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Student Body President

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Hello from Switzerland!!

ESD currently has three students participating in an abroad study program called Swiss Semester. Here is a recent letter we received:
Dear ESD,

Ski season has begun here in Zermatte and Swiss Semester is tearing up the slopes! Blake, Lauren and holding well against all the northern super skiers. After a month and a half of hiking and climbing it's a relief to finally get to ski. Our program director is an incredible skier and has shown us the ropes of Swiss skiing and we've even gone off-trail on our 2nd day of skiing.

Time is really flying by here - it feels like yesterday that we arrived in Zermatte. Although it is getting oddly normal to live in a hotel. Just last weekend our parents were here for a visit and in two weeks we'll be off to Venice for a week. Our last major trip was about three weeks ago and we went to Annecy, France for a weekend which was so much fun. We walked through the old renaissance part of the town and enjoyed the annual Tour des Alpages (parade for all the sheep and cows to come back to the valley). We drank apple cider squeezed in front of us, visited Gothic cathedrals and paddle-boated on Lake Annecy (which is a mini Lake-Geneva, so beautiful).

Academics are great, in English we're reading Shakespeare's A Merchant of Venice as a little precursor for our trip. The work is pretty hard and we need to get it done fast because it's such a good life-skill to learn how to time manage.

It's truly amazing how time flies when you're having fun. I'll be back in Dallas so soon! Blake, Lauren and I are having a blast and can't wait to be back. See you all soon!

Sincerely, Austin
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