Good Morning blog! Soo I think it has officially been a month since the last time I wrote to you. So much had happened in the past month. Well for one I had a little drama with the crew and bests. But we resolved it and we are all pretty much back to normal at this point. I was reall sad at their reactions though, it hurt me a lot, but I see where they were coming from but I still feel like they were just a little too harsh on me. But anyways enough of that, I try not to think about it much. But classes have been going pretty well, I took all of my first tests and I think I did really good on all of them :-) I am aiming for a 3.8 this semester. I was aiming for a 4.0 which I really think is attainable but German classes messed me up :-) I definitely got a C in that class… pissed me off…. But also from that experience I learned I have to be more open and approach my teachers more. Though I try it is as if they can only see so much I really have to put in an effort. I will definitely be doing that once I get back to Howard. I will also start putting myself more into my school work and stop talking about what I want to do and stop being so lazy. I can be a really driven person, but if I am not putting my all into it. I get extremely lazy. So that is something else I will be working on, from now on. Also, I like the way they structure classes here. I feel as if I learn so much more here rather than in the US. I do need to start doing more reading and keep up with current events in my spare time. It helps so much from what I have seen. But I have just gotten back from spring break… it was an amazing experience and so much fun. Granted I am exhausted and apparently will be for the rest of the time I am here, but what am I going to do, I definitely wont be getting any sleep when I get back to the US I have so much to do just within the first week I get back. For example the day after I get back my mom and I are having mother daughter day and going to get hair nails done and have lunch and stuff, cause I miss her so :-) and then the next day ill probably go visit friends and stuff and do whatever running around that I need to. Go to church that Sunday then Monday is memorial day so I need to find out rather ill be in NY or be in GA cuz I need to make bbq plans either way lol.. then the next day ill probably head down to Atlanta and while in Atlanta I will be packing up my stuff for school and bringing clothes and stuff back to NY with me, then ill be visiting family and friends in Atlanta then that Saturday is my little cousin Dominic’s graduation and then ill have 2 head back to New York to work so yeah you can get an idea lol. But anyway back to Europe lol, so again before spring break 3 weeks before I went to Vienna and that was cool.. granted I got a lil home sick but I still enjoyed myself fully. Went and did a little shopping, saw the sights, hung out a lil… it was cool. Then I went to Stockholm, Sweden the next weekend. And O my GOSH I love love love that city. I don’t know if I could live there ALL year but I would definitely like to have a summer house or something there if I could afford to it has such charm and character and its so cute. I really like it. The whole weekend was ridiculous though. We only got one night of sleep and stayed awake for like almost 3 days. It was crazy, we were sleeping in the train station and stuff.. smh ridiculous is all I can say lol. But overall it was definitely worth it. Then the next weekend started spring break and we stayed here in Salzburg and just chilled out, but that Monday officially started my spring break and the crazy amount of traveling we did. We left Salzburg and headed to Edinburgh, Scotland for 4 days. The day we got to Scotland it was starting to rain and continued to rain everyday until we left, but it was okay. So we checked into the Hostel and we went and found something to eat. We ate at this really nice bar place called amber rose it was cheap too. Well worth it food was great lol. The next day we walked around went up to Calton hill and went on a tour of the city. Wednesday we went to Holyrood castle which is the Queens permanent residence in Edinburgh and went to a free art museum as well. Thursday was kind of scuky, though because I messed up my ankle somehow and was barely able to put a lot of weight on it. So the one day it finally gets beautiful in Edinburgh, I was stuck in the hostel on the computer watching shows and stuff granted I got my tv time but I wanted 2 explore the coast and enjoy my spring break fully smh. My ankle though never healed from then, its better now, but even so when I go down stairs it kind of hurts and when I walk for a little while it starts to hurt also. But anyway. Once we left Edinburgh, Ileana and I went of to Brussels, while Hanna and Julie went to explore Great Britain. Brussels was the MOST Fun I had all spring break. Ileana and I acted a fool in a sense but were really actually just having fun that was controlled, but seeing as how I haven’t had my normal bit of fun like that since I was in the states, it felt like I was a new person lol. So we went to the different sites in Brussels, and saw basically everything, we were so exhausted we went and took a nap during the day, good thing we did because then it started to rain while we were napping and I did laundry as well – I had only brought enough clothes 4 a week so as to not overpack and have to pay a baggage fee for ryanair. So then we went out to a bar called Delirium which was SOO much fun and we had 3 beers… I had 2 flavored ones and a regular light beer. The 2 flavored beers were BOMB though, I had cherry and Mango.. man o man it was ridiculous. So then we went and brought some more chocolate – mind u its like almost 12 or 1 at this point and we spent about 30 dollars on some