People from Switzerland sneeze in their hand.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Riding trains....Domodossola
Ok, it’s really weird to write about me and Switzerland. It was easy to write about America because it wasn’t “normal”. But here I’m trying to write about my daily life which I’ve lived my whole life, and it’s just way too normal for me so it’s awkward to write about it, get it?
Anyways…
Last Saturday I went to the market of Domodossola, Italy with 2 friends of mine (Don’t think WOW she went to Italy just for one day. You see, Switzerland is really small. It has about the size of Minnesota. So if I’m in Bern ( the Kanton (-> State) I life in), and I go 2 hours south then I’m already in Italy, when I go 2 hours north then I’m in Germany, 2 hours west and I’m in France, 2 hours and 55 min east and I’m in Liechtenstein and from there it takes 5 minutes to go to Austria. You see, it’s not that of a big deal to go to Italy.). We used public transportation of course (You see ;-), in Switzerland you have to be 18 to get your driver’s license, so we have to use buses, trains and streetcars. Most families have “only” one car. So people around here don’t ride cars too often. We try not to use them because of the pollution of the environment and it’s just handier to use busses and trains. Most people have a “GA” (it’s a subscription that allows you to use public transportation for free for a year. You just have to pay for it in the beginning of the year), a “Halbtax” (with this subscription you only have to pay half prize for every ticket. If you’re over 16 and under 26 years old and have a Halbtax, then you can also get a “Gleis 7” with which you can ride trains for free after 7 p.m.), or a “Libero” ( it’s like a GA but you can only use public transportation from your home city for free, so it’s way cheeper.). I have a “Halblax”, a “Gleis 7”, and a “Libero”.
this is my subscription card
Ok I don’t know if you understand what I wrote above because there are just too many brackets…
So we went to Domodossola by bus, and train. The reason we go to Domodossola a lot is because there is a cute little market there every Saturday, and we can enjoy the Italian ambience :-D The dumb thing is that everyone knows that so the trains are overcrowded.
In the first train we had to stand, in the second one the controller allowed us to take place in first class because he felt sorry for us(I’ve never been in 1 class before, too expensive).
On the way back we had to stay in the foyer so we sat on the floor…haha.
Usually trains aren’t as packed so we get seats and love trains..but yeah… :-p
write to you later,
Pia
Anyways…
Last Saturday I went to the market of Domodossola, Italy with 2 friends of mine (Don’t think WOW she went to Italy just for one day. You see, Switzerland is really small. It has about the size of Minnesota. So if I’m in Bern ( the Kanton (-> State) I life in), and I go 2 hours south then I’m already in Italy, when I go 2 hours north then I’m in Germany, 2 hours west and I’m in France, 2 hours and 55 min east and I’m in Liechtenstein and from there it takes 5 minutes to go to Austria. You see, it’s not that of a big deal to go to Italy.). We used public transportation of course (You see ;-), in Switzerland you have to be 18 to get your driver’s license, so we have to use buses, trains and streetcars. Most families have “only” one car. So people around here don’t ride cars too often. We try not to use them because of the pollution of the environment and it’s just handier to use busses and trains. Most people have a “GA” (it’s a subscription that allows you to use public transportation for free for a year. You just have to pay for it in the beginning of the year), a “Halbtax” (with this subscription you only have to pay half prize for every ticket. If you’re over 16 and under 26 years old and have a Halbtax, then you can also get a “Gleis 7” with which you can ride trains for free after 7 p.m.), or a “Libero” ( it’s like a GA but you can only use public transportation from your home city for free, so it’s way cheeper.). I have a “Halblax”, a “Gleis 7”, and a “Libero”.
this is my subscription cardOk I don’t know if you understand what I wrote above because there are just too many brackets…
So we went to Domodossola by bus, and train. The reason we go to Domodossola a lot is because there is a cute little market there every Saturday, and we can enjoy the Italian ambience :-D The dumb thing is that everyone knows that so the trains are overcrowded.
In the first train we had to stand, in the second one the controller allowed us to take place in first class because he felt sorry for us(I’ve never been in 1 class before, too expensive).
On the way back we had to stay in the foyer so we sat on the floor…haha.
Usually trains aren’t as packed so we get seats and love trains..but yeah… :-p
write to you later,
Pia
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