Guten morgen everyone. Current time here in beautiful Schafisheim is 08:56 and current time back home is 02:56. I am 6 hours ahead of my family back home in Connecticut. Yesterday was my first day in Switzerland and it was fantastic! Right away from the plane I met my friend from my host famil Marcel Giger and went for a short lunch as he had to return to his job in Zurich. He dropped me off in the old part of town where there are many shops to visit (was good to spend time in stores because it was snowing yesterday). While in Zurich I explored several of the high end grocery stores. I also went to a local café to relax until I went to Schafisheim. I enjoyed a couple of espressos which was needed as I spent about half a day traveling 4,000 miles from home. Last night I got to see a lot of old friends as my host family is in the
Guten morgen everyone. Current time here in beautiful Schafisheim is 08:56 and current time back home is 02:56. I am 6 hours ahead of my family back home in Connecticut. Yesterday was my first day in Switzerland and it was fantastic! Right away from the plane I met my friend from my host famil Marcel Giger and went for a short lunch as he had to return to his job in Zurich. He dropped me off in the old part of town where there are many shops to visit (was good to spend time in stores because it was snowing yesterday). While in Zurich I explored several of the high end grocery stores. I also went to a local café to relax until I went to Schafisheim. I enjoyed a couple of espressos which was needed as I spent about half a day traveling 4,000 miles from home. Last night I got to see a lot of old friends as my host family is in the Argovia Rebels fife and drum corps. They had a bit of a "practice" and welcome party for me and was a fantastic time to see old friends and make new friends!
Today is my first full day in Switzerland and I have a lot of great stuff planned, not just today, but this whole week! Today will be grocery shopping for food at home (my host family decided to wait a day to go shopping so we can get foods that I would like, though I'm not very picky)! We will visit the area of Arau which is near Schafisheim. From there we will be headed home for a little while. At some point we will be picking up a special bier (beer) made especially for a local Fasnacht (I will describe about it as I learn further, but there are carnivals through out Switzerland over the next month!) and my host Angela is on the committee that created the bier, as when someone from this village turns 50 the year of the Fasnacht, they are responsible for planning the events. Tonight I will be going to a local Fasnacht with my friends for a good time!