chocolate. – side note we had brough chocolate earlier that day when we got our waffles (amaazzzzinngg heaven x2 and we had a friseing or something for lunch. It was a hot dog in a sandwhich bread with corn and some sauce and ketchup and came with pommes frites – French fries.. it was really good though) and then we ae out afer that… I had so much fun in Brussels awith that girl it was AMAZING! Umm from there we went to Milan which was NOT what I expected at all… we saw the Duomo which was amazing and saw the shopping centers and stuff but didn’t really do much though because there isn’t that much to do in Milan actually. The whole time we were in Milan though I was surprised because I was expecting this ridiculously beautiful city but it wasn’t that pretty in most places, in some cases I thought it was worse than goin into NYC and heading up towanards the Bronx and Harlem. But even that I think in some aspects is better than Milan. We did have easter in Milan though and went to the Duomo for service.. It was cool, couldn’t understand a darn ting, but we made it through lol. Anyway so that Monday we left Milan and went to the next city were the Milanese escape Milan called Bergamo… that city is incredibly beautiful and was just absolutely breathtaking. Out hostel there was also amazing.. the pics we took there are gorgeous… Ileana and I just sat and talked for hrs actually while we were there… I realized we have so much more in common and she is such a beautiful person… she is really lucky too and she realizes that as well. But we ate some AMAZING Italian food while we were there at this restaurant we decided to go 2 when we were in the old town square and their food was just WOW I am soo glad we had eaten there lol… we also went shopping there and I had gotten some gelato and some sherbert and o man it was GR8 the whole experience there was amazing and we just looked out at he city because the old town is on a hill man was it beautiful I absolutely love that little city too.. however we got up super early the next morning because I had to catch my flight to Paris!! (excited shrill lol) and she was going to catch her flight to meet her parents in Munich. So I arrived in paris and absolutely fell in love with it.. it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Everywhere u go is gorgeous basically. And the SHOPPING oo man… but let me not jump ahead. So when I finally got to my hostel, I went and checked email and stuff to kill time cuz I still had several hours before the girls got there and before I could check into my room, then I went out and explored the area I was in which was the 18th arrondisement and where the Sacre couer is located and Moulin Rouge. I did se sacre coure – my favorite roman catholic church by far.. it is stunningly beautiful without being overly ornate like and other catholic church. I did sneak a picture inside it though I wasn’t supposed to.. I just couldn’t help myself lol… the 1 thing I didn’t like though was that when you walked outside of the church it was like a big circus and party. Inside its so pretty and quiet and just really calming but outside is something totally different anyway I went there then I went to this really nice shopping mall that the local PArisiens shop at called les halles it was gr8! I loved it and then the views are great too. I would definitely go back if I had the chance to. But we saw the bastille, the Eiffel tower umm notre dame, went to the cemetery where oscar wilde is buried and chopin, the louvre, the gardens, umm arch de triomphe, I mean we did so much I really cant remember off the top of my head. We ate so much good food and treats oooo man the desserts were I so good… I had like 1 a day lol… I never eat any type of desert or anything like that lol. I got some really nice souvenirs and some nice stuff for myself as well lol. U really cant expect me to go all the way to Paris and only get silly souvenirs and not shop for myself lol. But after it all I can honestly say I was SOO excited to get back to Salzburg, I actually miseed being here and seeing everyone – who wold’ve thought lol… I really am starting to love it here… no I do love it here… granted I miss my family and everything but I will see them soon and who knows the next time I will get to be here soo I am going to take the position of experiencing all I can here and loving every moment. Good or bad. I am actually really torn between rather or not I am ready to go back. This is starting to feel like home away from home in a way. And though I don’t really understand german like that, I feel comfortable here. Its really interesting to me. I missed seeing the river selz, and my friends here and st. sabby, and just the little things about Salzburg and riding on the bus or even walking through the old towne. It really is growing on me, but I don’t think I could ever see mysef living here. Maybe if I was to stay longer but eh, I don’t know. Speaking of which, since I have been here I have been heavily debating rather or not I want to still be a foreign service officer, I know for a facrt I still want to be able to see the world and travel around but I don’t know if I could handle being away from home for so long. Though at the same time I see it like I have ben here for almost half a year and am loving it just fine. I would like to see if there is somehow a compromise that I could make to do what I want but yet still be based in the US for most of the time. I don’t know we will see what happens. But at the same time I don’t want to make a decision to change my mind and not do the FSO and really end up loving it. I don’t know we will see how it goes. Maybe I wil look at teaching abroad during summers or something or I don’t know we will see for sure once I get back to the US. I could change my mind once I get back.
