Diary of an Exchange Student: Part 5: American Sleepover

October 9:
Today Zion, Laura, and I got together for an American style sleepover, and to tour some more of Switzerland. We all met at Laura's house, and kind of like the Luzern trip, we just took the first train going somewhere we hadn't been; and that is how we ended up bound for Brig. It was a bit further than we thought, so we spent most of our time on the train, but it was a really pretty ride. Little insider tip if you're ever traveling to Switerland- trains are probably the best way to see the country, because the best part of Switzerland is definetly it's georgeous natural beauty. Anyway, we got to Brig a little after five, and most of the town was already closed for the day. That is something I've noticed here, most normal places of business are closed by 5:00, even in the bigger cities like Zurich. It's pretty crazy. So yes, back to Brig- it's this adorable little town nestled in the Alps. We walked around for a bit, went to look for a grocery store to buy some snacks for our sleepover; and of course the only store we could find was closed, but we thought (being the Wal-Mart-ized American's that we are) that there must be something open after 5. So we saw these two guys next to the store and tried to ask them if they knew of another store we could try. Our conversation went something like this (P.S. Brig is in the German speaking part):

Laura: Do you know where a Coop is?

Guy #1: Coobe? (Making a square with his hands) a coobe? (meaning cube)

Laura: Nooo. I mean Coop. Like a grocery store.

Guy #1: (blank look)

Me: It sells food? A coop?

Guy #2: Laughing at his friend while smoking. Typical of Swiss teenagers. Lol.

Laura: You know? Like where we can buy food?

Guy #1: Ah. You want to find eat!

Laura, Zion and I in unison: Yes! You know where the store is?

Guy #1: (pointing towards the Migros right next to us) Migros!

Laura: It's closed.

Guy #1: (Blank look)

Zion: Closed, Fermer, Fermer, Closed? Not open?

Guy #1: Ah. Coop! No. No Coop. In the station (train station).

Laura, Zion and I: (Laughing) haha. Okay. Thank you.

Yup, gotta love language differences lol. So, obviously we didn't ever find a grocery store in Brig. :) But we found one back in Laura's town. When we got back to Laura's house we made popcorn (sent from the states), and had pizza, and tons of other junk food, from our collective care packages. It was really fun to just hang out and talk about all the crazy stuff that happens on exchange. Here are some pics from the evening: