Number 10:

Pfffew! It has been a busy few days in paradise. I have language camp every weekday morning from 8:45- 12:45, and the weather has been at least 30 degrees every day so I usually spend the afternoons swimming!

On Wednesday Ruth (my host mom) and Jenna (another exchange student from Edmonton- GO CANADA!)'s host mom picked us up from language camp and took us to Marzili in Bern.

   This is Marzili. To the left (your left) there are some pools, and to the right is the river Aare. I didn't go in the pools because the river was so much fun!

To swim in the river, first you have to walk down this path for like 10 or 15 minutes.

 Then you jump off a bridge (or if you're not extremely adventurous like me walk down some stairs) and float down the river like this:

When you get to the end you have to swim like hell to get to the side of the river because if you don't get out in time you will get sliced into tiny pieces and enjoyed by thirsty Swiss people. That's a bit of an exaggeration I think but I'm sure it wouldn't be enjoyable.

That night it was really hot out still at like 7:30 when we got home so we had muesli for dinner (did you know that "muesli" is actually just cereal in German?!) as well as some bread and cheese and butter. I think that's a pretty typical thing to eat in the summer.

On Thursday my host parents took me sailing on their boat in the lake of Thun.

  

It was really beautiful but there wasn't a lot of wind so we just stopped in the middle of the lake and went for a swim!

On Friday I had a super duper busy day! After language camp I scarfed down some food and left to go to Schadau Park with Miriam's friend Stefanie and some other friends from their class. We went swimming in the lake and played a Swedish game where you throw sticks and try to knock other sticks down... I didnt really understand it but I'm pretty sure that even if I did I wouldnt be winning MVP anytime soon. All of the other people stayed in the park to have a BBQ, but I had to ride my bike home super quickly so that I could get ready to go out for dinner at some people in Rotary's house. They have a daughter and a son. The daughter will be in one of my classes at school, and the son has a girlfriend from BC who's here visiting. We had the best chocolate fondue EVER and stayed up until way too late telling stories about crazy Canadian wild life.

Today I went to Interlaken but it's getting late and the pictures are still on my camera so I'll tell you about it some other time :)

Gute Nacht!