On Friday morning I was so tired that I slept until noon, my host mom Ruth had to come in and wake me up to have some apricot pie for lunch. Apparently it's a common Swiss lunch... maybe next time I'll take a picture. After that my host parents took me for a short bike ride into town to show me around.
My host dad with his bicycle.
We went to the Metzerei (butcher) to buy meat, and the Backerei (bakery) to buy bread. We also tried to get me a bank account and phone but I am not allowed to do that until I have my papers saying that I am allowed in the town which I wont have for a few more days.
"Downtown" Thun
After that I met Miriam, her friend Angi, and another exchange student from New Mexico and we all went to Bern to go to a street music festival.
The Swiss parliament buildings in Bern
This is where we ate our sandwiches for dinner...not bad, eh?
After eating we walked down the street a bit to go to see the street musicians
There were a lot of people!
"Jimi Hendrix" in German.... awwwwwwe yeah
On Saturday morning Ruth woke me up at 9 am to go to the street market to get cheese and fruit.
After that we went to Muri with the family to go swimming. There were a bunch of pools, a water slide, and a big grassy area to sit.
My family :)
Lynn is my host parents' granddaughter. She can barely speak any English but that didn't stop her from taking me around to go on the water slide with her and jump off the diving board like a hundred times!
It is also a lot of fun to swim in the river. You hop in at one place and then float down with the current and climb back up later. The first time it was REALLY scary! But you got the hang of it after a few tries. The temperature was 19 degrees but most of the people said that was too cold and they didn't want to go in.
That evening Miriam took me to ThunFest. It's a big music festival in Thun with some of Switzerland's most famous bands.
Crazy Swiss girls in Bern
After eating we walked down the street a bit to go to see the street musicians
On Saturday morning Ruth woke me up at 9 am to go to the street market to get cheese and fruit.
After that we went to Muri with the family to go swimming. There were a bunch of pools, a water slide, and a big grassy area to sit.
That evening Miriam took me to ThunFest. It's a big music festival in Thun with some of Switzerland's most famous bands.
For a snack we had melted cheese on bread which is apparently a common street food in Switzerland. Stefanie had to show Sonja how to eat it. She was one of many new people we met.
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