Gutenbrunn Baden

... op zich wel grappig, de prof stelde en paar vragen, maar het was verder ook gewoon een gesprek over Erasmus-uitwisseling in portugal en andere philosophische dilemma's.. Het naarste was, toen die uiteindelijk vroeg wat we van onszelf vonden.. Loser! De anderen vonden zichzelf wel 'gut', en ik dacht, weetje wat, ik doe even een staaltje inkommensurabilität: "ik vind mezelf een 7 waard!" "ehm... juist?" "juist ja!". Maar we kregen alledrie een 1! Goed heh!
Wien, Vienna, Austria eyre

... favourites! I'll have to run to the store and see if I can get everything I need... I can't see a problem, but who knows! Hannes' father and brother are coming for a visit, as well, so that will be nice. We'll also have Oma here, which she will like because she won't have to worry about cooking! I just hope she likes what I'm going to cook! Yikes!

... a bit taken by the hype and push of his work... Many are captivating... but when printed on everything from fans... to cups... to lipstick... it turns into a production of theatre of the absurd... still glad we "took it in"... Our second day with the vehicle was spent in the Austrian countryside... spending time in small villages... and taking in Maria Theresa's countryside residence, The Hof Palace and manor (farm)... Yes a beautiful castle... but the farm ...

... you want to go to church you have to register with the church, and then pay a certain amount of your wages or earnings to the church. This is mandatory, and they can send debt collectors if you don't pay up. You have to belong to a church if you want to be married in one, or serve in the marriage party like as best man, or get your kid baptised. The inside of the church was incredible and the pictures don't do it justice at all. There were small areas along the side with a saint and a ...

We arrived by boat in Vienna yesterday. We chose a boat instead of train from Bratislava to Vienna, and it was a good choice. Now we are stay with a family friend of Justin, she has been showing us around all the major tourist sites. Tomorrow night we will be leaving for Krakow, Poland on a night train. Budapest was by far my favorite stop so far. Gergos, the guy we stayed with ...

... things mean on the list, etc. meanwhile i have my same staff woman behind the counter and she gives me a smile as if to say what can i get you this time. more pointing....carrots salat, more potato salat, green bean salat and corn salat this time. AND this time i go for it and point to something in a pan that was noodles and ham in like a lasagna type form....ah just googled it...its schinkenfleckerln....YUMMMMMMM and then a slice of a different type of pork....yummmmmm, this time ...

Ive concluded that traveling is addictive and if it wasnt for all of the people i love and miss back home, i reckon i would never return. That being said, I can not reiterate enough how much I love Servas. The last 3 nights i stayed with a family in Vienna. They have a son that is 17 and i was able to hang out with him and meet several of his friends. His mother, michaela, is a lovely women who treated me as one of her own. They ...

... lady gave us a map and some tips about good places to see in the city, so we dropped our bags and headed out. As a random aside, we had a funny European moment on our way to the apartment part of the hostel. We were walking with the receptionist lady and passed a beautiful cathedral. We asked her what it was, since it didn't appear on the map we had been given, and she very casually said 'Oh, this church is new, only 130 years ...

... in the sunshine. Our first ticket was for the morning exercise in the indoor school. The horses gradually left the outdoor arena and we queued up to take our spots inside along the column-lined tiers. The Winter Riding School is indescribably gorgeous (but I will try). Delicate ceiling roses and carvings line every conceivable space, it's all done in tasteful cream and coffee colours, magnificent columns and banisters line the audience seating, and a huge ...

... played oh, so sweetly, by violins. There is no way to fully describe an evening like this. From the home of the working man to the home of royalty, I’ve seen it all tonight. It was too bad that this evening had to come to an end. I can’t imagine ever feeling that nostalgically romantic again.




August 30-FridayVienna - Kitzbuhel

We woke up to a beautiful, sunny day. Even though we have had some rain almost every day, we ...