Day 30

I woke up this morning a little before 7:30. I had class at 9:45 and didn't want to take a chance with the trains just in case they were still out of order (they weren't). I got to the office at about 8:40, having left my dorm at 8:20. I sat down at the piano and practiced a few songs that I have on my computer.

At 9:45 we started our Austria In Context class. Ruth, the program director explained the basic overview of the class. Throughout the semester we will taking a historical, political, and geographical look at the country of Austria and specifically the city of Vienna. We took a quiz to see which information concerning Vienna and Austria we actually knew. I didn't know much.

After class I walked with Paithan to the registration office so that he could officially become a temporary citizen of Vienna. It only took him about 5 minutes to go through. Meanwhile I read a newspaper that had been handed to me on the way. I went through underlining words that I didn't know and then translated them with my phone. We headed back to campus and I decided to make lunch. Since I gave up meat for Lent I made a salad with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, peanuts, salt, and pepper and it was surprisingly satisfying! After lunch I watched 500 Days of Summer and rested for a while. I hadn't slept well last night, so I needed a little time to recuperate.

At around 4:00 I went with Andy to Billa and bought supplies for my upcoming meals this weekend including roasted red peppers, grated cheese, eggs, spinach, and mushrooms. We took our things back to the office and then I decided to walk to Handys King (handy is another word for cellphone) to buy a simcard. They had leftover phones from last semester at the office so I decided to use one of them. I bought a card for €15 that gave me 100 minutes or 100 texts to start out. I figured that I could last on that for a long while. I headed back to the office to get myself ready for the German Lit class that started at 5:45.

Our professor gave us out syllabi and went over what we will be expected to do throughout the semester. It sounds like it's going to be a tough class... Tough, but good. After class was over I took the bus to Haus Salzburg with Erica, Paithan, and Jesse because my phone wasn't working and Erica had an extra phone that her old roommate had left behind. She helped me set it up. It still can't call out, but I'll take it to Handys King tomorrow and have the guy there help me with it.

I walked home from Haus Salzburg to Haus Burgenland. It was about a 12 minute walk. The only problem was that since it was dark out I had a pickle of a time trying to be sure that I actually heading the right way. However, after a few second guesses, I eventually found my street again.

I don't really have anything to do tonight because tomorrow I don't have any classes. My University classes begin next week and the history portion of Austria In Context is every other week English and German. Therefore my only plans for tomorrow are to go ice skating in front of the Rathaus (the city hall) at 6:00PM... And yes I checked. They have big enough sakes for me!

Well, that's it! Gute Nacht!