I missed my train...twice...in a row.

I know that I normally have a really fun metaphor at the beginning of my blog that builds up the content of my post but unfortunately this time I don't. I actually did miss my train. Twice. In a row.

Here's the thing about Switzerland (if you didn't already know by national stereotypes), everything is on time. Always. Normally trains come every 20-30 mintues except during rush hour they come every 10-15 minutes. In my case the train came every 20 minutes. So, when I got to the train station and realized that I missed my train, I guess the concept didn't sink in that chances are if I came back in +20 minutes I would miss my train again. What a concept. So yes, to answer your question, I missed my train. Twice. In a row. The second time I missed the train I didn't leave the train station and sat there for 20 long minutes thinking about the consequences of my sheer stupidity.

So I've basically been here for two months (okokok, tomorrow marks the exact two months) and I kinda have a grasp on how things work here. Some I have learned from doing things right, some I have learned from doing things wrong, and some I have learned from other people. For example, you shouldn't say "Ich bin heiss" (I am hot) because it actually means that you are horny, you have to say "Ich habe heiss" (I have hot). This is very useful to know.

Well, friends (and random strangers who stumble upon my blog), here are some interesting things you should know about Switzerland. It's cold here.

Ok, I know, I'm having some writer's block. You'd think after three weeks of not posting anything that I'd have something to write about, but it turns out that when you live in a place long enough everything kinda evens out. The things that were weird when I got here are now normal...

EXCEPT THE LACK OF HALLOWEEN AND THANKSGIVING. You know how the USA has this great lineup of holidays? Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, St. Nicholas, Christmas, New Years, Three Kings Day, Valentine's Day? Yeah. Here we have Christmas and New Years. The decorations now are all Christmas decorations because it's getting cold and they have nothing to celebrate inbetween! It's crazy! I don't care what you say, but I am not ready for Christmas. There's no Starbucks on the corner to tell me what holiday I need to be celebrating based on their seasonal flavors. I have no Pumpkin Spice Latte, I have no Gingerbread Latte. How am I supposed to know what to celebrate if I don't have a giant corporate company brainwashing me into thinking I need these things in my life? I'm lost. There are leaves on the ground, but I see no pumpkins, I drink no spicey deliciousness. THEREFORE...

I DECLARE IT TO BE BRONCO MONTH. Since the Denver Broncos are playing the SF 49ers in London on October 31 (coincidentally Halloween and the team's color is orange...ironically the same as pumpkins) AND I happen to have tickets to the game, I declare it Bronco Month. So Switzerland can't knock down my holiday spirit bcause I have substituted it with something much better. Hopefully it won't let me down.

Woot.