Steppin' Out (with pictures!)

On the agenda for Wednesday was getting a phone, and I took some pics of our outing so you can see a tiny bit of town. 
   First up is the pedestrian market area.  Lots of clothes, shoe, food shops.  Seems like it is touristy, but then there seems to be a lot of locals there too.  I found 3 or 4 cell phone dealers in this area.  

By the time I had shopped around the kids were asking for food so we stopped for hot dogs here.

This is the Swiss version of fast food.  Brats or Weiners are a very common food.  Brats are usually eaten just as a piece of meat maybe with mustard or some kind of sauce, but no bun.  There is usually bread on the side, it is a hard roll. I tried to get a picture of the meat in the window and you can see the baskets of rolls.

The kids had hot dogs, I've also seen them called Weinerli.  What is awesome about these buns is that it is really 1/2 a loaf of bread so there is a bottom. Only downside is that the ketchup all slides to the bottom. It makes for easy holding.

So I got the phone and we made it back home- no major fiascos.  I've had to implement a new rule for buses- if we have the stroller, you must STAY IN the stroller on the bus.  (Why is it if you don't have a stroller the kid doesn't want to walk, but if you do have a stroller the kid only wants out of it?)

   The other great thing about Wednesday for me was that I got to go to a women's English Bible study. Someone even offered to pick me up so I didn't have to navigate the buses with Eli in tow.  It was really great. I met women from Canada, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Sweden, the U.S., and I'm probably missing a couple countries there. A really great group of women and I'm looking forward to going back hopefully without Eli as he cried for quite a while so I missed probably 1/2 the study. 

   It looks like Jackson is going to join a Spielgruppe (play group).  This is basically daycare/preschool for 3 hours a couple days a week.  His teacher is from Mexico and speaks Spanish, English, and German.  She has also offered to baby sit our kids on occasion so we can get out alone :)  There are several kids in the class that are immigrants and do not speak German (or English).  So it will be a great multicultural experience.  I think I'm more excited for it than he is. Johanna got to stay with Jackson for an hour and I think she has been invited to stay for an hour or so on other occasions too.  Might be some miscommunication on that...we'll see.

  Kenny is learning how to be a student again. Figuring out what teachers expect and how to study and how to take tests :(  Prayers and positive thoughts for him to study well/smart and to have peace- no anxiety- in his test taking.