Life in Porrentruy

Sorry it has been a while! This program is frustrating me : ) Things are going well over here in Switzerland. The leaves are changing for fall, and it is absolutely beautiful! The mountains are a vast array of color with a contrast of dark green evergreens. We have been having wonderful weather. The sun has been shining, and it has been in the 60's. The only thing our gorgeous fall is missing is caramel apples.

We have really adjusted well to life in Switzerland. The pace of life here is refreshingly slow, and we have been enjoying it. All of the shops close for at least an hour around lunchtime. The bank in Boncourt is closed from 11:30-2:30! We have been grocery shopping mostly in France because the prices are much cheaper than here in Switzerland. We get to cross the border almost daily. Sometimes they stop us and try to ask if we have anything to "declare". There is only a certain amount of red meat/alcohol you are allowed to bring over the border. They usually see the BCB Basketball sticker on our car, and they're like oh oui!! okay!! haha

There are so many trails in Switzerland. We have spent a lot of time walking around aimlessly. We have recently discovered a really pretty hidden trail that is really close to our apartment. Poor Toddy gets home from practice, and I make him walk to a new trail I've found. : ) I spend a lot of time wandering around while Todd is at practice. I have a secret bench where I often go to read. It is near the castle that is right down the street from our apartment. The castle is awesome; it is so old and majestic.

The flower pots in the street had been stripped of their summer flowers. I was distressed about this, especially since the flowers still looked really pretty! I was very happy when I looked outside one day and they were planting "winter flowers." They also clipped the branches off of a certain type of tree. They chopped them off before the leaves even started to turn colors. It gives them a really strange look!

As we said before, the cheese and chocolate here are ridiculously amazing. They have a certain type of cheese here called Raclette. There is a special grill they use to cook it until its bubbly and gooey. Our friend Reto brought it over last week, and it is so good! It is so fun to have a lifestyle where you can walk somewhere and grab something you need. I've never really experienced that growing up in the country. Many nights, Todd and I will walk to the store for a fresh, warm baguette!