Hiking Weekend

Last weekend was hiking weekend in Tauplitz, which I described in my last post, and it was a blast. Sadly, I didn't actually get to go on the morning hike like all the other exchange students because Saturday morning as I was getting out of bed (I was bunking with 12 other girls in my room) I slipped on the wooden floor as I was getting down out of bed because the beds were raised off the ground, and I was wearing fuzzy socks (which is beside the point). Anyway I slipped and fell and hurt my knee pretty bad (which was already hurting). But then by the end of the day it was feeling better so I went on the night walk where we all went to a club and let us dance and gave us free coke. It was interesting. I had a good time and now I am somewhat sad to have to leave my friends again. Some pics of the weekend:

Just being normal

Friends stole my phone and took selfies

I sneak pictures when my friends arent' looking a lot (:

Tauplitz (:

Tauplitz-with an Ismael

when friends start taking selfies and suddenly he includes you when you aren't looking

still going with creepy selfies

really beautiful dessert offered to us at the Gasthof

And that was my weekend. (:

Thanks to everyone who reads my blog!

Tauplitz

Tomorrow most of the inbound exchange students will meet up for a hiking weekend in Tauplitz. I'm excited to get to see all my exchange friends again, even though it's only been about three weeks. Even though I'm quite lazy I'm excited to go.
School's been going extremely well. All my classmates are great and I'm enjoying school thanks to them. Here's some pictures that I've taken lately with my new-found friends (:

With the exchange student from Argentina!

Party! :D

Yes, we actually were sick and at school. haha


Here's to a great weekend!
Hope everybody's doing alright! :)

School

This past week was a really good way to start off the school year. I have made some great friends through school and I sit by some really hilarious people, I couldn't ask for more. I'm really glad I'm enjoying school because that's where I'll be spending the majority of my time anyway.. haha

Went to my first sleepover last night and it was a BLAST. Austrians know how to have a good time, that's for sure! (: We watched movies and played games and it was great. I've already made great connections and I know we'll be hanging out often.

So thankful to everybody who helped make this year possible for me. Thanks!!

Second Day Of School

Don't worry, I won't be posting every single day about how my school day went haha. But just wanted to let everybody know that today went a lot better, and people were nice to me, and I was actually moved to 7W (equivalent to 11th grade in the US) today which works out a lot better because that's the class I should be in anyway. But the kids in 6W were really nice and I'm glad that I got to meet them and I hope they won't hold a grudge that I left their class.. haha.

First Day Of School

I just got back from my first day of Austrian school. It was ... different. Not all the kids were the nicest, and some would make jokes at my expense, but I think they were trying to be friendly. The friends that I had made previously aren't in my class so I didn't know anyone. Today I had English, then gym, then German.
I'm hoping tomorrow goes a little bit better, but overall it was a good day.
Hope you guys have a beautiful day. :)

Also don't be afraid to leave messages or comment or leave feedback. I want to know what's up with you guys! :D

Vienna!

Yesterday, very early in the morning, I went by train for the first time solo to meet up with three of my other exchange friends in Vienna. They all live near or in Vienna so it was the hardest for me to get there. It was honestly one of the best experiences I've had here so far!

We had quite a few things go wrong, but just being there with my friends made it bearable!
First three of us met up, while the other friend was still at home because he missed the train. So, the three of us that arrived on time all went shopping in the main shopping strip in Vienna. Man, we had a blast trying on clothes and taking silly pictures! But while we were in one of the stores trying on clothes, I accidentally left my denim shirt that I had just bought two days ago in one of the stalls. When we came back later to look for it, it wasn't where I knew I had lost it! As I was walking up to the front desk to ask if they had it there, I saw it neatly folded with a pricetag on it! They were trying to re-sell the shirt I had lost for 80 Euros!! I was not about to re-buy my shirt so I went up and explained to a very confused cashier, and I even showed her a picture of me wearing the shirt earlier that day. (To clear up and confusion I was wearing a shirt under it because it was a button-up). Finally I got it back after a lot of laughter and ridicule from my friends.

After the stores closed at six, we decided to go to the permanent fair that they have in Vienna. It was really expensive; 5 Euros  per ride on a roller coaster, but it was definitely worth it! Anyway, it was really fun and before we knew it it was 9:11 pm, and the last train going to Krems (where I was spending the night with my friend) left at 9:54 pm. We still had to go back to the train station I arrived at because I left my sleepover bag in a locker there for the day. This means that we had to take the U-Bahn (like a subway) four stops, then switch subways, then go three more stops to get to the original train station. Then, we ran into the train station whilst crossing the street very very hurriedly, couldn't figure out how to get out my sleepover backpack because it was all in German and none of us had ever used on before. Now it's about 9:40 pm.  We finally figured out how to get the backpack out after lots of frustrated screams and we booked it back to the U-Bahn where we had to take another 8 stops to get to the train station that had the train going to Krems. At three stops to go it was 9:54 pm and we were so defeated. All of us were dripping sweat because we had literally run as fast as we could to each stop. We ended up missing the train by two mintues.

We ended up being able to find a train that left at 10:40 pm at the first train station that would go to a nearby city (about 40 min away). We had to backtrack there and finally caught the train. We felt terrible though, because we had to call my friend's host mom to come pick us up at 11:40 pm and then drive 40 min to her house.  In the end, we ended up going to sleep at 4 am. A Perfect Day.

I ended up writing way more than I meant, but I thought it might be entertaining. Yesterday also marked my month being here in Austria! Wohoooo!

Here are some pictures from yesterday:

Movies In German

Last night I went with two of my new friends to see The City Of Bones (or something like that, I'm not sure because it was in German). Anyway, the point is that even though it was all in German with no subtitles, I really enjoyed it, and understood about 85%, which is a huge improvement.

Also in two days will mark my first month here in Austria. Whoa!

P.S. To everyone who's reading my blog from Serbia, UK, Mexico, and Russia. Keep reading. It's so cool that you're reading this, not gonna lie. :D

Shopping in Salzburg

Yesterday I went by train with some new-found Austrian friends to Salzburg, where we went shopping. And man, was that fun. We had such a great time going to all the American stores (such as Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, etc) and also the stores only unique to Europe. It was a lot of fun and I really bonded with three of the girls that will be going to my school. They even invited me to go see a film with them today and go school shopping in the next week!

More Pictures For Your Enjoyment

                                                                  Matching Outfits!

 Hallstatt

Just being crazy

 Underground in the Salt Mines in Hallstatt!

 The American exchange students after hiking to the top of a mountain in Altmünster

 A church in Gmunden where my Host mom got married! (:

 Skyping some friends from language camp!

 Amazing view in Traunkirchen

Gmunden streets

Hope you liked these pictures! :)

Random Post

I was looking through my stats for my blog because I was bored and saw that people from the Netherlands, Serbia, Belarus, Mexico, and Russia have all seen my blog. How cool is that?! Just thought I'd put that out there.
Have a nice day!

Free Week

I haven't posted anything because honestly I haven't been doing much. My host mom is working so there's not much time for me at the moment, and I haven't met any school friends yet. So mostly, I've been Skyping, reading (I've read four complete chapter books this week, it isn't healthy.), and going online. But I have got to walk around a couple really nice cities. I am not complaining at all. Just being here is a major blessing! I love it here! And I hope I will continue to feel this way all year (which I'm sure I will!). So thanks again to everyone who helped make this year possible!