"Why are there explosives outside the Parliament building?"

Yesterday was our first day off since beginning work.
The majority of us took advantage of us all being off at the same time and adventured into Bern,
the capitol city.

The trip took about an hour and a half.
Once we walked through a little market and bought churros.
We sat an ate our churros on the Parliament building and enjoyed the view.
We did a few other touristy things, such as hiked up a tower in a church and looked at the bear pits.

A few decided to head back early which left me, Cate, Mariam, Naomi, Heather and Libby.
We were starving, but nothing opens until like 5.30...
So we sat in a park...
and got approached by a random man asking for cigarettes.
We discussed books, politics and Hitler.
Finally, it was 5.30 and we could go eat.

We ate at a lovely little Italian joint.
The lady spoke no English,
so we had to communicate using our limited German and Italian skills.
We also learned what 'rahm' means.

Then, we hit up the bar.
I GOT CARDED FOR THE FIRST TIME!
and I handed over my USA passport...
Classy Sarah.

Finally it was time to head back,
we took the hour and a half journey like champs.
But then we had to hike a mountain in the dark...
Well we made it, at least.

Sarah