Randomness

-There is no such thing as over-dressing in Switzerland. It's literally impossible. You want to go to school in stripper heels and a tight black dress? Go for it!

-Contrary to popular belief, the Swiss drive on the right side of the road, not the left.

-In french they call the funny bone a petit juif, which means little jew.

-The smallest coin here is 5 cents. They don't have anything equivalent to a penny because all prices are in multiples of 5.

- The word cul-de-sac literally means 'ass of bag'. So when you say that you live on a cul-de-sac you're actually saying you live on an ass of bag. nice right?

- The traffic lights turn yellow before they turn green.

- When you get a drink at a restaurant it will always come in a glass bottle. Water, coke, rivella, sprite, you name it, it's in glass.

- The Swiss are intense about gym. For example, last week my teacher tried to get me to do a back flip.

- I no longer flinch when I have to pay 4.50 for a glass of diet coke. Which is terribly sad, because in the US nobody would stand for that nonsense.

- Today I saw a car that had a bumper stick that said "baby an board." Poor folks probably don't realize that it doesn't make any sense.

Same with when I saw a shirt that said "to feel like a queen is a simple as believing you are one" first of all, stupidest shirt ever. second of all, i think they meant to say 'as simple as' but hey, it's fine. no one will notice.

It's weird, because people here always have stuff in english, but I honestly don't think they know what it says half the time. Prime example: my host brother has a shirt that says "alcatraz psycho ward, outpatient." Last time I checked, the hospital on alcatraz didn't have a psycho ward, but that's beside the point. Because he didn't even know what it meant until I explained it to him. Why would you buy a shirt without knowing what it means, and then continue to wear it even though it is basically saying you're mental?

that's all i've got for now!

ciao!