Happy Two Months, Switzerland!

  I've have been sitting here, with my netbook, attempting to write about my two months anniversary with Switzerland, but the problem is I can't seem to figure out what I should write about. Most things here are becoming less sparkling, less extraordinary, more normal. I have a daily routine for school, and while I don't remember where most of my classes are or the names of my teachers I can understand a lot more of what is going on in class.

  My German has greatly improved to the point where I can actually have a full conversation with someone. The problem is that in Switzerland, everyone speaks in dialect which changes slightly as you travel around the country. Swiss German is difficult to understand, but even more difficult to speak. 'Urner Deustch', the Swiss German spoken where I live, is harsh and difficult to understand. I have a decent understanding of High German, but have not even begun to attempt to learn Swiss German. At this point, I  should be focusing on 'Real German', but I plan to work on Swiss German in maybe February.

  School itself has gotten a lot better. It is not quite as boring as usual and now that I can speak more German, I can talk to more people. The easiest classes are probably math, English, and French. My art classes are fairly easy as well because there is not normally a lot German. Sports and swimming are also easy, but really fun because I get to let off steam. My most difficult, and there fore most boring classes are history and German, in those classes I tend to doodle and work on French.

  Looking back, two months ago I would have never imagined what my exchange would really be like. I would never have thought of all the adventures I would have. Of course I imagined school, my host family, and Switzerland itself, but I really had no idea what it would be like. When you go on exchange you can't plan anything because you never know what is going to happen next, you just have to live.