The big world and all it’s glory

So I suppose I should be updating this more often than I have. For that, I apologize! Sometimes I do forget that I have a blog and that some people actually read it! I can't remember when I last posted here, I think it was some time after New Years? It's a helluva long time ago that's for sure, as it's now pretty much April.

So what have I done? Well, I'll sum it up in a short list first.

1. Work is great.
2. Switzerland was fantastic.
3. Skydiving over the Alps was life-changing.
4. London is getting a bit warmer.. sometimes.

Work
What can I say? I'm having the time of my life at work - I've actually got a job I look forward to going to every day. I look forward to seeing the people at work, look forward to the tasks I have to do and look forward to just being there as much as I can. It seems the longer I stay around, the more that happens and the more fun I have. It's true though, that the people definitely help make the job fantastic. My floor staff is just amazing to be around, and I've become close to a lot of them, which is great because we all go out a lot too. The management on our floor is just as fun as the staff as well! I get along well with all my managers and supervisors and can easily talk to them about anything and everything, and it helps that they too are quite young. Overall though, it's been a good time, I get paid to have fun and enjoy myself, and I love it!

Switzerland
So, we went to Switzerland from the 10th to the 17th February 2010. It was myself, Pete, Andrea, Rachelle, Kathryn and Dayna (who we met up with at Switzerland). We stayed at Interlaken, which is about 3 hours south of Zurich by train and situated between 2 lakes. It really was an amazingly beautiful little town - it had charm, character and the people were extremely friendly and welcoming. It's apparently one of the popular places for young people to head to for their winter sports since it's located near some good slopes, extreme activities and generally easy to get around. It's true too, we did see a lot of fairly young people around the town, and it was very close to some good slopes (Grindelwald - 20min). We ended up doing some Night Sledding, I went Snowboarding for the first time and in the end I learned how to do it and of course we did the Skydiving which I'll get to later on. After Interlaken though, me and Pete went up to Luzern for the last few days and ended up in the middle of their Carnivale festival which was just nutterz! We were expecting to have a nice, relaxing couple of days before we got back to London but instead we were out all day, mixing in with the crowd and sampling some of their Carnivale foods! It was worth it though, I was really happy to be there and soak in the atmosphere of the locals. The entire trip was rather expensive, but I absolutely loved it, and it was so worthwhile!

Skydiving
So yes, we went Sky Diving. 4 of us in total, in a place near Interlaken called Reichenbach. The morning we were supposed to go was extremely cloudy and overcast and we had our doubts as to whether or not we could go. We called the company and they said to wait it out for another couple of hours to see if the weather would get any better. Luckily for us, the weather did improve enough for us to go, and we made our way to the airfield. According to the company we went with - we were probably the only sky divers in the whole of Switzerland that day, since the weather for the rest of the country was quite bad, plus it WAS Valentine's Day. What can I say about the jump though? It was just freakin amazing! There's just no words to describe the feeling you get from jumping out of a plane at 13,000ft. It's like you're floating, you're free from all worries for that minute of free fall and nothing in the world matters anymore! The view from up there was incredible as well, you can see all over the Alps, those magnificent giant beasts of mountains, which looked amazing in Winter, covered in snow. It was fairly expensive but I don't care, I'd do it again!

London
So it's now apparently Spring here in London. It still feels like Winter, but it has started to get a bit warmer on some days - I think we even reached 14-15 degrees! What a day that was! At the time of writing though, there has been some severe heavy snow and gale force winds up north in Scotland, I just hope that doesn't come down to London! The city is still as amazing as ever, and I do love going out even just for a walk around the place. You always seem to find something you never knew or noticed before which is cool.

I'm going to leave it there now though, it was just a simple update to get things rolling again.
If you want to see some photos, check out my FB page since I've uploaded them there! I hate to use it too often, but I have to admit  it's extremely useful for keeping in touch with people, and everyone here uses it as well which makes it even easier.

Bye for now!
Nick-