"The Night Before"

Today is Sunday the 11. I've been here six days. And... that's about it. It's actually 5:16 PM here and I've been up for about 2 and a half hours. Yesterday I think I mentioned the party of my host family's brother, well it was fun but again I couldn't speak any German so I couldn't really talk to anyone a lot ( I also had no idea what to talk about). Everyone seemed to be having a good time though which is great. I got a text from one of my counselors named Katja (Cat-ja), and she wanted to meet up to go to the Buskers again which I was really happy about. She texted at around 2 PM and wanted to meet at 5 which worked out to be good. I left the party at 2:25 and walked to the train station to go to Romanshorn (a stop in St. Gallen) and then took a 2.5 hour train ride into Bern. I really enjoyed the long train ride and it would have been even better if I had something to do with me. The train was delayed 8 minutes which is huge in Switzerland. I don't know if I explained this on here but this is how my host family explained it to me...(clears throat)... All the trains are scheduled to come at a very specific time, like, 5:31 PM or 8:27 AM. There are often connecting trains, so if you have 3 minutes to get to your connecting train and the one your already is two minutes late then you have 1 minute to get to your next train. In the stations you can sometimes see people running to catch your next train. So 7 minutes is a huge deal. (It wasn't for me though because I would have had to wait 20 minutes before my train left).  So on the two and a half hour train ride from St. Gallen to Bern, I we had a stop somewhere and six girls came on dressed in neon skirts and black body suits with very professional looking glitter and gems on their face got on. They sat a section in front of me (two seats facing each other is a section) and since there was six of them two had to sit in the ones beside and the guy already sitting there didn't seem to mind. In fact he was rather glad they were there if you get what I'm saying. At first it was fine but you could tell they were going to a huge party and it was getting a  bit annoying with all their "woohs," and when I say a bit, I mean like I wanted to tear my hair out. My god, do they know any other word other than "Woooh," or "Yaaayy." My god. I switched compartments. Now, these trains are like a mix between subway and train. They have seats like a train but in a Subway material. They have two floors like a train but it feels like a subway. They have these little tables that come out of the wall that are only big enough to hold a small book and a coffee. I'm not dissing the trains, I actually love them, I just don't want you to think they're like the steam engine ones. I slept for about 20 minutes then in a panic I wok up 10 minutes before the train pulled into the station. I looked at the SBB (Switzerland Transport App that gives you all the times and stops) and I had another hour to go. Again, it would have been more enjoyable if I had a book to read or I brought my iPad. It was fine though. One day I want to just go on trains the whole day. Just take a train to the east side from Bern, then take one all across to the other side of Switzerland, then back to Bern. The festival was good. I might post a picture later or I'll try a video. I got home last night at about 8:40. Oh! I waited at the train station in Burgdorf to take a bus to a stop close to where the house is. I was waiting there for about seven minutes before I realized that the busses only come at the hour. So I typed in my address and then let Google Maps take me home. And of course, this being Switzerland, it made me take the path with the stairs. It's okay now though. Today was more of a cleaning day. I got up at 9:30 AM and went downstairs and my host parents said I could sleep in to as long as I want. And after the week I had that was the kindest thing anyone could say to me. So heeding their advise I went up the ever so long staircase and went back to bed. I slept until 2:30 PM. My host sister got home at around 3:30-4 PM and she helped me clean my room. We have to vacuum, wash the floor, and spotlessly clean our room. It's kinda fun. Right now I know my mom is jumping up and down with excitement expecting my room to be clean when I come back. Anyways, going to go.

Buskers Commercial

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