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April 4


!! I wrote this entry on April 4 but I didn't have internet !!

So, as of today I am officially in my third and last host family. I promise I will catch you up on everything that has happened in the last three months with my second host family. I can’t thank my second host family enough for everything that they’ve done for me. I had a great time there and hope to see them again before  I go. 

So, yesterday I spent the morning cleaning my room in my second host family’s house and also finished packing. We had breakfast together at about 10 AM and then I did some washing and then more cleaning and because we ate breakfast so late we didn’t have lunch. Instead I hung out a bit with my host sister and talked with her. When I first arrived at my second host family, they asked me if I liked any types of drinks (other than beer which here is Switzerland they drink quite a lot of), and I said whiskey. My host dad immediately got really excited and said before I go we’ll have to have a whisky together. So that is what we did Saturday. He brought out this 16 year old whisky from Scotland that I can’t remember the name of but we had one together. My host sister Jael doesn’t like whiskey so she had a different drink and we just talked about things and it was really nice. When my host mom got back from grocery shopping she came and had a whisky with us too. It was a really nice time. It was a nice farewell kinda feeling. 

Around two o’clock was when the Schonenbergers (my first host family) were coming to pick me up. I brought my luggage down and my gosh they were heavy. I have a large Roots plaid, hockey bag, kinda suitcase and it was so, SO, heavy. I think I have too many books in there, haha. At 1:50, my host brothers came down and joined us. We just talked a bit and it was nice. I knew the Schonenbergers were gonna be late but they weren’t that late. They came and things seemed to go  rather quickly. They weren’t allowed to come in because of the Coronavirus so maybe that was why. I got by bags and Roman (my first host dad) carried my Roots bag to the car, Andre (my second host dad) carried my backpack and I carried my black suitcase. I went back in and grabbed some other bags and put them in the car then went back inside and stood with my oldest host bother at the top of the stairs (you have to go up about five stairs to get to the main level and that is where my host siblings were sitting/standing). Roman and Edna (first host sister) were talking to my host parents and Jael (second host sister). Edna and Jael are actually best friends from school so they laughed a lot and talked a lot. It went good. Roman said that we had to go and I said goodbye to my host brothers than Jael who I kinda already said goodbye to earlier in the day. I thanked my host parents again for having me for the last three months and said we should meet up again before I leave. Roman, Edna and I got into the car and Edna drove me to my third host family's house. Here in Switzerland you start driving when you're 18 so she was really excited about that. It was kinda funny because I've been allowed to drive in Canada for 2 years know and I already know how to drive and all the rules and then to see Edna just starting to do this was rather funny. She didn't stop fully when she came to a stop sign and I was like "Oh Edna. My goodness. That is just not acceptable" in a joking manor. She actually did very good. 

Edna was fighting me to carry my Roots bag when we arrived at my third host family's house and I actually won for once! I got here and my new host dad, Luca, opened the door and welcomed us in. Roman went up the stairs with my black bag and I felt so rude cause I was only carrying my backpack, laptop bag and the gift for them (the lightest stuff) while Edna and Luca carried my Roots bag up the stairs. I felt so bad that I didn’t help carry it; the Canadian in me was crying, haha. The stairs were steep and in a spiral and my room is on the third floor (so two flights of stairs). The Canadian in me felt really sorry remembering there is two flights of stairs. Mirjam (Miriam) and Luca showed me my room and it’s so lovely. I have a view of Burgdorf and you can even see the alps from my window. In Burgdorf there are two points (actually their hills) but on top of one is the church and the other one is the castle. Our house is right beside the church and on one another side you have the town office. So I can see the next town (Oberburg) from my window and it’s so beautiful. They also have the loveliest balcony that runs the length of one side of their house and then they have a huge garden.

I unpacked my bags and then just kinda chilled in my room for a bit. We had dinner on the terrace and it was so lovely. That night I ended up playing a Lord of the Rings Nintendo DS game with my host sister and we had a lot of fun together. I feel like I'm gonna have a good time here! 

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