Hello from Switzerland!

Hello all!
Sorry for the delay in updates, but life has been quite a bit more busy than previously anticipated. Being introduced to a different country PLUS starting college involves quite a bit of work.
Anyway, everything is going quite smoothly, considering. When we arrived in Lugano it was raining, and it continued to rain for the next day and a half, which was disappointing. But when the sun finally came out, the view was amazing. I will post pictures soon (I'm in a computer lab without my camera at the moment), but let's just say that the view from my balcony is more than the average college student could even dream of seeing outside their window every morning.
I have done many things since arriving, some more interesting than others. The most interesting were hiking Mt. San Salvatore and the tour of Lugano. I was told that the hike was pretty easy, but trust me: it isn't. I was dying by the end of it, but the view was incredible. Unless you're a big hiker, just stick to taking the Funi up and maybe hiking down (if you have fairly strong knees, as the stairs are quite large).
Lugano is quite beautiful, and it's nice to be somewhere where "the lake" is a direction (like in Milwaukee). I haven't had time to really explore it further, nor have I been able to take any pictures, but I will, I'm sure.
Something to keep in mind if you ever plan a trip: Lugano and, I think, Switzerland in general, are very outdoors-y places. Plan to spend a lot of time walking up lots of hills (I mean real hills, not the sad Wisconsin version of a hill).