I think it is officially fall in Zurich! The first week I was here it was actually way too warm for my liking. I was frustrated that the clothes I brought from France were not appropriate for the weather. I was sweating every time I went anywhere... Especially on the buses and in shops! In case you were unaware, A/C is not really common here. Of course, the heat is nothing compared to Mississippi or Florida but it wasn't comfortable. However, now I am a little frustrated that my clothes aren't warm enough! Ha! I have a good variety of clothes in France but I really didn't know to pack for these three weeks in Zurich. Oh well! Ce la vie.

Yesterday I wasn't feeling very well and sometimes when I don't feel well I like to do a little baking. It always perks me up! But like I said in my previous post, Toby's oven is not American-user friendly (or any user, in my opinion) so as I got started I could see the process was not going to perk me up as I had hoped. Luckily, Toby's roommate's girlfriend, Laura, is here visiting this week and she offered to help me. She taught me how to make a crostata.

The recipe was actually fairly easy, but I haven't really learned how the metric system works yet. I had no idea how to convert any of my recipes to this system and any recipes I found here were not in English. I was very happy to have Laura's help! However, she had trouble with the oven as well! We had to wait until Toby came home to show us how to preheat the oven before we could actually bake it. I was happy to know it wasn't just me who couldn't make that contraption work properly. 

Pretty cute, right? It tasted like a southern biscuit with strawberry jam. Strawberry, mmm. I actually had a little piece for breakfast this morning and I am not ashamed.