These are a few of our favorite things!
As we reflect back on our fabulous and eye-opening Swiss adventure, we would like to share with you some of our favorite memories. Swimming in Lake Geneva was really,... Read more.
Old Swiss German Towns and the Rhine Falls
We decided to have a very healthy breakfast today so instead of our usual bread and cheese, we bought a box of macarons each from Sprungle Confiserie! I also got... Read more.
Rainy Day Exploration of Downtown Zurich!
Today, we took a very early morning train from Lugano to Zurich that was exactly 2 hours and 40 minutes according the the very precise Swiss train schedule. When... Read more.
Cake for Breakfast, Medieval Churches and an afternoon boat cruise in Italian Switzerland
This morning, we decided to satisfy our craving for sweets by searching for a bakery. When we were walking around in old town Lugano, I spotted a cool looking bakery... Read more.
Markets of Bern, the Life of Einstein and Wine Cellars
This morning, we went to the local street market near our hostel to buy local authentic artisan cheese and bread. Needless to say, both were was super delicious... Read more.
Exploring Bern, the capital of Switzerland!
This morning, we planned to take the train to Bern, the capital of Switzerland, this day, but since all shops and restaurants are closed on Sundays, we were in no... Read more.
The Classic Swiss High-Alpine Hike
When we got up in the morning, the clouds had cleared and we could see a light dusting of snow all over the mountains. Today, we decided to do part of the classic... Read more.
Rainy Day Hike of Lauterbrunnen Valley to the Phenomenal Trummelbach Falls
When we woke up in the morning, dark grey clouds hung over the Lauterbrunnen valley and obscured the sunlight. It began raining soon after we went to the CO-OP supermarket... Read more.
High Particle Physics and the United Nations
Today Carly and I got up early to go on a fascinating up close tour of CERN, which is also know as the European Organization for Nuclear Research. (The acronym CERN... Read more.
Some Swiss Gruyère cheese? Don’t mind if I do!
We got up early today for our day trip to Gruyères village, which is a rural medieval town famous for its production of Gruyère cheese. We bought croissants for... Read more.
Day 1
After a long trans-Atlantic plane ride, we finally were in Switzerland!! We landed in Zurich in the morning and took an hour long flight to Geneva, where our Swiss... Read more.
ASB Day 4
Today, we woke up at the crack of dawn for our final day of ASB in San Diego. We were excited for our shift to help rebuild a low-income family house in El Cajon... Read more.
ASB Day 3
Today, we drove inland to Lakeside, which is almost near the desert to do a riverbed cleanup with the Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy. We meet Monica, one... Read more.
ASB Day 2
Today was the second day of San Diego ASB trip. When we were wary of the rain but this morning, we drove to Spanish landing of the San Diego Bay, which is the beach... Read more.
Cirque Du Soleil
Over this past weekend, the Master of Student Houses (MOSH) organized an trip to go see Cirque Du Soleil’s show OVO, which played at the Santa Monica Pier... Read more.
A Tale of Two C’s in a Winter Wonderland!
Woohoo! Right now, it is winter break, which means school’s out!!! It feels great to bedone with exams and homework and have time to finally just relax! During... Read more.
The Getty Villa
Often times, it’s definitely worthwhile to venture outside of the Caltech campus and explore what the surrounding Los Angeles area has to offer. TheJ. Paul... Read more.
Spring Festival
It’s officially the year of the Dragon and what better way to celebrate than the annual Chinese Spring Festival Celebration Party hosted by the Caltech C right... Read more.
Looking at the Itsy Bitsy (with lasers!!)
One of the central components of a Techer’s life is usually and most likelyclasses (reality check!).Most commonly perhaps, this invokes images of lecture style... Read more.
Tournament of Roses
Happy New Year! I can’t believe winter break is already over and classes here at Caltech are in full swing. School started this past Wednesday but I came back... Read more.
