Today we went to the old city again to visit a church called Fraumünster that had Chagall windows. They were awesome. Chagall is a very famous Russian-French artist. we saw some stunning windows that were enormous. We also went to a chocolate shop just by the river.
answers for some of the Reddam Gr.6
6D:
weather:
Its been very hot especially since we walk almost everywhere except for when we take the tram.
6E:
traditional Swiss meal:
there are many traditional swiss meals but here are some of the most famous:
kasefondue: cheese fondue. (see blog on August 8th for photos)
raclette: another cheese dish, raclette is a potato with melted cheese on it and usually served with
pickles.
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sausages are also very Swiss and the bratwurst being the most common.
birchermuesli: is made of oat flakes, grated apple, nuts and yoghurt
6M
languages:
Switzerland has four official languages: German (spoken by 64%), French (20%), Italian (6.5%) and Romansh (0.5%). Zurich lies in the German speaking part of the country, where people speak a German dialect, so called Swiss German or Schwyzerdütsch, which differs from region to region.
We've found almost nothing is in English although knowing Afrikaans helps a little bit. A lot of people do speak english but many dont so sometimes it is hard to communicate.
6R:
currency:
the currency is Swiss Francs (Sfr). one franc is 8.4 rand.
bank notes come in 10,20,50,100,200 and 1000 francs
the coins are 1,2 and 5 francs as well as 5,10,20 and 50 rappen.
many stores will also except euros.
zurich is one of the most exspensive cities in the world and eating out is exspensive but interestingly technology that has to be imported to South Africa are cheaper.
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