special blogging after I’m back to fill in the details.
We went to Geneva for two days, saw Rousseau’s birthplace, went to the UN and the Red Cross, [...]

Switzerland Day Whatever: Bern
May 23, 2008

by pegleghippie
This is going to be short and un-proofread since I’m paying for my internet time.  I am at a hostel in Bern, Switzerland capital.  We got to talk with a Dr. Spellman yesterday about politics, he’s a bit of a local academic celebrity.  I would go on for hours about him if I had [...]

Switzerland day 3, or, pegleghippie kisses a Swiss bartender
May 21, 2008

She was hot guys.  Like, punk rock hot.  One arm entirely tattooed, long red streaks in the hair, at least 3 crazy belt buckles, totally amazing.  And at the end there, I was getting free drinks.
But you’re not here for that, you’re here for the hardhitting political commentary.  Ahem, here it goes:
My government professor on [...]

Switzerland day 2: museums!
May 20, 2008

so today i got free hotel breakfast, ripped off for a sandwich at lunch, and ate a weird spanish pizza for dinner.  All food is expensive (but liquor isn’t!) , the goal for tomorrow is to spend no money on food (we get two meals free thanks to our professor’s touring connections).
Anyway, today was all [...]

Pegleghippie in Switzerland, Day one. or, me on absinthe
May 19, 2008

So I am in Switzerland right now, for a study abroad program, gettin’ down with direct democracy for a couple of weeks.  I promised Mekhami I would try to write once a day on what I was doing, so here’s the first part of achieving that goal.
Just so you know, I’m on a German-language keyboard [...]