Yes, I know Halloween has already passed...but I really just wanted to show off our attempt to bring some Halloween traditions to Switzerland. People in Switzerland don't really celebrate Halloween, although people say it has gotten more popular in recent years (only with children). Luckily, on our way to Basel, we stumbled upon a roadside "pumpkin patch," I guess one would call it. It was more like 20 pumpkins or so sitting at this roadside stand. You could imagine our excitement to pick out some pumpkins for carving. We picked the 2 biggest pumpkins we could find. There was no one there to collect your money, just a sign that said 10 francs each and a box to deposit your money. We thought it was interesting, because you would never see this in the U.S. Anyway, we put our money in the box and then drove off to Basel. The next week we decided to carve the pumpkins, Tara and I carved one pumpkin, while Emily and Kristin carved the other. I hadn't carved a pumpkin since in such a long time so I felt like a little kid again. We even kept all the pumpkins seeds and then roasted them. After carving, we put candles in them and took them downstairs and displayed them along the road for everyone to see. We were a little nervous that people would smash them or something, but they ended up being okay. That weekend we had a game on Halloween night. So, we decided to take them to the gym and put them on display at the entrance. After our game, my roommates and I dressed up as cows. I thought it was pretty funny since there are cows everywhere here. We didn't have an elaborate costume, all we did was take a white t-shirt and color a bunch of black spots all over and we cut part of the shirt to make a tail too. We were the only ones dressed up that night, of course!
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