It's pretty amazing that a month has already gone by. I've done so much, so I will write about the main things.
Rotary Meetings and Conference:
My first Rotary club meeting went well. It is only men, and there are about 30 members. I watched a presentation by the other girl, Grace from Australia, who is also sponsored by my club. The food was good, except for this salmon paste stuff that tasted like salmon flavored butter. It was awful, but I still ate what I could.
The EEMC conference was held in a small town near Zurich. All of the inbounds in Switzerland were there, and we gave a group presentation to the 300 Rotarians there. We sang songs, and a few kids gave demonstrations from their culture. It was all fun and it was great meeting all of the other students.
Neuchâtel:
A few students from my language class went to a small town on a lake called Neuchâtel. It was very beautiful and we went to many different places. Me and another student went swimming and it was awesome.
Moving right along...
Thun:
A few students from my language class went to a small town on a lake called Thun.
It was very beautiful and we went to many different places. Me and another student did not go swimming, as it was a little too cold. There are also mountains very near by, so the views of everything were great.
I also just went to Thun again with one other student this weekend and we attempted to go on a hike. It turned more into walking around the town looking for the trails, which we later found out didn't really exist. It was still nice and a little exercise never hurts I suppose.
The Hike:
I went hiking with my host mom, my host brother and a family friend, Mario. We left at 8:28:45:22, and got to our destination at exactly 8:58:45:22 to catch the 9:00:00:00 o'clock lift up to where the trails start. The Swiss are very punctual people...
We hiked for a while, and eventually made it to the top. The views were simply amazing, and the Alps were crystal clear, as the weather was just about perfect. Right up until a few clouds blew through and decided to park themselves right where I was trying to look. The hike down went well and the cows kept us company. It was a great little hike.
Language School:
Is now over, and on the final exam, when discounting four of scores better than mine, I got the best score in the class! I really learned a lot in the class, and I have some good friends now, which is nice. Three of them are going to my school too.
School:
Starts tomorrow (Monday the 13th.). I will write more about it in my next blog post.
Ice Hockey Match:
A few of my Swiss friends invited me to an Ice Hockey game in Bern. The Bern club team, SCB, was playing some other team from a little town. I stood right in the middle of the fan section and it was a lot of fun. Bern won 6-2, so everyone from Bern left happy. After that we met up with some other kids and had a good time. They practiced their English, and I practiced my German, so it is good for everybody.
So for my first month, I would say it has been pretty darn good. My host family really is great, and I have no real complaints about anything or anyone.
I am going to find a website to post my pictures up onto. While I can upload pictures here, I can't really organize them or label them in any way. I will post a link when the day comes.
Thanks for reading!
