Long course

Tonight I swam long course for the first time in many years. Luckily, I have been working my way up to it with the 33.3m pool.  My regular pool is closed for two weeks of maintenance, so I hoofed it over to Vernets in between work and French class. The pool is really beautiful, but it was quite crowded (I think it's busier than normal since Varembé is closed).   There was a swim team using the other half of the pool, and it made me miss the days when I could swim that far, fast and unobstructed by flailing limbs.

Piscine de Vernets

The pool is located in the same building as the hockey rink where the Geneva Servette Hockey Club plays, so I also went to buy tickets for the game this Saturday.  There are 12 interns signed up, but I only bought 10 tickets, because I'm banking on people bailing.  I can always get more tickets, since we're in the "standing room only" section, which actually has bleachers.

Tonight was my second last French class, and there were only three people there.  We got our marked dictées back, which was interesting.  I don't think I would pass grade 12 French if I took it right now.  There was an awful lot of red pen on my page!

I signed up for a ski trip to with the Graduate Institute to Crans Montana on the weekend of March 7-8. It's a pretty good deal, including transport, ski pass, accommodation, breakfasts and dinner. One of the items I need to bring is a headlamp so we can go night snowshoeing, so I think it is going to be my kind of trip! : )