Lets see what else have I not talked about that has happened… o my grandpas 1yr anniversary came and I did pretty good with it. I still think of him often and cant wait to get home and visit him. I really miss him but I can see all that he is doing for me from heaven and that he is definitely watching over me… I do need to call Ash though and see how she is doing. I am going to try and get a second job this summer so we will see how that goes. I hope I can get one, or at least work on my volunteer opportunities and community service. I also cant believe in a couple of weeks I will be celebrating my 6 month anniversary. It seems crazy that I have actually been dating the same person for 6 months and he is still amazing.. I miss him so much but its cool, I will see him soon enough and cant wait to spend time with him this summer hopefully :-) . My parents have their anniversary coming up soon and I think it is going to be there 19.. I am thinking about throwing them a surprise party for their 20. not something huge,.. that will be there 25 lol but their 20 I want to at least organize a few things I have to talk to my sis and grandma about it :-) we will see what gma says bout it.. I need to call her too… when I talk to my mom I will call her.. but I am going to get out of this spot now and attempt to do some work for a little. It was nice catching up and I will kep u update with my final weeks here :-)
<3 Lee~Lee
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A changing tide
So I haven't blogged in a while, I don't even know the last time it was, if it was when I went to Munich ... wow that was like 2 months ago lol. But everything was going good, and this week, I dont know, it seems just, wrong, shall we say? Like I haven't been getting much sleep - I think it is starting to effect me daily. I think I might be getting homesick again, but i am QUICKLY trying to push that thought out of my mind. Then I thought, well maybe its because of what has been on my mind, IDK. What I do know is that I am feeling kind of down lately, like I need someone to talk to, but I am not sure about what. Maybe I will run over to the Office - today or 2mar, and talk to Ms. Ingrid. I am hoping this passes QUICKLY. Maybe I just need to occupy myself more with school work. I do have trips I am looking forward to, this weeken is Vienna :-) and the weekend after next starts spring break! (BIGG SCREAM :-) This weekend I am just excited for, Vienna, a big Metropolis lol a real city - or at least a city like atmosphere lol. THen next weekend I am thinking about going to Stockholm, I dont know yet. But Berlin and Amsterdam are definitely out, they are too expensive and mommy is already talking about you better not ask me for any money I am broke blah blah blah. So IDK plus I don't plan on traveling in may except for the weekends they have planned for us. This is because we have finals , and I need an A on my tests to get the A in all my classes, therefore I need to study and get all my information and other things together. I can not lie though, I am exited about my classes, and I am learning a lot in each class. It also helps that, at this point, each class is covering the same information, but I just get it from different angles, that I really like. Plus these are the courses that I am taking for my major so I had BETTER like the information and the courses period lol.
