Yesterday we had one of the first relaxing days in a while. When we
woke up our agenda only consisted of a few things including laundry, the new
Olympic museum, and the most important one on the list Professor Ryan’s
birthday. The day stared out with a very casual timetable beginning with the
usual breakfast downstairs. Following that most of the group headed back to the
rooms to gather whatever dirty laundry needed to be done. The Laundromat only
consisted of around six washers and only a few dryers so the group had to work
together to get all our laundry done. Soon after washing our clothing we
realized that in order to avoid too much laundry traffic the Laundromat made
the dryers timed to only last four minutes each cycle so the process took much
longer then expected. After finally finishing washing our clothing most of us
decided to head for a lunch spot that several of us had gone before. It was a
simple burger stand but they made the most delicious burgers and of course I
got a double hoping it would fill me up. After lunch some of us went to the Olympic research center to
begin investigating our topic for our final paper, we all ended up meeting in front of the
Olympic Museum where we had a tour scheduled for two o’clock. The museum was
brand new; it was previously on a ship right in front of the current museum where
they brought in most of the important items and had a restaurant on the top of
the ship. The museum was an amazing place to see. The Museum was a great experience divided up
into four different sections each level revisits an essential aspect of the
modern Olympic movement, from its origins to the heart of competition. Some of
my favorite highlights being a former runner were seeing Jesse Owens running
shoe. I also enjoyed viewing the dream team of the 92 games signed basketball
and former USA hockey player James Craig, and even Rafael Nadal’s shoes from
his gold medal performance in the 2008 Beijing games. Another one of my
favorite things to see at the museum was seeing the large display of all the
various Olympic mascots from all the past games. It was interesting seeing the
wide range of ideas they came up with from the many different nations who have
previously hosted the games. After finishing up with the museum we checked out
the gift shop and the headed back to the hotel to get ready for professor
Ryan's fondue birthday dinner. We got there an weren’t really sure what to
order so we decided to go with what they recommended including a three
different types of cheeses but was a little disappointed with the lack of
substance as we only received bread and potatoes to dip in the fondue. Overall
the dinner was great, and at the end we gave Professor Ryan his birthday gift
which was a fully equip Swiss army knife after we found out he got his taken a
way when he left it in his carry on. We concluded the night with a short walk
in the rain to the metro and finally turned it in to rest up for another
adventure in Switzerland.
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