Another Great day!

Today was a good day. I finally got over my jet lag. I slept in till about ten, then I woke up to the sounds of kids playing and yelling. There is a building right next to my house that is used as a Kindergarten The playground is right out back.

My first day of language school was today! I got to ride the train to the town it was in. This is the first time I've been on the train since I've been here. I will be riding it to school everyday. Riding with me is another exchange student going to the same language school as me, and the same high school. (YAY! Friends!) Today, we were shown how to get there by someone Hannah knew (Hannah is my new friend) I'm not sure if it was a Rotarian from her host club or her host mother. But from now on we know how to get there ourselves. Hannah is also from the USA. She is from Oregon.
There are about 10 of us in the language school. My teacher is very nice, and I think I will learn a lot these nest 4 weeks. We even have textbooks that have assignments, and CD's to follow along with. I am excited to have homework, and it helps that this is the only subject I have to focus on all year.
After class, I came home and everyone in the house was leaving for a few minutes. Peter had a meeting, Katherine and Matthias were going to the train station, and I don't know where Jonathan was. I changed into shorts because it was hot and the train ride home was packed! I had to stand the whole way!
After that I decided to take a walk by myself. And I took a few pictures along the way.

 This is a small arch way in an ally. The street has a name that has something to do with criminals. But if you look, on the bottom left of the archway is a seat. And Peter told me that long ago if you were a criminal and were running from the authorities, if you could make it to the seat and sit down, then you couldn't be arrested. It was a sort of sanctuary.

 These are typical flowers on the widow seal. You can find them anywhere in Switzerland.

I was trying to take a picture of myself with the Rhine behind me, but I was photo bombed by some men surfing. The Rhine has a fast current. What these guys did was have a rope tied to a wall right on the rivers edge. Then down from the rope they would get a surf board and go out from the edge of the river. Once they were out far enough they would get on top of the surf board and hold the rope. It looked like they were water skiing, except they stayed in the same place. It looked like a lot of fun!!! But I guess the water is cold because they were both wearing wet suits.

This is my host family's cat, Bolero. He is very friendly.