My Legs Hurt

So... from the title I'm pretty sure you can  guess how I'm feeling. There are so many hills and if they're not long then they're steep; if they are not steep then they are long. This morning Roman (my host father) had to take me to the town office (or whatever they call it here, I forget), and had to "declare" that I am living with them and in Burgdorf. I also found out that you have to pay a tax when you own a dog and you also have to "declare" it. The tax is to pay for, I guess, doggy garbage bins (I hope you know what I mean). It's very official there too, I had to show my passport and a document that said I will be living with the family (thank you mom for getting that Going Abroad document). Anyways I think I get an "invitation" to go to a different town and get thumb printed and get to sign some more document -- always fun. When we got home (oh and it was raining this morning), we stopped by a cheese place, can't remember what you call it even in English, but they had these cheeses in the back room that where about the size of a round dinning room table. They were about as tall as me but obviously in a circle form. We didn't get any cheese because the person there wasn't allowed to sell the cheese (I'm not sure if Roman went back later in the day). At noon my host sisters, Joanna and Edna, took me to Bern, the capital of Switzerland and ~ 10 minutes away from Burgdorf. We went everywhere! And it was so much fun! The town was built in 1191, which I can't name a single thing that was going on at this time. Bern means Bear in Swiss German and they used to have Bears in this stone arena that was lowered in to the ground but then they moved them to a more humane enclosure and they still have two bears there; we weren't able to see them thought.We went to this amazing church which they call Munster (the u should have to two dots on it, I'm obviously not that techy. And I think it's the same as Minster in German. Like Westminster Abbey). We walked all over the town and I really liked it there. My host family says that I'll often go there. Also, I think my English is dying because as I am typing this I am hearing a Swiss German accent in my head. Ahh! Oh and in Bern they have this clock that had 2 gold men at the top that ring the bell and they have 2 clocks down below (one looks like the clock from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. If you don;t know what that is just google it, it's the only similarity that I can think of). But it has the Zodiac signs on it and the other one is bigger and above it, it had a moon and sun on the hands. Then to the side there are dolls, or figuines, that move, but we didn't get to see them move for some reason. I had dinner at Edna and Joanna's Aunt and Uncle's house. I felt very rude being there because I wasn't able to talk to them. We made some conversation but not a lot. Edna and Joanna told me not to worry about it and that their Aunt was just happy to meet me. Still felt like I just stole their food though. Anyways it's gong onto 11:40 PM over here so I'm going to bed. Tschuus! (Bye!)