Training.

Not much to say today. I'm in training yesterday through tomorrow, so we're learning how to be proper staff. Yesterday was all procedural, but today we hiked through the snow into Boden and then out to the second-highest waterfall in Switzerland, Engstligen Falls. Our valley splits into three out here, and this turns into one of the rivers. If you take a gondola to the top of the falls, up to the Chuenisbargli and Lohner mountain range, you can go dog sledding. Maybe next time. We went on a second hike after lunch, up to a local woodcarving family and then over into Adelboden through Oey. This one was higher up, so we got a break from the ice & snow.

I felt good enough afterward to think about a jog (I'm not going; I'm typing this instead), but my fellow new staff members are taking naps. This bodes well, actually: I'm hoping I'll be the main ski and hike leader for our crew. I'm fit enough, anyway. We'll see how well I ski these mountains. We're supposed to get a bunch of fresh powder soon.

I get two days off after we wrap training up tomorrow. We'll end with a night on the town, so probably not a very early start the first day, but that's all right. I'm not in the best skiing shape yet, so my quads likely won't last all day anyway.

It looks like my schedule is 3-4 days on, 2-3 days off, for the most part. I have a longer spell of work (5 days) when a large (70 people) group comes in a few weeks, but I'm going to be leading skiing at that point, so I don't mind.

Next on my list, after skiing, tobogganing, sledging, and all manner of other snow sports, is trying more Swiss food. I've had chocolate fondue here, but no rösti, cheese fondue, or raclette yet.

Later on, once the snow melts, I'm going to do day(s) trips into Niesen, Kandersteg, Thun, Interlaken (for the chocolatier, Jungfrau, and Trummelbach), Bern, Luzern, Geneva, and Milan. Possibly also a ride along the Glacier Express railway, but I might also save that for my getaway. It's a quick trip from the end of it into the Italian-speaking portion of Switzerland, Lake Como, and then Venice and out to the rest of Europe.