Translation:
Dear Madi, Welcome to Switzerland
So adorable and it definitely made me feel at home right away!
Anyways, on to my day!
I woke up this morning to the sound of dogs barking - a very familiar and welcomed noise! My host family doesn't have any dogs, so it has been a big change from having 3 around me all of the time. I keep looking for them and from what I've been told, they are looking for me too!
When I got up to go to the bathroom, only my host mom was awake and she showed me where all of the breakfast food was because I didn't eat breakfast yesterday. She told me to make myself at home when I wake up in the morning and to take whatever I want. I even had my FIRST glass of milk since I've been in Switzerland. Crazy, I know. I usually drink 269 glasses a day, so not having any for a couple of days has been an adjustment! I went out on the balcony to eat my food but quickly returned to the table inside because there were bees circling me wanting to share, haha.
After breakfast I sat on the balcony and read a little bit. My host mom then asked me to go with Celine, my youngest host sister, to the store to buy groceries for lunch. We took the bikes and it was a lot of fun! When we returned to the apartment Celine noticed that the basket on my bike was missing 2 screws which prompted another bike ride into another village later in the day to have it fixed. We also stopped for some ice cream at a little ice cream store!
I helped my host mom and Celine make lunch today. It was a typical Swiss meal and consisted of what I think was a corn meal based food, cheese and onions! Rita asked me to cut the onions and when I was doing it I started to cry and they both laughed at me and handed me the cheese grater instead! It was a great opportunity for me to ask questions and learn german verbs while we were cooking and Celine even made me a few post-it notes with pictures to help me understand the verbs! Lunch was so good and cleaning up was fun too because I am starting to learn where everything goes and I am starting to feel like I am one in the family! :)
After lunch, we relaxed a little bit before our second bike ride of the day! It feels very odd to be riding a bicycle without a helmet but thus is the norm here! We passed Celine's school on the way to the bike shop and she saw a few of her teachers and introduced me. After our stop for ice cream we ventured back home and chilled out for a couple of hours. I swear the days here have 67 hours instead of 24 because the days seem so much longer - but I'm not complaining one bit!
That is about the extent of my adventures today! I'm going to go have a shower and watch TV with my host dad and host sister because my host mom is at a concert tonight! Watching TV is cool because I don't understand anything so I have to make up my own story to go along with everything, haha.
Until next time,
Madi
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