Herbst und Deutsch Film!

I can now understand enough German that I am actually learning somethings in my classes. (things besides German).

There are now 2 different types of weather. The first (my favorite), are sunny, cool (but not too cold, you only need a sweater), beautiful Fall days. Switzerland, like Missouri, has a beautiful Fall. the leaves are changing color and the weather is getting cooler.

See!? So beautiful... but when it's not sunny and beautiful, it's cold and rainy. I do not enjoy this weather.

Yesterday, I watched the movie Olympus has Fallen with my host family. I really got into this movie. For the most part, I didn't even notice it was in German. Usually when I watch a movie in German, I am just sitting there wondering what they are saying, or not even paying attention to the film and thinking about something else.

Kikeriki!

Today in my free period I translated a German poem. I learned many new words, but my favorite was Kikeriki! In English this is Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! I thought this was so funny and cool to learn. I went home and over dinner I told my host parents the new word I had learned. We had a small laugh about how this is the new German word I leaned. Then they asked what it was in English. I said Cock-A-Doodle-Doo and right after I said it, at they exact same time, both their eyes got really wide, they leaned forward and said WAS?! (WHAT?!). At that moment, I realized how ridiculous Cock-A-Doodle-Doo sounds. Then I couldn't stop laughing as I tried to say it again, and then  my parents started laughing. Now, Cock-A-Doodle-Doo sounds so silly compared to Kikeriki. It's funny how a small moment can instantly change my mind about something that use to seem so normal.

Herbst Ferien!!!

Yay! Two weeks of no school! AND! I have a free pass to travel on any train or bus in Switzerland! I think we all know what I did during the holiday...

But first, I finally took a picture of my school. It's just a giant square office building. 

INTERLAKEN

 Riding up on a Mountain on this small train. Below is the inside of it. We rode up the mountain than walked back down. It was about an hour and a half walk back down. So a short hike according to Swiss standards. 

 Interlaken was pretty but it had so many tourists! I think that day I heard more English than German. Every other shop was a swiss souvenir shop.

Zurich

                                             My friend from class, Petra and Valentina.

"Life is beautiful" 

Swiss Graffiti

Zürich is the biggest city in Switzerland. We walked around, looked at shops, and in churches. We also went into a Swiss University. I stayed late that night and ate dinner with Semu and Christi.

I got everybody looking for four leaf clovers!

St. Gallen

 This church was huge! 

Part of the side walk was made out of this red asphalt and so is this car.

We love our döners! I ate so many during the holiday! It's Turkish food. There are restaurants in every town. It's European fast food, but I think it tastes so much better than normal fast food like Mcdonalds.  I like to get the döner boxes. (as you can see above) It's meat, fries, lettuce, tomatoes, and some sort of sauce in a box. You can also get them in tortillas or bread. 

Lucerne

 There was a festival going on in Lucerne when we went. Of course I had to buy myself some Cotton Candy! There is going to be a huge festival in Basel at the end of the month! I am so excited! Everyone keeps saying how amazing it it!

I had an amazing holiday. Now I'm back in Rheinfelden. We're going to go see a movie in Germany tonight. We're going over to Germany to see it because it's cheaper than Switzerland and the movies are in German. In Switzerland they play movies in their original language with subtitles. 

I'm so lucky to be in Switzerland and have the opportunity to travel. I went to many places over the holiday,  but Basel is still my favorite city.