They lied to me when they said "Everyone speaks English". This isn't exactly true. Lots of learning to do.
- I took the train to Wil today ~ pronounced veel.
- I bought 5 plastic hangers for 3.20 CHF. Plastic as in what American get free when you buy a shirt.
- They don't sell pizza sauce in the grocery store. So tonight I made my own. Not too bad, but it will need some work. If anyone out there has a recipe, send it to me.
- Cost to make pizza ~ 3CHF. Atleast my favorite food can be cheap.
- People stare at me. Apparently I look funny.
- No stopper for the kitchen sink. I search and search and discover a vent for the kitchen sink. (see below picture).
I arrived in Switzerland this morning! I'm ready for my year long European vacation! Here is the day in a nutshell:
- Checked into my apartment. It is much bigger than expected (2 bedrooms). This means that my visitors will have a bed to sleep in.
- There is a washing machine in the basement. NO dryer. This I find ironic considering that my company make driers, not clothes driers, but it's still funny.
- Grocery shopping was EXPENSIVE. 4 Eggs for 2.30 CHF (Swiss Francs) roughly $2.48.
- You must pay for all of the grocery bags.
- You can buy cow milk that is good for 3 months and it's not refrigerated. I find this weird, but agreed to try it while also buying 'regular cold milk'. I was told that the 'regular cold milk' goes bad quickly. I looked at the date and it is good until March 11th. Same as milk in the US, just a different perspective over here.
That's all for now. Time for bed.
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| Peanut Butter is hard to find. Instead the Swiss love nutella. But Barilla and Bertolli are names I know even if I can't read anything else |
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| Mayo in a tube? But no "Bring out the Hellmans, Bring out the Best" |
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| Now this I can read! |
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| Funny Milk. No refrigeration required until opening. Ewwwww.... |
Cool! Sounds like it was a good first day!
ReplyDeleteI sent you an email with a receipe for sauce. Its from Emerils Kids cookbook !
ReplyDeletei hope this doesnt sound awkward, but i was looking something up and stumbled across your blog. i think its cool when americans come to switzerland, so i looked around your site. are you from nc? i grew up there, but came back to zurich about 4 months ago. im originally swiss, but still find it an adjustment coming back. if you need help with anything, or want an american to hang out with that can relate, let me know! laura (zurilaura1@gmail.com)
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