weird scenes of europe

so while travelling, these are some random things that we thought were intersting....a man walking with a shotgun, as if he's carrying a a piece of wood as he strolls through Joseph town in Prague, a donkey walking through the streets of vienna advertising something; and an Asian restuarant in Vienna with what could be potentially offensive pics, but this was so ridiculously my asian friend and i cracked up and took pics of it!

Labri

so what the heck have i been doing these last few months, and what is this Labri place??!
well, here's some photojournalism at work ( i have tons more photos, but i just can't upload them fast enough!)
we here at Labri are pretty deng active, both in the mind and in the body: the above pics is from a hiking trip that a few friends and i took...really the intention was to get sore enough so that baths would be well appreciated!
We engage in social activities...and laugh lots!
we eat lots of cheese (this fondue was the BEST!), ont his day, these group of girls ate about a pound each! (and im not exaggerating!)
we get to enjoy the most beautiful views, this one, just outside our window!

we love 3 hour volleyball games in the mud and rainy days. See, we're so active we can't even stand still for a photo!
we have lectures 3x a week...most lectures are one's that are paradigm shifting and well, deng GOOD!
did i menion that we do a lot of hiking...this is one that is on the way to a mountain top (we didnt make it since my old age started creeping in, but nonetheless fun!) little diepstra kept me company, pulling the tail of our group (of 4!)


this group of people came together in this place called Labri, none of us knew each other at all, but became great friends who challenged and supported each other throughout. we laughed lots, and enjoyed each other's company. Contrary to fear of cults, this is truly a community that got along with each other, despite having two showers a week, 3 bathrooms, and two shower stalls for the 35 people living in a Chalet. we learned how to think, how to consider things with also an eye to guard against our own projections/interpretations, learned to embrace the tension, and recognize what concepts are couched in terms in order to decipher and illuminate the ambiguity and that there are just some topics that we don't have access to due to its lack of clarity. Coomunicated and being able to have sounding boards have been appreciated and enriching. this past few months have been mentally, physically and spiritually filling for me. i know that not many have such opportunities, i'm truly humbled for what i have experienced, knowing that as i reflect on what i been able to experience and learn.

here's the pics

my friend Isabelle and I in front of Kensington Palace, London

Mel and I at the Piazza of something, in Florence

Shonbrunn Palace, Vienna (gorgeous!)

Last outing with great friends at Montreaux casino

dusk, Charles Bridge, Prauge, CZ

Cafe to avoid frostbite, Vienna

Me, in Vienna Christmas Market in fron of the "Rathouse" aka cityhall.

On the way to Vernazza from Monterrosso (Cincque Terra) with Labri friends and college friend.

This is Mozart's grave in Vienna

hello everyone. im currently writing while chalet sitting here in switzerland.
theres been weird weather patterns out here...so, its not that freezing yet. we're actually having nice sunshine and it gets up to mid fifties in the morning, which is weird for this time of the year. some of the people here say that global warming is most apparent here in the Alps.
i just wanted to share some awesome pics from my travels during the last few months. I've been so grateful to have this opportunity to travel and meet lots of great new friends. ive definitely seen more in these last 5 months of europe than most might do in a life time.
Besides the travels, i've been enjoying time to think and assess the past few years of my life and have some reevaluation. its been really good to be challenged and have some paradigm shift in how i view the world, relationships, and work...which i will have to seek out when i get back to that states.
in the meantime, enojy the pics, and will put in more if i have more to share:)
toodles, gwen

German

i don't know why this is currently in German, but the whole instruction set is in that language, so bear with me. i'm trying this new blog site so i can send more pictures and not get confused by xanga...anyways, will upload some pics soon.