Feeding Ducks

I have met a lot of really great people while I've been abroad. One of them is Rosalie. Even though we've only known each other for a very short time, I feel like it's been forever. I'm so so thankful for her friendship. We are both au pairs and have a lot in common. Plus it's always good when you can connect with someone on things like One Direction :)

We've spent a couple of days in Geneva together. One of those days involved feeding ducks. We felt like little children and it was wonderful.

Feeling Like Reese Witherspoon

On Sunday afternoon, we went to Geneva to see the circus! I love the circus. Love it.

This was my first circus in an actual tent. The other ones I've been to in America have been in arenas. It was cool to watch everyone hoist up the safety net or raise up the trapeze bars. It reminded me so much of "Water for Elephants" the way everyone was working together during the entire show.

And there was one other little thing that reminded me of that movie. The fact that I got to RIDE AN ELEPHANT!!! Now granted, I didn't have the elephant to myself. And I didn't get to ride on it's back like one would normally ride an elephant (as if it's an everyday occurrence...). But. I still got to ride on top of an elephant. And that my friends, was the highlight of my day.

Someone was a little too excited to sit still and smile for the camera... 

Riding elephants in Switzerland. Who would have thought?! 

I will never get used to seeing the Swiss Alps in the background of almost all of my pictures.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears...Oh My!

Last Tuesday I went on a field trip with my kindergarteners to Zoo Atlanta. I was a little nervous about dragging around a group of five-year-olds but I had such a great group!

This was the first time I had been back to the zoo since middle school. When I was in sixth grade, the gifted class had to do a project on one of the animals. We chose our animals out of a hat and I was stuck with the Kori Bustard. You've probably never heard of the Kori Bustard so let me just tell you about it. It's a bird that literally stands in one place all day. That's it. I wish I was joking. I remember being so jealous of the other kids who got to watch the lions or elephants or giraffes while I was stuck with a dumb, lazy bird. Guess we can't always get what we want, right?
{ps i apologize to any of you who may happen to love kori bustards}

Kori Bustard

Checking out the pandas

Does this make anyone else think of Swiss Family Robinson???

Timon

Pumba...hiding in the rocks

It was such a great day with perfect weather.
Wish I could say the same thing about this week. It's been in the upper 80s here in Athens. Just a leeetle too hot for me.

Hope everyone is having a great week so far!