Before school started, I've been hanging out with all the exchange students in the Lanugage Camp that I was in before I dropped out of it. Both Monday and Tuesday last week I met up with them and went swimming in Zürich by this huge fountain in the middle of the lake. I just sat in the water, looked at my surroundings and just tried to soak in all of the city's beauty. It was the most gorgeous site ever. It was a perfect sunny day and I was spending it swimming in ZÜRICH. How much more epic could my life be?
I started school last Wednesday. I am going to completely honest and say I was scared and nervous out of my mind to go to school in a foreign country. The thoughts in my head were, "Am I going to make friends?", "Am I going to be able to communicate?", "WILL THEY EVEN LIKE ME?!?!". I woke at 4:30 in the morning to catch the bus at 5:33 in the morning.........Rough, if you ask me. My lovely host mother came with my though to set up my classes and make sure I knew where I was going. I go to school in a city called Winterthur, and it takes roughly an hour to get there. I walk to the bus stop from my house, go to Hüntwangen-Wil Bahnhof (train station), catch a connecting train at Bülach Bahnhof, get to Winterthur, and take another bus to school. It was a lot to handle at first but I'm so use to it now. The time goes by pretty fast.
The first day was pretty hard. It was a lot to take in and translate. I barley understood what was being said to me. **Sidenote: School is spoken in Hochdeutsch, which is standard German. But when the class is over, the students and the teachers switch back to Swiss German, which is still a foreign language to me**. On a good note, the kids in my class are so friendly and nice! They ask me to hang out and spend time with them. I was more than shocked that I made friends this quickly. This past weekend, I spent some time in a nearby province, Schaffhausen with a good friend, Guiliano from school. He showed me around the old city and ate lots of food at his house. Later that night, I took the train back to Winterthur and went to a local-band concert event with even more kids from my school. They're all so nice and it's totally beneficial for me so I can keep speaking German. Having friends and speaking more German everyday... It's the best of both worlds!
Last Friday night, I went to the biggest club in Zürich, Alter Börse with my host brother, Niclas. One of the most famous DJ's in the world, Skrillex was holding a concert there. IT WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD I HAD SO MUCH FUN! The techno music was crazy loud and we had a great time. I'm glad I had a chance to hang out with my host brother. It was really nice of him to take me to this concert.
This past Sunday, my host dad took me to another city called Stein am Rhein, which is famous for it's castles and scenery. I couldn't get over the view from the top of the mountain. I kept asking myself, "DO I REALLY LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY?!" I always ask people around me if they ever get sick of Switzerland's beauty because I don't think I ever will.
On a sad note, I got this really awkward cold the other day. The weather here last week was SO HOT and then this week changed to autumn-like weather in a flick of a switch. I'm also not the only one sick. It seems like a bunch of people around me are sick, too. AHHH! I hope I get better soon. I going to spend a day in Germany with my host family this Saturday shopping because everything is MUCH cheaper than it is here. Shoes that would cost about $40 back home are literally FR. 150... Yeah....A tad expensive.
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