First day.

My first day was so far awesome. It is now 5:50 and still completely light out (great I know). I arrived in Zurich after an 8 hour flight in which I only slept one hour. The girl I met in the airport who was trying to get on the flight didn't just get on the plane with me, she ended up right beside me! Some coincidence but I used it to my advantage and learned a few things that helped me out today. When I arrived in Zurich I had a few embarrassing moments from nervousness... First off I almost took someone else's bag and left mine there, secondly a man wished me a good stay that worked at the airport, but I didn't hear him and thought he was going to check my bag and thirdly when I came out of arrivals I almost went in the opposite direction of where my host family was waiting for me. They called me back though so I guess I was saved, haha. Only three out of eight were there to pick me up but I liked them right away it was Franzi, Daniella and Andreas (in that order) and Daniella's friend Tiffany from Australia took the picture.

On the train we talked about transportation and sports that everyone played and what I should do to learn the language. When I got here they showed me around the house, and showed me all the animals. They have a poodle who's blind, a dog the size of a truck, three cats, chickens, a donkey and a parrot (who I suspect mistrusts me). The house is gorgeous and I have an entire wing to myself (pictures to follow).  I went for a 3km run to fight off Jetlag and then took a shower. I then went to a Rotary meeting where I fought to stay awake for 3 hours. After being introduced to people I will most likely have to be introduced to again we went to see my counsellor and make plans for my bank account and immigration. Franzi and her friend Jodie then took me down to the lake for a dip where I met more people (thats over 30 today). We then came back so I could meet everyone else: Dorris my host mom, Alexandra, Martina and Chris who are all my host siblings. Its funny because I thought that I was the same age as some of them but apparently I'm the youngest by 2 years. I'll be taking more pictures and learning more German here, on my adventures in Switzerland.