A Full Day

At 2 o'clock the Rotary Exchange Officer, Karin Vilseimer, picked me up and we went to 1) get my GA pass (which I am SO EXCITED about! It allows me to use almost any mode of transportation in Switzerland for absolutely free.), 2) get my residence permit from the city hall, and 3) open a Swiss bank account. Apparently it is very hard for Americans to open accounts now but Rotary knows how to pull a few strings. So I officially have a Swiss bank account.

On our way back to her house we stopped at a little bakery that also had chocolates, cakes, pies, and other sweets. I couldn’t tell you what half of the things were but they all looked delicious! Karin bought a loaf of bread and a small, plum cake to bring home. There I met her two sons and we all had some of the cake. It was amazing. Her house is amazing as well. I am in awe. There is a possibility that they may be my third host family, but we’ll see. I hope so though because they were a lot of fun. Her oldest son and I became lost on our way back home. I felt so helpless because I couldn’t recognize a thing. He’d ask me if the street looked familiar and all I could say was that I didn’t know. We found it eventually though.

On Saturday Karin is most likely going to take me to some event that a friend of hers puts on. They are from Bavaria (in Germany) and do folk music. So that should be interesting. Also on Saturday is the St. Gallerfest. That, I believe, is like a big town party, or festival. I think there is music and food and events and shopping. But I could be making that all up. Either way, I’ll be going to that with my host family. Should be a packed week with language school and all those events but I’m looking forward to it.