Euro 2008

Well we went to Sion today. It was really cool, but we were there for a long time. A little too long in my opinion. Today is the first day of the Euro 2008 Cup. People over here are nuts over soccer and are so excited for the tournament. There were people dressed in all sorts of crazy gear, and traveled for a while just to get to a place that you could watch the game on a big screen. Not even to be at the actual game. I love it!
While we were in Sion today we went to this really old Basilica (church) where we had the opportunity to have a private organ concert on the oldest playable organ in the world. It was really neat to be able to listen to the old style of organ. I liked to sit and imagine what kinds of events it had played for over the years that it has been around.
While we were in downtown Sion they were having a sidewalk celebration. There were street performers and vendors all over the place. It was really fun to just people watch and observe the culture over here. It is really hard not knowing the language. We don't understand what people are saying and they don't understand us. I don't know why that is surprising to me, but I guess I kind of expected more people to know English. Ignorant American, I know. Despite the fact that we can't talk to anyone, other than the people in our group, we are loving it here. It is gorgeous and we can't wait to see more of this awesome country!!