March 15-19: Zürich, Switzerland

After a 10 hour train ride from Berlin I was finally in Zurich to see my friend JP, whom I
met when I was an exchange student in 2006-needless to say, we've been great
friends ever since. I was really excited to see him in Zurich because he's moved
there to study at an art school- to be a theater director. He's in a program where
they only accept less than a handful of students a year! So amazing!

Well, I got to learn some more things about Zurich and Switzerland! First of all-
it made me appreciate learning German in a German speaking country, that's for sure!
While I was able to understand most people, it was very interesting for me to just
take a step back and listen to those talking to each other on the train and out
in public- the language is so different! Amazing! It makes me really put things
into perspective- in an area that is only a percentage of the size of the US, there
are 2 different ways of speaking the same language! So interesting! (I could really
see myself studying this kind of thing later in life.. maybe a 2nd Masters in
Communication?!)

JP was able to show me different parts of the city- even going on a little hike
up in the mountains to see the view of the Alps and the Overview of the city.
Breath-taking, far beyond words, and pictures can never do it justice-of course!

Beyond that we were able to spend some time out and about in the city one day and
on another we went to a play. It wasn't the greatest thing he or I had seen, in
fact we had a lot of criticisms for it! (Sorry to the actors and stage crew who
put a lot of time and work into it!) We also spent a day just hanging out at his
apartment-eating good food, watching movies, and spending some much needed down/
quality time together!

It was such a great visit and I'm really looking forward to exploring more of
Switzerland one day!