the begining of my switzerland adventures

i took the night train from germany to courtelary switzerland. a total of 10 hours of travelling. i didnt sleep much on the train. this guy kept on snoring and snoring. i went to the bathroom and “accidently“ bumped into him on the way back and he woke up and i slept a wee bit.
pierette, the lady i am doing a work exchange with met me at the train station. we soon got to her town and she showed me to my place, my own private apartment with a sink and everything! except a shower and stove. i napped for a bit, got walked in on by her mom who lives upstairs then i went down the street to where pierrette lives and had dinner. we ate lasanga and pie and drank mint tea. i told everyone how all mints have square stems and opposite leaves. i put the dishes away and left. i read for a bit,listened to french pop radio and was asleep at 9 and didnt get up until almost 8.
pierette has a girl from india,pooja, that is staying with them for a year studying french. this morning we ate corn flakes together. she said “do you wish to have corn flakes with me“ more on pooja later.
after cornflakes pierette brought me to a friend of hers place. there super sustainable and have goats, chickens, monkeys and kangaroos and 2 elephants. there was this guy making a grey water system. the system was set up so the water would drain out of the house from a pipe into a holding tank where bacteria grows and kills all the bad stuff or most of it, then it goes to another place where they can check to make sure the water is decently clean and where they can add good bacteria or kill bacteria if they have to. then, after that the water drains from the pipe in the ground into a trench thats about 4 feet deep, 10 feet wide and 15 or so feet long. the trench when its finished is going to have all these plants around it that will suck up all the bad stuff in the water like heavy metals and such. i just read something like this in a book called the humanure handbook. it was neat to see it being done. i took pictures and if i can figure out how to get them on the computer you can see.
on one of my weekends off i will go back there and do a work exchange for them. they have lots and lots of delicous cheese. swiss is big on cheese.
the work today was pretty light. i jsut moved dirt for a few hours from a pile into a garden bed. it rained the whole time but i have my rain gear. then i peeled many apples. pierette has a lot of friends who are in the sustainable movement who i will try to visit and learn from. life has been really amazing for me, especially these past couple months travelling europe.