- German class. & quiz... I now know how to say useful things like "Zahlan, bitte" (check, please) "Entschuldigung" (excuse me) and "weisswein gespirtzt" (white wine spritzer... my personal favorite)
- Eis kaffee. (iced coffee) & then realizing that this was actaully ice cream and coffee, not ICE and coffee. But a yummy surprise nonetheless!
- Time I have seen a real life chess game (like in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!!) definitely took pictures, the pieces were as big as I am!
- Trip to the train station! We are planning on traveling to Munich next weekend and seeing Germany and going to OKTOBERFEST!!! I have only been to the airport in Germany (ha) and I was one tired girl, so excited!!
- German pretzel. (they are know for them)
We toured around Salzburg today after classes and got to see so much. Along with traveling, I am equally as excited to explore the city I am studying in. There is so much you can miss if you don't give the city the respect it deserves. I am in awe that there are people who call this their home. I am so glad we have Jim and Ava to show us around. This city feels huge and I know I would be completely lost without our very oun tour guides. We went to St. Peter's Cathedral and a few monestaries (one of them still up and working... with monks and everything!) Jim told us the tale of the "Red Bull" and how it originated here... Red Bull's world headquarters are in Austria, we took a bus by it on Saturday so it was neat to connect the story with something we saw. Ava could talk forever. She knows so much. Evey time period, war, and Saint that built this or painted that. I took lots of pictures but its so different looking at them on my camera than it is standing there, looking over all of Austria that is soaked in so much history. I have never been surrounded by buildings and rituals that are so old. The US seems like just a baby compared to what this city has seen.
With Munich in our plans for the next weekend and a four-day trip to Vienna the following weekend, we are content with staying here this weekend and exploring the things we have on our to-do list. This list includes going to the salt mines, ice caves, biking around Old Town, and buying wine and delicious cheeses and fashioning a picnic near the river. With so much to do I feel as though we will be as busy as if we were taking the train somewhere.
Other facts that I thought would be fun to share:
*laundry machines are different here... and by different I mean confusing.
*there are horse-drawn carriages everywhere, it makes me feel like its the holidays constantly!
*lunch menu today: cream of broccili soup, tuna, mixed greens salad, fresh "brot" or bread with a variety of meats and cheeses & chocolate mousee... all homemade. It is really nice because Ava makes a variety of things and its all serve yourself so there is usually something for everyone. Good thing because I heard the word tuna and almost gagged.
*when you pass people on the streets they don't smile at you if they don't know you. Its totally a habit for me/I'm just a friendly person so I bet (if I don't already) I have "YES I AM AN AMERICAN" written on my forehead.
x's and o's to all those I am already missing. Postcards are in the works!
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