I was successfully picked up at the airport when we arrived about 14:30. Britta and Andreas’s father met me there. And of course Quarri too. I already love that dog. He’s a lot different than Stewart but he’s adorable. He sat on me the whole hour drive to St. Gall.
We first dropped Grandpa off at home and then went home ourselves, lugged my suitcases upstairs, and I went to bed. I had slept maybe an hour on the plane ride to Dublin but couldn’t make myself sleep anymore. So naturally I was out as soon as I got in bed. I woke up later, met Anja and Andi, had dinner, met Nino when he came home from soccer, and went to bed again.
Today I woke up at 7 which was really strange considering I hadn’t slept while traveling. Since I was up so early I went on a walk with Britta and some other women. They all brought their dogs and they just roamed around while we walked. They are all surprisingly well-behaved! Once again, nothing like Stewart. We walked through the Peter and Paul Wild Animal Park where they have deer and mountain goats and other animals and it was just gorgeous. There are so many trees around here, forests but not like Tahoe forests. And the cows! They are everywhere! They watch the dogs as we walk by.
At the end of the trail we were walking on Britta bought some marmalade from a farm. There was also produce, eggs, honey, and other things for sale. The whole thing was really cute and reminded me a lot of Apple Hill back home.
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| The view from part of the trail |
Afterwards we went into the city and explored a bit. I saw the train station where I am to meet some exchange students tomorrow morning and travel to Zurich to the language school with them. They already know the way because they went today. I stayed home in order to recover from yesterday and get some paperwork and stuff out of the way. I saw the cathedral that’s a World Heritage Site I didn’t get to go in or to look around much or even take pictures because we weren’t there for long. I walked down the main street of St. Gallen and visited Andi’s office. The old town is so cool. They have crazy decorated windows that jut out from the buildings and are just gorgeous. And there are flowers all over the buildings, spilling over the ledges. It really does look like something out of a fairytale. We came home and not much later Nino, Anja, and one of Anja’s friends came home for lunch. I guess they get about a 2 hour break for lunch, and so will I when I go to the Kantonsschule in three weeks.
I wish my pictures did this area justice. But they don’t.
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| The train station. |
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| St. Gallen's main street. |
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| Next to Andi and Britta's office. |
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| The view from my window. |
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