Number 14:

Guten Abend meine Freunde :) 

It has been another wonderful and exciting week in der Schweiz and guess what.... TOMORROW IS MY MONTH-IVERSARY!! I actually feel like I live here now. I can ask how much something costs (Wie viel kostet das?) or how to get to the train station (Wo ist der Banhof, bitte?), I can understand at least 50% of what people say to me when it's in Hochdeutsch, I can navigate public transit like a pro, and I can ride my bike in a round-about without getting run over... yay! 

Since I last posted on Thursday lots has happened. First on Friday I went to the big Migros (like Superstore but better- if you can imagine that) all by myself for the first time! I spent my entire afternoon in there and bought a ton of fun stuff like shampoo and markers and flash cards and who knows what else. 

Then on the weekend we had Rotex weekend which was just a weekend for the exchange students in the western half of Switzerland put on by ex exchange students. We all brought desserts (I made berry crisp) and met in Bern just before lunch time. Then we put all of our stuff (desserts included!) into lockers and went to a climbing park. I don't know exactly what it's called in English but here's a link: https://www.ropetech.ch/triage/default.asp

There were 7 levels, one being the easiest, and seven the most difficult... So can you guess which one Ana and I accidentally went on? Yep... that'd be 7. First we had to climb like a thousand meters in the air (actually 158)  then we had to do crazy things that required more upper body strength than either of us would usually use in a month like: 

 climbing across an 8 m net only connected at the top

 a rope that we had do go across monkey style (we were actually a lot higher up than you can tell from this picture)

 (it wasnt as easy as it looks!)

 an alternating ladder/ monkey bars thing (they're not together... it actually goes monkey bars, ladder bridge thing, monkey bars again).

and riding a bike!

There were a lot of other things but our arms hurt too much to take pictures ;) Then we went to go get our bags and found a wonderful surprise... Ana's dessert had spilled all over our stuff!! It was fudge that hadn't set, so needless to say it was a gross, sticky mess and we missed the train to Langenthal that everyone got on trying to clean it up. There was another train in like half an hour so we took that one and when we FINALLY got to the Scout Hall that we were all staying in we were super tired and hungry and kind of looked like homeless people with our sleeping bags and backpacks and entire bodies all covered in crusty sugar. Yummm :S 

The rest of the weekend was pretty chill but still a ton of fun. We met lots more exchange students, and I had a grand old time decking out all of the girls in my room with Canada tattoos and "Rotary Club of Port Hardy" stickers!! 

Aussies <3 Canada too! 

On Sunday we had a lot of time to just get to know everyone. There were about 50 exchange students there from all over the world :)

The wonderful Canadians <3 

Bye bye Langenthal! :)

This week is the end of language camp, so I've been spending a lot of time studying my German. We have a big test tomorrow to see how much we've learned, so I better do well! 

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 Learning to shoot an old school Crossbow in a cow field. 

 Yummy dessert :)

The best thing to come home to after school <3

My next few days are going to be really busy! 

• Tomorrow after language camp I'm going to go see my school for the first time and hopefully meet my classmates, then I'm going to the new Thun soccer arena to check it out. 
• Friday is the last day of language camp and we have to do big presentations
• Saturday I'm going to Italy and then changing host families
• Sunday I'm having my first day with the Maeders :)
• and Monday is my first day of school! 

Wish me luck!

Liebe grüsse<3