Side note - writing this blog is already making me feel better :-)
Ok so WHAT was I saying?? o so I haven't finished these internship applications :-( I know realli bad... but what can I say, half of it is laziness the other half, annoyance lol but I am determined to finish 1 of not 2! LOL s0oo between today and tomorrow I will be writing cover letters and essays lol :-D wish me luck! And I talked to my grandparents, Mama Smith AND little bri bri and Kayla within the past few days. they made my week :-)
Haven't talked to Justin that much this week, but I do miss him, a lot i realized. So I am anxiously awaiting to see if I will be seeing him this summer and if so, we will be planning trips - yes trips PLURAL. ALso, me and Lexi came up with the fabulous idea of doing a weekend getaway the 1st weekend in August. We are thinking of going to Virginia Beach, we dunno if it will be a mixed group, but nonetheless, we will have no more than6-10 people. Probably some of our closes friends and just have a chilling/bonding weekend down in VA Beach :-) maybe we will do a theme park or something and just relax lol. So this summer is already looking promising - I have an amazing BF to possibly spend time with, amazingly great friends to visit and on top of that seeing my FAMILY and just having bbq's and mall outings etc etc. I am HIGHLY anticipating lol. But I am going to sign off now and attempt to do some work... Later days ;-)
Lee~Lee
Side note - writing this blog is already making me feel better :-)
Ok so WHAT was I saying?? o so I haven't finished these internship applications :-( I know realli bad... but what can I say, half of it is laziness the other half, annoyance lol but I am determined to finish 1 of not 2! LOL s0oo between today and tomorrow I will be writing cover letters and essays lol :-D wish me luck! And I talked to my grandparents, Mama Smith AND little bri bri and Kayla within the past few days. they made my week :-)
Haven't talked to Justin that much this week, but I do miss him, a lot i realized. So I am anxiously awaiting to see if I will be seeing him this summer and if so, we will be planning trips - yes trips PLURAL. ALso, me and Lexi came up with the fabulous idea of doing a weekend getaway the 1st weekend in August. We are thinking of going to Virginia Beach, we dunno if it will be a mixed group, but nonetheless, we will have no more than6-10 people. Probably some of our closes friends and just have a chilling/bonding weekend down in VA Beach :-) maybe we will do a theme park or something and just relax lol. So this summer is already looking promising - I have an amazing BF to possibly spend time with, amazingly great friends to visit and on top of that seeing my FAMILY and just having bbq's and mall outings etc etc. I am HIGHLY anticipating lol. But I am going to sign off now and attempt to do some work... Later days ;-)
Lee~Lee
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Having a Great Time
Hello Blog!
I havent written in a while. Sooo let me think what you might have missed out on. Well we finally started classes last week, Feb. 22 and I have 4 classes which I am taking right now. I am taking all political science and history classes - my major and minor, and I actually like all my classes at this point. I have the Rise of the Right - A History of Fascism, National Identities and Nationalism, World War II and Central Europe and Contemporary Austrian Culture. Each class is great in the way that they all intertwine and cover the same topics. I just get a different view from each class. Now one might ask, How oss that possible, you have a class about WWII. This is true, but WWII is still a large part of life here and referenced to everyday apparently. And if not verbally there are plenty of museums, posters, statues and other things to remind you. Also, I like my classes because the professors which teach them, all male of course, are actually quite entertaining in their own way. Anyway, besides classes we went on our second excursion to a city. We went to Munich last Weekend. and WOW I can honestly say I love Munich. It was O so pretty and it is HUGE. we really didn't do that much of the city. What we did do though was the BMW Museum and Welt, the Glockenspiel, walked around Mirabell platz and went to this Augustiner across the street from the Haufbrahaus. It was fun, we went to Odenplatz and I just really enjoyed Munich. O and the shopping, when we go back before we leave, I am DEFINITELY going shopping! LOL. But what else is there to blog about, ummm I miss my boyfriend, I feel like I say that everytime lol. But Our anniversary was yesterday, but I didn't really get to talk to him and once again, we spent an anniversary apart :-( we'll get it together though, lol this is no bueno! lol. Well I cant remember anything else at this time which I am supposed to tell you besides the fact that the second half of spring break is STILL up in the air :-( smh, so I am thinking I want to do Milan and Paris, but I don't know who else would do that with me, we'll see what goes on. But I also need to plan Venice with Erika or whoever else wants to go, O and Zurich with Curtis and them, that I cant wait for! til then, about to get ready for class and Ill be blogging soon :-)
Ashley <3
I havent written in a while. Sooo let me think what you might have missed out on. Well we finally started classes last week, Feb. 22 and I have 4 classes which I am taking right now. I am taking all political science and history classes - my major and minor, and I actually like all my classes at this point. I have the Rise of the Right - A History of Fascism, National Identities and Nationalism, World War II and Central Europe and Contemporary Austrian Culture. Each class is great in the way that they all intertwine and cover the same topics. I just get a different view from each class. Now one might ask, How oss that possible, you have a class about WWII. This is true, but WWII is still a large part of life here and referenced to everyday apparently. And if not verbally there are plenty of museums, posters, statues and other things to remind you. Also, I like my classes because the professors which teach them, all male of course, are actually quite entertaining in their own way. Anyway, besides classes we went on our second excursion to a city. We went to Munich last Weekend. and WOW I can honestly say I love Munich. It was O so pretty and it is HUGE. we really didn't do that much of the city. What we did do though was the BMW Museum and Welt, the Glockenspiel, walked around Mirabell platz and went to this Augustiner across the street from the Haufbrahaus. It was fun, we went to Odenplatz and I just really enjoyed Munich. O and the shopping, when we go back before we leave, I am DEFINITELY going shopping! LOL. But what else is there to blog about, ummm I miss my boyfriend, I feel like I say that everytime lol. But Our anniversary was yesterday, but I didn't really get to talk to him and once again, we spent an anniversary apart :-( we'll get it together though, lol this is no bueno! lol. Well I cant remember anything else at this time which I am supposed to tell you besides the fact that the second half of spring break is STILL up in the air :-( smh, so I am thinking I want to do Milan and Paris, but I don't know who else would do that with me, we'll see what goes on. But I also need to plan Venice with Erika or whoever else wants to go, O and Zurich with Curtis and them, that I cant wait for! til then, about to get ready for class and Ill be blogging soon :-)
Ashley <3
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Good morning!
