We got onto the number 1 bus and headed to our new flat. It's so pretty on this side. Very quiet and peaceful, yet only a few bus stops away from markets and some shops. Leve wasn't home when we arrived, he told us the day before he would only be home until 10:00am because he had errands to do. We let ourselves into our new place and gladly took off our shoes. I don't know if it's just a Switzerland thing or just a flat thing, but there is a place to take off your shoes out side of the main door of your flat. Some people have a shoe mat, others have a few shelves outside their door, and Leve has a little shoe cabinet. Before you go into the place, it's usual to take your shoes off and place them in the cabinet so that the flat stays clean.
First things first, we needed to figure out what we would sleep on that night. Our room is unfurnished, so it's completely empty except for some windows shades left from the people before. We left our luggage in the room and got back on the bus. We noticed there was a bedding store not to far away, but decided to check out the little shopping center one more bus stop away. To our surprise, there was a Aldi Suisse inside. Apparently, Aldi is international. Hurray! So, we took a look around. Inside it looks just like a normal Aldi, except it had Swiss food instead and more toiletry products to choose from. It was quite big. As we were rummaging through the shelves and bins, we found a blow up mattress. Yay! We found our bed. So, we grabbed that, some Nutella and bread and headed back home.
We were going to wait for Leve to come back to ask him where we could find pillows and sheets. They don't have Walmarts or many other department store types in Switzerland, or at least not where we are, so you have to ask around to find what you are looking for. There is an IKEA in the area, but we don't have a car and neither does Leve, so we would have to get everything delivered, which is pretty expensive. For now, the blow up mattress would do.
We got home to find that the blow up mattress didn't come with a pump. So, for the next 15 minutes, Brett used his musician's lungs to blow up our bed.
It really tuckered him out!
One of our favorite things is that the windows don't have screens on them. This was also true at the hostel. You can completely open up a window and enjoy the sound of the outside and enjoy the great breeze as well. And be able to stick your head out too if you want! We haven't had too many problems with mosquitoes here. They aren't crazy like they are in Wisconsin. The thing we have seen a ton of is wasps. Wasps everywhere! They don't seem to bother many people. You start to get used to them, because if you react like people sometimes react in the States, by cursing or running away from the wasp, you'll definitely be looked at like you are some crazy tourist. As long as you keep the light off at night, the bugs don't seem to bother you.
We have a great view, all around. We are at the foot of some mountains, and the nearest main mountain is Mount Pilatus. I mentioned before that the brook right next door is mountain runoff from the mountain. There are so many trees and hills... it's beautiful. Out our window, we have a great view to a hill covered with trees and a farm with cows. Throughout the day you can hear the bells on the cows necks ring, along with your "moo" every once in a while. There's also a school near by, and right outside our window is a soccer field. There are horses near by as well. I don't know if they are at the same farm as the cows, but we see people riding them around the streets. It's great.
Here are a couple of pictures of our view...
When Leve got home, he was excited we made it and thought the blow up mattress was a good idea. He noticed we still had all our clothes in our luggage and insisted we take one of the dressers from the living room that wasn't being used. Now we had some drawers to put our clothes in instead of living out of our luggage. Yay! Also, by the time Leve got home, he said all the stores that would sell pillows and sheets would be closed. All the stores close around 5:00pm on the weekdays, and they are open until 6:30pm on Friday and Saturday night. On Saturday night, some may be open a little later, since everyone gets some shopping in because on Sunday, everything is closed.
Again, Leve kindly wanted to help us out. He gave us two pillows, two pillow cases, a flex sheet, and a blanket. He told us we didn't have to return them in any rush. It was really nice, and we were happy to have comfy pillows and a warm blanket for the night. Thanks Leve!
Here's a pick of our room with the bed all made...
It wasn't much, but we were happy. And looking forward to sleeping on something besides a hard hostel mattress. Good night!
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