Party Party Party

I honestly couldn't have asked for a nicer first host family. They have been nothing but kind and welcoming to me since the day I arrived. My host brother, Niclas gave me his older cell phone (but it's still pretty fancy) and loaded the SIM-card for me the other day. And, I also learned that Rotary is giving me 150 CHF (Swiss Francs) every month. That, at the current moment, is over $200 American dollars. Woooot woot!

So the other day, I had my first Rotary (Zürcher Weinland) meeting. It was kind of awkward at first meeting about 56 Swiss men and 3 Swiss women that run the club. Thankfully, I met my "oldie" (other Rotary student in my club) from Australia,  Megan and my club's most current outbound student, headed for Russia, Rossana. Both of them are so sweet and have formed a good friendship with the both of them. The meeting was short. We ate lunch, I stood up and introduced myself and thanked tim for hosting me, blushed severely, and left and got ice cream (Glacé in Swiss German) with Megan and Rosanna. Later, one of the  Rotary leaders drove us around, showed me Winterthur and his beautiful home, went to the bank to establish my Swiss bank account (hahahaha) and went home. The next day I spent at the local community pool with Tobia, Niclas, his girlfriend, Selina, and my host mom. We then went to my host mom's sister's house for dinner, which consisted of traditional cheese fondue and lots of conversation. They asked a lot of questions about life back home, my friends, family, etc. It was nice to see how interested they were about my life back home in America.

Today was CRAZY. We went to Zürich where there was this HUGE street fest that is held in the city every year. Over 500,000 people showed up so you could only imagine how packed it was in the streets. I could barley move! I also met up with Megan which was so cool. We had another chance to chat and I got to learn some pretty awesome Aussie slang words. But in a nut shell, the party was so crazy. People were dancing, blasting music on the music buses, and other crazy things. 

When we got home, I went on a walk with my host family and the dog and they told me Hüntwangen will have a Countryfest next weekend. So many festivals already! Later they taught me how to play a very traditional Swiss card game called "Jass". I swear I had a headache at the end it is so complicated. We laughed, talked more, and now everyone is getting ready for bed. That's my life. Thanks for reading again!

LG aus Hüntwangen

Mark