Soo since I have been up since like 6 am and was bored - currently tlkin 2 JT bc hes a night owl lol 0 i decided to do my blog for the day... well start it lol... I have a few things on my mind but I am trying to push them out of the way... they would just bring m high down out here... cant have that lol! But we attempted to book spring break last night... failed horribly lol wat we kno for sure is that greece is out :-( NO BUENO that was all i wantewd 2 do! smh makes me sad
lol but its all good.. they all wan2g2 ireland tho.. im not realli feelin it but hell ill go becuz who is 2 say that ill be able to ever again right?
but today we have a pastry tasting @ 1030 :-) YUMM so rite now im STARVIN stomach growling and all because i refuse 2 eat b4 this thing with the recomendation
of my friends here who are full year students lol. So since they've dun it already... ill take the hint lol so ill b ok.. just hungry 4 a while,.. plus my stomach needs 2 eat itself sum lol... but im gettin sleepy mayb ill update later,... or finish my blogs from yday and sat lol pathetic... its kinda hard keeping a blog.. but well c.. if it gets easier..idk tho - O sidenote!!! i dont have any classes until Wed :-) idk rather 2b happy or pissed lol ill b soo idle lmao well c!
Soo since I have been up since like 6 am and was bored - currently tlkin 2 JT bc hes a night owl lol 0 i decided to do my blog for the day... well start it lol... I have a few things on my mind but I am trying to push them out of the way... they would just bring m high down out here... cant have that lol! But we attempted to book spring break last night... failed horribly lol wat we kno for sure is that greece is out :-( NO BUENO that was all i wantewd 2 do! smh makes me sad
lol but its all good.. they all wan2g2 ireland tho.. im not realli feelin it but hell ill go becuz who is 2 say that ill be able to ever again right?
but today we have a pastry tasting @ 1030 :-) YUMM so rite now im STARVIN stomach growling and all because i refuse 2 eat b4 this thing with the recomendation
of my friends here who are full year students lol. So since they've dun it already... ill take the hint lol so ill b ok.. just hungry 4 a while,.. plus my stomach needs 2 eat itself sum lol... but im gettin sleepy mayb ill update later,... or finish my blogs from yday and sat lol pathetic... its kinda hard keeping a blog.. but well c.. if it gets easier..idk tho - O sidenote!!! i dont have any classes until Wed :-) idk rather 2b happy or pissed lol ill b soo idle lmao well c!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Good Afternoon, or in the words of Austrians - and other German speakers, Guten Abend!
