Weekend

Well, I've been here for nearly 3 weeks now, although it sort of feels like a lot longer (not really a bad thing, sort of), and I have another 3 weeks before I go on my trip to Brighton. The school finish for the holidays next Friday, which gives me some time to do a bit of exploring and things, once I've been paid. Many of the classes are going on trips, but I really have no idea if I'm going on one or not- it sort of seemed like I might be, but it hasn't been mentioned, so perhaps not. Still, I have a lot of time free to do other things.

The main problem I've had is that it can be quite isolating when you don't know anybody, so I've been trawling the English Forum to see if there are many people in the area. The forum is for English speaking people living in Switzerland, funnily enough, and they have a calendar and a program of events they organise, so I might go along to one sometime. Someone also messaged me today, saying they're a 23 year old student from the US, living in St Gallen, the main city in this canton, so I might get in touch with her via email and then maybe meet her and her Canadian friend, also living in St Gallen. (Don't worry mum, I won't be going to any strange peoples' houses..)

I also have a trip to Konstanz planned for tomorrow. Konstanz is a university town on the German border with Switzerland, on the German side. 2 people from my university class are based there, which is nice, so I think we'll spend the day sight seeing around the town, and then maybe go for a pint or something. Hopefully it'll be a cheap day out because I don't want to spend lots of money! At any rate, it'll be cheap compared to here, but bearing in mind the high euro exchange rate, possibly not so cheap..

So, the rest of today: it's 16.40 now, so in a short-ish while I'll start to think about heading back to the flat. Then I'll make something for dinner (I'm thinking potatoes and cabbage), then I shall have a nice glass or two of Swiss rosé, and watch more Sex and the City, my latest obsession. Or I might watch The History Boys.. hmmm!

Anyway, I'll hopefully get lots of lovely photos of Konstanz, and give the general impression of being a good tourist.