Laowai

My butter dish is useless – since butter comes in a different (larger) size here. Duh

They are so very punctual here. Some people have to come through our house to do some repairs on the outside of our building – they specified they would be here between 1:15 and 1:30. Ha – usually in the US if some sort of fix-it person is coming they say we'll be there between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and then they show up at 4:00 p.m.

I spent over 8 Swiss Francs (about 8 dollars) on two measly little chicken breasts. I also spent a very long time in our tidy little grocery store looking for baking powder and came home with corn starch. Arg – I'm dying to do some baking. 

Stupid things I did yesterday: Bought the wrong type of train ticket – in my defence the kiosk starts out in English to make you feel confident when you start and then it turns to German. Luckily I wasn't stopped and fined. Also I could not for the life of me open our stairway door with our key when someone rang the buzzer. Brian had to show me how to do it. 

So much to learn here.