It is a cloudy day here in Austria... no more sun :-( im so sad lol.. but today was my last day dealing with German on an academic level! YAY we had our placement/final tests at 10 and then at 12 15 we had a short tour of the buildings where our classes will be held for the semester. It was really cool. I have a few classes in the normal Akademistrasse but the rst of my classes are in various spots around town so on Mon I will prob go and search for my classes. otherwise on Tues since I only have one class :-) but otherwise it was all good today. At least so far. I am just chillin right now, and I realized after Sunday this will no longer be a part of my life lol... smh maybe I shouldnt have been so anxious for classes to start lol..but I cant lie I am kind of excited for classes to start and to get into the history classes especially :-) soo I took about a 10 min break from typing this because I tried Nutella for the 1st time today, and already I got cravings... SO i HAD TO GET MY BREAD AND NUTELLA INNN lol I did take a risk buying a big jar of it before trying it but it was WELL worth it... Nutella is AMAZING! lol but back to the subject.. i am feeling more and more at ease here.. I just want to get to the point like everyone else where they are jsut so taken with this city and really love it.. I am not there but I do love the views I get to c here... they are SO breathtaking... its amazing! but that is that otherwise still no homesickness.. I feel like im here for school finally so its all gud lol.. and - I never finished and I don't remember my train of thought so... NEXT BLOG
It is a cloudy day here in Austria... no more sun :-( im so sad lol.. but today was my last day dealing with German on an academic level! YAY we had our placement/final tests at 10 and then at 12 15 we had a short tour of the buildings where our classes will be held for the semester. It was really cool. I have a few classes in the normal Akademistrasse but the rst of my classes are in various spots around town so on Mon I will prob go and search for my classes. otherwise on Tues since I only have one class :-) but otherwise it was all good today. At least so far. I am just chillin right now, and I realized after Sunday this will no longer be a part of my life lol... smh maybe I shouldnt have been so anxious for classes to start lol..but I cant lie I am kind of excited for classes to start and to get into the history classes especially :-) soo I took about a 10 min break from typing this because I tried Nutella for the 1st time today, and already I got cravings... SO i HAD TO GET MY BREAD AND NUTELLA INNN lol I did take a risk buying a big jar of it before trying it but it was WELL worth it... Nutella is AMAZING! lol but back to the subject.. i am feeling more and more at ease here.. I just want to get to the point like everyone else where they are jsut so taken with this city and really love it.. I am not there but I do love the views I get to c here... they are SO breathtaking... its amazing! but that is that otherwise still no homesickness.. I feel like im here for school finally so its all gud lol.. and - I never finished and I don't remember my train of thought so... NEXT BLOG
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Havin Fun
Hello World!
Good Morning. Austria is great. I am really enjoying myself out here. Valentine's Day was cute.. since i'm not in the US Justin wrote me a poem that was really good. and I am going to print it out or something... it was really nice. But otherwise I just relaxed.. Monday we had academic orientation and went on a sleigh ride in Filzmoos. The sleigh ride was amazing. I had sooo much fun. What they did was they took us on a ride up to the cabin where we were eating and the horses and the scenery was just absolutely gorgeous. The alps are AMAZING to look at. I have a few pictures, and it looks so fake on pictures, but it looks even more fake in person; it is almost as if nothing should be that beautiful in person. It was absolutely breathtaking. I would love to go back up there just for the views that I got to see. No matter how long I've been here, I still cant get over the fact that this is real and that im really here! it is amazing to me. I have never had an experience like this. But anyways, we had a lunch there with gulach soup and some type of sweet cake. O MY GOSH the soup and desert were AMAZING! that was some good food, and mind you I have had some great food in my lifetiime, but that was SO GOOD. I f I ever come back to Austria, that will be one of my first stops lol. On Tuesday it was just a normal day, just went to German class and Tuesday was also Carnaval, but it is not the CArnaval I am used to like in the Carribbean, it is when the locals dress up in various costumes, and at night they drink - if they are legal of course. So tuesday night we went to O'Malleys and to Shamrock's which are two pubs right across from the Linzergasse that most of the kids go to. O'Malleys was way to crowded and smoke filled so we ended up hanging at Shamrocks which was still cool. We played :never have I ever" and learned a few things about our fellow classmates lol..it was only girls so it was a-okay. the girls I went with were my roommate Hanna, my suitmates Ileana and Megan, Ana, Erika, and ANOTHER GIRL WHOSE NAME i ALWAYS forget lol. but regardles of it, we all had a lot of fun. So we decided Tues that on Fri we will have a girls nnight in and we will watch movies and have some wine, I'm excited, I think we will have so much fun this semester together. I am glad i have finally found my little "group" to hang with. and last night did the same thing as usual German class, but I had the early class SO i had the whole day to enjoy, and more hours of sunlight lol.. which are very precious here lol... so megan and I went and had a kabab for lunch, those are REALLY good too, and I filled out all my info for class registration, which I have to do in a few minutes and I made my class schedule - that is ridiculous... on Mondays I have 2 classes from 2-330 and 6-730 on tues. i have one class, from 515 to 645.. now Wed is my HELL DAY it is really ridiculous I am in class from 830 am to 10 am and then from 12 til 7 pm. It is really bad... I dunno how I am going to do this.,,, I will have to talk with Ms. Ingrid about this. Also on Thurs I have one class at 12 until 130.. and no classes on fri so besides wed its not a bad schedule at ALL. And last night Megan and I decided we will be doing a nightly wak/run to get into shape and stay in shape. So that will help with my goal to lose 10 lbs while I am here. Plus on top of that We can take sports classes and I am looking at Pilates, body shaping and stretching, and a Zumba and Latin workout class. So between those once a week, the walking around here and the walking at night, those ten pounds should shed quickly lol. or at least I hope so, but I'm logging off for now, update you later
