Last weekend the weather was pretty bad- after a week of sun and warm weather, it poured and was cold the entire weekend! At this point I actually wasn't sad for a weekend to take things a little slower, since I've really been super busy since arriving here.
My friend Sarah had a party at her flat on Friday night, which was a lot of fun. And I remembered to leave early enough that I didn't miss the last train, thankfully!
On Saturday, it poured the entire day. I think every time I looked outside it seemed like it was raining harder. My hosts returned from their Greece trip last week, so we had a lazy day around the house. We had a late breakfast, and I met Lisbeth's son Dominik, who came over for breakfast. The rest of the day I spent doing laundry and reading and cleaning my room and tending to my computer, which has not been behaving very well over here. I also helped to cook dinner and learned how to make a white wine sauce. Lisbeth is a fantastic cook, and she is going to teach me how to make sauces, which is something I have never really done before.
Sunday the weather was a little better, and I was a little stir crazy, so I went in to Zurich for the day. I spent some time at work (so that I could use the internet) and was able to chat with my dear friend Jessi, who has moved to Tel Aviv since I came to Switzerland! Ironically enough, we are now 500 km and 2 time zones closer to each other than when I was in Minneapolis and she was in San Francisco! It was so nice to chat with her; I have definitely felt a little isolated with not having internet at my house and not being able to talk with people from home very easily or very often. In the afternoon, I had coffee with Elena and Sarah at Kafischnaps, which is a nice (busy!) cafe in Zurich. It was really nice to see a new part of the city and to sit and talk with friends. I really haven't seen much of Zurich except the train stations. In fact, my train from Winterthur goes into a tunnel to get into Zurich, so all I see is countryside, then I enter a tunnel and magically arrive in Zurich! As the weather gets worse, I think that I will probably end up spending more time exploring Zurich, so hopefully I will finally understand the city a little more.
And then it was Monday again! I am really thankful that I love my job here- I really don't mind Mondays any more!
