saying goodbye to our oldies

Woke up before the sun and took the train to Zürich to say goodbye to my *oldies. I am officially no longer a *newbie but an oldie and I am not in any way ready to accept it. My exchange is half way over and I can't believe how fast time is going by. I have had a good start to my exchange and I am excited for what is to come in the future 

*oldie: In this case the exchange students that arrived in January 2016. They know the ropes and they show the newbies around and sort of mentor us. 

*newbie: In this case the exchange students that arrived in August 2016. 

Marilena from New Zealand (my fav oldie)

Poutine

Sooo I am not the best cook and everyone in the host family that I currently live with are amazing cooks and the food is always delicious. So I've always been nervous to cook for them because the expectation bar is pretty high. Now, knowing me if I were to cook by myself I would probably burn the house down (if you don't believe me ask my mom, Jen) so I got my host mom to help me a bit, she is also better with proportions so it was good to have her around. Just so you know normal poutine didn't cut it with my host fam so there needed to be pulled pork. Anyways long story not so short my host mom and I made pulled pork poutine and it was really good (nothing like Ivan's poutine though) and after we went to the movies and watched L'Odyssey. 

Little visit

My wonderful friend Charlotte Mogan and her family were in Europe over the holidays and I was lucky enough to see them. It was nice to be able to see her again and talk to native english speakers that understand what I'm talking about when I talk about Canada and my town. See you in 6 months 

Altstadt

Here are some pictures of the old town in Fribourg. My host mom and I went for a little walk through the old town in Fribourg one really nice afternoon. I live in the canton of Fribourg but in the out skirts and it takes me one hour to get into the city, where I go to school. Fribourg kind of had two levels, the city is on the top and *basse-ville and *altstadt is on a lower level. I really like old architecture and vintage things so *natürlich I like *altstadt. 

*altstadt: old town in German 

*basse-ville: base village in French 

*natürlich: is a commonly used word in the German language. The direct translation is "naturally" but it sounds better and makes more sense when I say it in German so I did :P

Luzern

I can finally check Luzern off my bucket list! My host family took me to Luzern one afternoon and although the weather wasn't good we still had a good time. I really liked the architecture and the view of the lake. We walked around the old town and even went on the tourist train lol. It was -3 C and I found it cold so I've decided that I can no longer be considered Canadian. I caught myself multiple times taking pictures of the birds and people dogs instead of the architecture and Luzern in general but I'm not surprised. I would like to return to Luzern in the spring or summer when the flowers are on the bride and the sun is shining. Falling more and more in love with Switzerland everyday! :) I hope you enjoy some pictures of the city I enjoyed exploring!

on the most famous bridge in Luzern

tourist train we toured around the city in

host parents

story if my life

advent calendar building

oldest pharmacy in Luzern

mini city of Luzern