Lee Lee <3
Good Morning. Austria is great. I am really enjoying myself out here. Valentine's Day was cute.. since i'm not in the US Justin wrote me a poem that was really good. and I am going to print it out or something... it was really nice. But otherwise I just relaxed.. Monday we had academic orientation and went on a sleigh ride in Filzmoos. The sleigh ride was amazing. I had sooo much fun. What they did was they took us on a ride up to the cabin where we were eating and the horses and the scenery was just absolutely gorgeous. The alps are AMAZING to look at. I have a few pictures, and it looks so fake on pictures, but it looks even more fake in person; it is almost as if nothing should be that beautiful in person. It was absolutely breathtaking. I would love to go back up there just for the views that I got to see. No matter how long I've been here, I still cant get over the fact that this is real and that im really here! it is amazing to me. I have never had an experience like this. But anyways, we had a lunch there with gulach soup and some type of sweet cake. O MY GOSH the soup and desert were AMAZING! that was some good food, and mind you I have had some great food in my lifetiime, but that was SO GOOD. I f I ever come back to Austria, that will be one of my first stops lol. On Tuesday it was just a normal day, just went to German class and Tuesday was also Carnaval, but it is not the CArnaval I am used to like in the Carribbean, it is when the locals dress up in various costumes, and at night they drink - if they are legal of course. So tuesday night we went to O'Malleys and to Shamrock's which are two pubs right across from the Linzergasse that most of the kids go to. O'Malleys was way to crowded and smoke filled so we ended up hanging at Shamrocks which was still cool. We played :never have I ever" and learned a few things about our fellow classmates lol..it was only girls so it was a-okay. the girls I went with were my roommate Hanna, my suitmates Ileana and Megan, Ana, Erika, and ANOTHER GIRL WHOSE NAME i ALWAYS forget lol. but regardles of it, we all had a lot of fun. So we decided Tues that on Fri we will have a girls nnight in and we will watch movies and have some wine, I'm excited, I think we will have so much fun this semester together. I am glad i have finally found my little "group" to hang with. and last night did the same thing as usual German class, but I had the early class SO i had the whole day to enjoy, and more hours of sunlight lol.. which are very precious here lol... so megan and I went and had a kabab for lunch, those are REALLY good too, and I filled out all my info for class registration, which I have to do in a few minutes and I made my class schedule - that is ridiculous... on Mondays I have 2 classes from 2-330 and 6-730 on tues. i have one class, from 515 to 645.. now Wed is my HELL DAY it is really ridiculous I am in class from 830 am to 10 am and then from 12 til 7 pm. It is really bad... I dunno how I am going to do this.,,, I will have to talk with Ms. Ingrid about this. Also on Thurs I have one class at 12 until 130.. and no classes on fri so besides wed its not a bad schedule at ALL. And last night Megan and I decided we will be doing a nightly wak/run to get into shape and stay in shape. So that will help with my goal to lose 10 lbs while I am here. Plus on top of that We can take sports classes and I am looking at Pilates, body shaping and stretching, and a Zumba and Latin workout class. So between those once a week, the walking around here and the walking at night, those ten pounds should shed quickly lol. or at least I hope so, but I'm logging off for now, update you later
Lee Lee <3
Sunday, February 14, 2010
the end of the first week
Happy Valentines Day all!
Today is the official end to my first week in Salzburg. It has been a crazy ride here. I got into Salzburg around 6om and the events that foilowed have already shaped me in a different manner. I am learning new things about myself on a daily basis, and the people around me. It is a truly eye opening experience. Today I just plan on being lazy and mozying around. I am going to finish putting my things away, and fix my hair - it is looking rough lol, and just enjoying today. Taking it slow - something I have yet to do here. I also think all the girls are going out for a Vday diner and have a just relaxing evening. SO yesterday wa rally fun, we went on the Sound of Music Tour which gave is a bird's eye view of Salzburg. It was AMAZING! I had such a good time. We came back from the tour with great pictures... everything looked beautiful with the snow, so I really cant wait to go back on the tour myself and see what the town looks like in the spring time..it should be interesting. But fter that I came back to my room and chatted with Justin for like 3 hours i think, his birthday was yesterday, Feb 13, and I wanted to tlk with him as if I was there so he wouldn't feel like I was so far away. That was cool. I thoughtg it would make me sad, but now I dont really feel any emotions like yearnings, shall I say when I speak to him, this is becoming normal. lol. and I also watched some of the Olympics and me, Emma, Rachel, Juliana, Megan, Hanna, Will, Erika and Ileana, Megans roommate, all went to Hotel Stein for some coffee and treats. That was cool too. The Hotel is very modern and yet it feels like I'm in the 70's lol.. Austria is definately 10 years behind when it comes to some decor and especially internet etc. But i am starting to get accustomed to it. What else I thought was cool was the view from the Terrace of Hotel Stein. It was O SO BEAUTIFUL you can see the steeple's of University church, and basically the top of high buildings in the town, with snow covered roofs, a real treat for the eyes.
