Merry Swissmas!!!!!

Merry Swissmas everyone!!!!



Timi thought that one up, cute, huh? Just a short Post today. We had to work last night till 4:30 am, then went to a little get-together with our fellow workers to the lake shore, which is just out in front of the casino, and had hot mulled wine and Christmas cakes. I met one of the dealers last night who just works part time. I hadn't met him before, and we got to talking. Apparently he is quite the Vegasphile, I think he knows more about Vegas than I do! He goes there every year and stays for a month or more. He actually went to dealer school there, thought never actually dealt in a casino before he got the job here in Lucerne! He deals all the games, including Craps, which is unusual for Europeans. We talked for quite a while, and it turns out he has been thru every State in America except for Alaska, and has been in over 500 casinos! He once spent 9 months traveling around the States, going from one casino to another, and of course probably seeing other sites along the way. How he had the money to do that I don't know, but it appears that many Swiss take these epic vacation journeys frequently. Perhaps Europeans have a little too much time off to indulge their interests? Many seem to take off months every year and travel all over the world. It's interesting the fascination that many Europeans have with America, particularly with Vegas, at least in our social circles, which may be a little biased.Anyway, we only got up about 2:00 pm, got ready, opened our presents while listening to Christmas music and drinking homemade eggnog(courtesy of Timi), cleaned up our mess, and now have just been sitting around relaxing and talking on the phone to friends and family. We unfortunately have to go back to work tonight at 8:30. That's all for now, cause I have some phone calls to make, and Timi is cooking Christmas dinner. Here's a few pictures of our tree, and around town. Also, the link at the bottom is to an interesting article in the Economist magazine about living in other countries. Hope the link works. See ya!

http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108690