When I hate San Diego

Right now I am becoming manic depressed. I need a fix. I am addicted. I am about to go get my snowboard out of my bag and sleep with it to make me feel better. I can't stand the fact that Tahoe is getting dumped on with fresh delicious powder for the next few days. 4 feet already. And where am I? In this hurricane weather in San Diego. I am about to get in my car and drive home to Tahoe. I will be moving there shortly. I have been planning this and every time a storm hits, I am convinced even more. I am really not helping the situation by looking at all the vidoes/ pictures/ postings from Squaw and Northstar. It really doesn't help either that my family will be going up to Tahoe also. Anyone have a helicopter?

Last stop! London Town!!

London was thriving and alive with people. I was only here for a day and half before I flew home. This was my first time actually exploring on my own. I even had the famous fish and chips with a beer in a pub by myself!! I took The Original Tour on the double decker buses and I saw the whole town of London. You can definitely spend a long time in London exploring the historical city.

A memorial for WWII

The House of Parliment

House of  Parliment and the Big Ben on the Westminster Abbey Bridge

London Eye

Buckingham Palace

The gates to the Palace

Picadilly Circus. I stayed in a hostel here.

London Bridge

Queens Mews (Stables)

Hanging out in the willage of Niederburen.

I stayed with Martilee while I was in Switzerland in the small cow willage (how they pronounce village) Niderburen. She is my great Aunt and my grandma, Anne-Marie's twin sister. She was so excited to have me and I was greeted with joy. She is the cutest lady ever and is overwhelmingly nice. She cooked incredible swiss food and made coffee for me everyday with a yogurt breakfast. We played games and chatted trying to figure out and guess what we were saying. Her English was pretty good for the most part. We went on walks and she showed me the village in the crisp cold air. What was amazing is that she was writing an autobiography about her life. I loved that the most. It was about 40 pages of german writing and pictures from her childhood growing up, till the days of when she got married. It was so neat to see her life and these old pictures that held so many memories to her.  It was all in German, so she explained what all the pictures were. She even had pictures of my grandma AnneMarie and Ernie of when they got married. I learned so much about my family's past and I felt a little more connected to her.  These pictures are of her house below.  I even got a few pictures from her autobiography.

Patio overlooking her garden.

Martilee cooking away.

These decorations are all over the house.

Twin sisters Martilee and Anne-Marie.

Their parents

A soldier from WWII stayed with their family back in the day. 

Her Grandma holding a basket

Marty was an ambulance driver in WWII. She still drives like she did back then!!

Marty's wedding.

AnneMarie and Ernie in Turlock

Martilee enjoying her milk and coffee everyday..

Her house.

The river in the village.

she loves going on walks.

Beaver wood chips.

Fabienne and her dad Marcus