Today I woke up early. WAY early. It must have been at least 7 am. Let me just say that back home, unless I have school or work, I don’t wake up before noon, so this waking up early business is a culture shock in itself. We ate breakfast and met Arabella, who walked us to the local monastery. At the monastery, brother Thomas gave us a tour, and explained its amazing history. After the tour, we walked to a local cheese making facility and were given the opportunity to try several samples. The samples we ate were different from American Swiss-cheese. American Swiss-cheese has virtually no taste and is full of holes. Swiss Swiss-cheese is completely different, however, having no holes and being VERY strong. After that, myself, Ashley, Vanessa, Elizabeth, and Chris walked through
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