dirndl on.

so last night the jazz place absolutely rocks. bluesclub bühler. or bogenkeller. not really sure. either way it is our new hangout. as we were walking to the train [that never came] after work on friday this man stopped to ask us if we knew where the begenkeller was. we had absolutely no idea and he said well im playing jazz/blues there tonight so if you can figure out where it is come stop by. so we inquired and found out it was in the middle of a field. but ryan and steffan wanted to go, so jen and i were down to check it out. the music was awesome! the band was called big deal and they were all swiss except mike, the guy we spoke with. we helped the band pack up in exchange for them and roman, the bartender [for the lack of a better term] attempting to teach us how to speak german. we got down a few choice swear words and some necessities about cheese. overall a good start. mike's daughters go to uni in basel, and he told us its an awesome place, so we are going to go [with roman of course] for halloween and hopefully mike's daughter jamie [who is our age] will have some great suggestions for places we should go!

today we went into st. gallen and jen and i bought our 1/2 fare cards [which will be here in five days] so we could start traveling for cheaper. then we walked around and saw the markets, i got an awesome hat/scarf from c&a and then we went to this store i had seen before with dirndl. and naturally after trying on a perfect fitting dress [jen as well] we ended up purchasing them. we feel that the dirndl is a great investment and we can wear it when we go to hang out at the blues club, to work, anytime we go to germany, and anytime we go to austria. oh an for halloween next year when they aren't always normal for us to wear. jen got a black and red one and i got a black and blue one... hers has a lot more decoration and a metal chain, which i must admit i am envious of, but we got the last two in our sizes so it was perfect-o! for lunch we had this fabulous fresh pasta and the best pesto i have ever had. hands down [sorry zac and italy..] then we went to this place that was basically the salvation army only wayyyyy better and got some halloweeny stuff! basically its been a fabulous weekend.