Moments of Adventure

   It's been a while since I last posted, three weeks to be exact, I thought today would be a wonderful day to share some of the happenings of my Swiss life. The first full week of November was a wonderful one, only two full days of real school. We had Monday and Tuesday off for All Saints day, Wednesday and Friday were in school, and Thursday was spent in Zurich visiting art museums with my class. With a full four day weekend in front of me, I took the opportunity to catch up on lost sleep.
 
  Of course, I could not sleep the entire weekend away so on Tuesday I spent the day in Bern ice skating with other exchange students. I am not the most coordinated person out there, which made ice skating fairly difficult. I cannot remember the last time i went ice skating, which made it all the more difficult. I fell quite a few times, and once was not entirely my fault. I was skating, very cautiously, when I was accidentally spooked by someone who mistakes me for someone else. It was extremely hilarious for me, and in true exchange student fashion, this lovely moment was caught on camera.

'Oops, I thought you were Bren'.
Another note, I am laughing in this picture, not crying. 

  We ice skated for a few hours, but because we all had school the next day we headed back to central Bern to grab something to eat and head back home. Some of the exchange students stayed, because they don't live so far away, but my feet were sore so I decided it would be a good time to head back. Me and three other exchange students (Two from Canada, and one from Kansas) headed out for Mexican food. After wandering the streets of Zurich for the better part of a half an hour, we landed on a Mexican restaurant. We soon learned that for one, Switzerland is extremely expensive in the Mexican food section, and two that the waiters do not take to kindly when you only order three appetizers and drinks. After our delicious dinner of chips and cheese dip, we all headed back to the Bahnhof (train station) to catch our trains home. It was a wonderful day, and definitely not my last time ice skating, i improved quite a bit towards the end, but I haven't yet mastered how to stop on skates, I ran into quite a few people.

Just of few of us, on the ice, in Bern. What a lovely day it was.

    Thursday, was spent in Zurich in various art museums, with my wonderful class. Normally I hate Thursday's, for one school starts at 7:30 and goes until 5:00pm, which makes me very tired. But this Thursday was actually quite fun, I got to sleep, which of course made the day a lot more bearable. Once we arrived in Zurich, we caught another train to Winterthur, about a 20 minute train ride away, once we arrived we took a tram to a photography museum. The pictures themselves, were interesting, but having to analyzing them was extremely boring. I can hardly stand that in English, and in German, not a chance. We ate lunch in Winterthur, and then headed back to Zurich for my favorite exhibit, 'Photo's of the World 4' which I found absolutely fascinating. There were so many pictures from all over the world, and I found it so interesting. When we left the last museum, we had over an hour break  to hang out in Zurich before catching our train home. 

What a lovely shot?

Peace!