7.8.15

In the morning Lea, Noemie (Lea's best friend), and I took the train to Solothurn.  It is about a 10 minute walk to the train station from their house, and then a 15 minute ride to Solothurn (which I might add is 4 towns over, the towns are very close). When we arrived we were greeted with the aroma of warm bread, this is common in Switzerland, the food is often more fresh and all in all better than in the USA. Lea and Noemie took me to my new school. The school is three times bigger than mine in the U.S. and only has 500 more people. It is set up like a college with different buildings holding different subjects. Each building is 4 stories tall! The school has many outdoor fields and an indoor pool, however in Switzerland most people do a school in their hometown because the teams are better and it is easier to get back and forth. After we toured around the school we went to the Solothurn Market, a grocery store that the Students usually have lunch at. The food their was much better than any grossly store food I had ever had, It was a sandwich on homemade bread and a typical Swiss drink, Rivella. Rivella is a soda, however it is not sickeningly sweet like Coke or Pepsi and has surprisingly little Sugar. I have been told it was originally based off of milk but if it is thank I could drink milk soda for the rest of my life! After we finished in the groshery store we went to the shopping area. All of the stores are in very, very old buildings, yet all of the stores are new, it is a funny sight. the streets are cobble stone and wind through the town, there is a huge breath taking church in the middle of town, and the sight of anything or everything in Solothurn will leave you in awe. I went into the stores, bought some clothes, but no, it didn't wipe my whole wallet away, shoppers mug in Switzerland is the same as the USA, if you buy normal clothes they will be cheep,however many items in Switzerland are quality (like their sandwhiches) you end up spending a reasonable amount unless you buy something really nice, or if you buy makeup, all makeup is very expensive. Later in the day we took the train back to Grenchen and left once again for the Swimming pool. For dinner we had stuffed peppers and sautéed vegetables (I never knew they could taste so good).