OneRepublic!!!

Today was a normal school day, except afterwards I got to go see OneRepublic! Some friends of mine went right after school to stand outside, but Lara and Cecilia and I went to Cecilia's house to drop off our stuff and eat dinner. Then when we got there the other girls managed to pull us forward towards the front (still standing in line, not even inside..) so we were really close to the front when they let us in, so we were in the second row! The concert was in the Hallenstadion, which is big enough for 13,000 people... And there definitely were a lot of people there. We had standing spots, which is why we were able to get to close. We did have to wait in line for an hour outside and two hours inside, but oh well. There was some rock band that played before they came out, which was pretty boring. But the actual concert was amazing. It was almost all teenagers and mostly girls where we were standing, so it wasn't all awkward  standing so smushed together.

(You can kinda see how big it is? Google has better pictures of the size-like this!)

It was so so so much fun. A few of the more crazy songs everyone was jumping and singing together & it was a really cool feeling to sing with 13,000 other people.

For the last song they even shot a ton of confetti into the audience:) It was definitely one of my favorite things I've experienced on my exchange year. 

Flammkuchen & Thunderstorm

Today was super duper warm again, and I basically did homework & helped my grandma around the house all day. But in the evening I went to Dominic & Lara's for dinner, which was a Swiss pizza type stuff - called Flammkuchen, which literally means flame cake (thin crust with bacon, onions, and a creme sauce). It was really good:). I ended up staying until pretty late because there was a giant thunderstorm. The rain stopped around 10:30 so I walked home in the storm but avoided getting wet.. It was super creepy and super cool because the lightning and then thunder + it being dark out made for a perfect horror movie setting!

5 hours of lunchtime

Today so many classes were canceled that we had 5 hours for lunch! We went to the lake of Zürich and played volleyball on the lawn & some people went swimming. It was pretty awesome. I'm pretty sure everyone got a sunburn. Oops!

Pictures & sunburn!

Today we had a super early out at 10:30, so two friends and I went to the lake to take pictures! We ended up going home way earlier than we expected because it was too hot to concentrate. But we got some really pretty pictures!

(There are a bunch more that came out really well which makes me super happy!)

Notre dame singers

Today I went to school like always, but this evening the glee club from Notre Dame College were singing in the church 5 minutes away from where I live! I know a person who's going to Notre Dame next year, and I think it's hilarious that that college, of all colleges, came to Adliswil, of all places. Anyways, they were really really good. I got to talk to a few of them afterwards... I realized I really miss English-speaking people. So that was awesome. 

Hot hot hot weatherrr

It's been ridiculously hot again. And for some reason or another a whole bunch of teachers aren't reaching this week.. So I had less school today & yesterday, and tomorrow I only have two periods! Yay!

I keep being too busy with schoolwork & hanging out with friends to post, I'm sorry! :)

Circus!

This evening I went with my grandma to the circus! It was pretty amazing... There were acrobats and animals and lots of other crazy stuff. We weren't allowed to take pictures though.

I'm going to miss being in a big city where things like big circuses and the like travel to... There aren't enough people in Montana to make it worth their while, which I think is a shame. 

Update!

Hiiii!

I've been super bad at posting regularly, and I apologize for that...

I'm sick today!:( I don't know if I'm going to school tomorrow or not, we'll have to see. Oh well. 

Choir performances!

So basically I had choir performances Wednesday, Thursday, and twice on Friday, which meant I got to miss a lot of school on those days.

I had a solo, and it went perfectly every time! Yay:)

After the concert everyone got a rose, and two boys in my class gave me theirs, which was really sweet. I don't know what we're going to do in choir the rest of the year, though. We have school until July...

I BROKE IT

I actually have an excuse for not blogging today, and that excuse is that I broke my phone charger. I managed to kind of fix it, but it only charged when I taped it completely flat... So I get to go buy a new charger today, which means I'll have two USB to wall adaptors for European outlets..?? Whatever shall I do with them when I leave? #firstworldproblems

But anyways, today I did homework and math and helped my grandma around the house some. We also went to a friend of my grandparents for the afternoon:)

Aaaaand then I stayed up skyping Stephanie and texting two other people until 1 am, whoops