When it comes to how I feel everyday, it gets progressively better, but sometimes I get that feeling and I am now trying to learn how to deal with it and get happy again, or at least take my mind off of it... and not resort to calling mommy and daddy every time something goes wrong.. I talk to them everyday which is normal and fine, but I want to learn how to not use them as my crutch which i've notived I do a lot. With that being said, it makes me see that one of the things I want to accomplish while I am here is not only continue finding out who Ashley is but find out what makes me the person who I am and what are my crutches. Not saying that my support system cant be there and is hindering me, but I need to learn how to separate supportivness from crutchs. I also want to try adn expose mytself to much more than i am used to. I already am. For example I just sat in one of the girls rooms yesterday and just chatted and hung out with them, it was so much fun and I learned some new things, we talked about sororities and stuff but it was still an experience, and I learned new things about these young ladies. And they are all sweet hearts! but I will continue this later. I am going to finish the last little unpacking which I have :-)
<3 Lee
Today is the official end to my first week in Salzburg. It has been a crazy ride here. I got into Salzburg around 6om and the events that foilowed have already shaped me in a different manner. I am learning new things about myself on a daily basis, and the people around me. It is a truly eye opening experience. Today I just plan on being lazy and mozying around. I am going to finish putting my things away, and fix my hair - it is looking rough lol, and just enjoying today. Taking it slow - something I have yet to do here. I also think all the girls are going out for a Vday diner and have a just relaxing evening. SO yesterday wa rally fun, we went on the Sound of Music Tour which gave is a bird's eye view of Salzburg. It was AMAZING! I had such a good time. We came back from the tour with great pictures... everything looked beautiful with the snow, so I really cant wait to go back on the tour myself and see what the town looks like in the spring time..it should be interesting. But fter that I came back to my room and chatted with Justin for like 3 hours i think, his birthday was yesterday, Feb 13, and I wanted to tlk with him as if I was there so he wouldn't feel like I was so far away. That was cool. I thoughtg it would make me sad, but now I dont really feel any emotions like yearnings, shall I say when I speak to him, this is becoming normal. lol. and I also watched some of the Olympics and me, Emma, Rachel, Juliana, Megan, Hanna, Will, Erika and Ileana, Megans roommate, all went to Hotel Stein for some coffee and treats. That was cool too. The Hotel is very modern and yet it feels like I'm in the 70's lol.. Austria is definately 10 years behind when it comes to some decor and especially internet etc. But i am starting to get accustomed to it. What else I thought was cool was the view from the Terrace of Hotel Stein. It was O SO BEAUTIFUL you can see the steeple's of University church, and basically the top of high buildings in the town, with snow covered roofs, a real treat for the eyes.
When it comes to how I feel everyday, it gets progressively better, but sometimes I get that feeling and I am now trying to learn how to deal with it and get happy again, or at least take my mind off of it... and not resort to calling mommy and daddy every time something goes wrong.. I talk to them everyday which is normal and fine, but I want to learn how to not use them as my crutch which i've notived I do a lot. With that being said, it makes me see that one of the things I want to accomplish while I am here is not only continue finding out who Ashley is but find out what makes me the person who I am and what are my crutches. Not saying that my support system cant be there and is hindering me, but I need to learn how to separate supportivness from crutchs. I also want to try adn expose mytself to much more than i am used to. I already am. For example I just sat in one of the girls rooms yesterday and just chatted and hung out with them, it was so much fun and I learned some new things, we talked about sororities and stuff but it was still an experience, and I learned new things about these young ladies. And they are all sweet hearts! but I will continue this later. I am going to finish the last little unpacking which I have :-)
<3 Lee
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