Monday (8/18/14)
The most exciting thing about today was going on a walk with Tamara and Svenja to a real Swiss cheese shop right here in our village.
*FYI American "Swiss Cheese" is NOT Swiss... it's probably not even real cheese either... bleh.
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| Yum #stinkycheese |
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| haha! Not a stereotype. |
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| Pasta. Don't mess around. |
And yes, I did try a taste of like 3 of the 5 cheeses Tamara bought.
Thursday (8/21/14)
Today I walked down to the lake (the section we live by is called the "Untersee") and read for awhile and of course took some pictures.
Friday (8/22/14)
Finally got to meet the boys today! Quentin and Finn. They're adorable, super sweet, and typical boys haha. Aaaand they don't speak English. So that's fun. haha.
Saturday (8/23/14)
Well I decided to crash a seminary devotional/dance today, and it totally did not go as planned... I thought that MAYBE there might be other single adults there to chaperone or something, or listen to the devotional... not so my friends, not so. So I helped prepare some of the food and left, feeling absolutely downtrodden at having wasted my day preparing for this. So I decided to brave the trains and see if I could figure out how to get to Konstanz instead, so I could say I did SOMETHING. It really wasn't as bad/hard as I thought. I hopped back on the train heading home, but got off in Kreuzlingen then followed the crowd, then the signs, right up to the border! Easy-peasy! I didn't go far, because I was afraid if I wandered, I wouldn't be able to find my way back, so I went over and sat and read for awhile and watched some locals play street soccer, then I left. It seems small, but it felt like a huge accomplishment! :)
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| Crossing the border! |
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| Hotel Constantia |
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| View from where I was sitting to read |
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| Back on the Swiss side... Not a stereotype. |
This Sunday was harder than the first. I was really tired, and I didn't have anyone translating for me, until Larissa came and helped me toward the end of Sacrament meeting (her and her husband are so sweet). I was excited to get home though, because I'd met a friend who said they would show me around Konstanz if I wanted. So back to Konstanz we went! It was fun to wander around the old city and explore, without fear of getting lost... or at least if I did, it was with someone else around haha.
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| The church building I go to |
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| Konstanz, Germany |
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| I assumed this was the layout of the old city in Konstanz |
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| We found a Lebanese? food place to eat at here - you can't see it, it's directly to my left. It was exactly like Greek food (sliced lamb meat w/ tzatziki sauce and salad) |
Back in Switzerland, before dropping me off, we stopped at the lake and watched the sunset.
There is SO much beauty here.
xoxo,
Rebecca
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