Cows | 1/4th of a year

Oct 22, 2009 -

Picture of the Day: MEAT!

Sorry to all vegetarians! Today was a good day! Not only because I didn’t have school in the afternoon. No, also because we received about 14,6 of fresh Swiss meat. I did the math for you guys and it is 30,9 pound! (If you want to check: 1kg is 2,2 pound) Now you are probably thinking that in Switzerland everybody buys meat like that. But that is not the case. Normally Swiss buy it like normal civilized people in grocery stores in smaller amounts. But our family has some good connections with a farmer. So, we could buy it from him! Sadly we only got one piece for dinner, but at least something. The rest of it went right a way in the freezer where it hides from the big hungry Raphy! One day Raphy will have NO MERCY!!!

PS. I wanted also to apologize to everybody that I didn’t wrote much the past week (actually nothing)A special sorry goes to the people who check my blog every hour! I was REALLY busy with school stuff (procrastination )

Aug 9, 2009 -

everyday life

3 Comments

Comeback

It is true. There were many rumors about it. I am giving my comeback. After one year pausing. After a year spending time in a different country. I am going back to old school. I am going back to my old school in Switzerland. This past year went over so fast! Too fast!

Now I am already back for more than two weeks and still EVERYTHING is sooo small. I am trying to get used of my old culture and their habits. But this is not that easy like I have imagined. Sometimes people in the US asked me about differences between the States and Switzerland/Europe. Back then sometimes I struggled with giving a good answer. But now I see a million differences. It already starts with how to say hello to someone. It’s weird but I always have to think if I just have to say hi or shake hand or hug. But the weirdest is the three time kissing thing. It is polite to kiss a girl three times on her cheek. The first time I was going the hug the girl when I noticed she only wanted to do the cheek kisses.

But also the food is really strange. Less meet, more vegetables, no ice in your water, much more pasta and less fries. Short: I miss the food. At least I could see some real cows at the trip to some cool Swiss mountains last week. I thought about taking them home and make some nice big steaks, but I don’t think the farmer would have appreciated my thought.

Finally I am actually glad to start school again. Because my jet lag hasn’t settled yet. And I am still struggled with sleeping through a whole night. Usually I wake up at around 3 AM and think about dinner. I think I need some rhythm in my sleep so I can get over the time difference. Also I am looking forward to see all of my old friends again. Of course the good ones I have seen already in t

hose to week I have been back. But there are many I haven’t seen yet. And yes I am also really excited to learn new stuff, to write tests, to do homework and pay attention in class. I think everybody loves this about school! Right?