Today I woke up at 8:15 so that I could go with Cony to the magazine, which is like a big grocery store. I think it is where they go when they want to buy a lot of things at once or in bulk. At least that was my impression. Cony told me to make sure that I had my camera because on the drive to the magazine there is a hilltop where you can see so much of Switzerland and the Alps are in the background and it is so beautiful!
While we were driving, she put in a CD that was by a band from Berlin called The Baseballs. The whole CD was composed of song remakes of US bands. For instance, the first song is "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent and it sounded sooo different hahaha not rap at all. I recognized all of the songs and even knew almost all of the words to them too, but it was really funny hearing the remakes.
When Cony and I got to the top of the hill, I was in awe, but she said that today was not even a clear day and that she would bring me back next week to take more pictures when the mountains were easier to see. I thought it was still gorgeous though so I can't imagine what it looks like when it is clear.
Then we drove to the magazine, but stopped by a jewelry store first because Cony makes her own jewelry and it is so pretty. She got a few beads and some rubber bands that she makes really cool necklaces out of and we got back in the car to go to the magazine. When we were there, we each told one another how to say the different foods in English and German, or Swiss German. It was fun, but I can't remember them all. There was also a huge glass, for decoration I think, and Cony ran up to it and pretended to tip it and drink from it and we had a good laugh about that.
After the magazine, she showed me a street called "Happy Street." It is in English, but it is named after the family who lives on it because their last name means "happy" in German. I took a picture. We had lunch around noon and I recognized most of it as being what we bought from the magazine. The cauliflower was really good and reminded me of when Grandma Julia would make it when I was little.
In the afternoon, Peter showed me how to use the riding lawnmower so that I could help out on the farm a little. Peter does not understand me and I do not understand him, so if any of you would have seen the exchange between the two of us while he was trying to show me how and where to mow, you would have definitely laughed at us. It was a pretty standard mower, like ones I have used at Elyria East fields before, but I have not used them in years so I needed refreshing. There was the little picture of the rabbit and turtle though, so I understood the speeds haha Other than that though, hand motions were used. Words were said, but neither one of us understood what the other was saying. I ended up almost mowing a whole section that I did not need to because I did not know exactly where Peter wanted me to mow, but then Cony ran over and told me to just cut under the two cherry trees. We laughed about that.
After going back inside, I saw that Tiin had texted me asking if I wanted to go out to dinner with him and his girlfriend, Daniela. Of course I said yes, so they picked me up around 6:30pm. We went to an Italian restaurant and I ordered gnocchi, one of the things I recognized on the menu. Daniela speaks very good English because she lived in NYC for awhile. The food was very good and we were able to talk a lot and I had a very good time. I like being able to ask them so many questions about Swiss culture and language and the differences between Swiss and German too. They are able to help me understand everything better. Sometimes they have to figure out, speaking Swiss to each other, the best way to explain things to me, but once they do, they tell me in English and are able to explain it very well. I really appreciate how nice and welcoming everyone has been to me. After dinner we stopped at a lounge called "Peoples" and had a cocktail. I enjoyed meeting Daniela and had a good night with the two of them.
My dad and Eric were able to meet Roman, one of Nadja's older brothers, while skyping tonight. I had a little session, that involved a calendar and pointing with fingers, with Peter on how to pronounce the days of the week before he headed to bed. I like the Lehmanns more and more every day.
Talk to you soon!
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