Day 13: second and last day in Italy
Sadly we only go to spend 2 days here in Venice but to me, it was the perfect account of time because we appreciated even more everything that we saw!
We woke up early to get a good spot in line to go explore St. Mark's cathedral. Literally the 5th church we've been in.. Lolol they're great ;) *gets struck by lightening because sassy* oh yeah, and I got yelled at by a guy in a different language because apparently I'm not allowed to wear overalls in the church.. Oops..
After looking through the church, we went and got grilled paninis which were yum, and then walked around a little bit more before we went back and had to pack up our stuff! Crazy quick trip, but hey at least I can say I've been to Italy ;)
The best part of the whole trip was probably the boat ride back to the car. We rode on another water taxi and we stood right by the railing and sailed down (or up?) the Grand Canal passing boats, tourists, and so many pretty houses. It was absolutely beautiful and that's when we got a taste of Venice.
We got back to the parking garage and loaded up the car but not before I saw this beauty...
On the way home, we stopped at a cafe and got banana splits and cake in the middle of the day, because why not? Once we got home, we went to eat AGAIN. (I told you they were fattening me up.) we ate at a place called the Waisshaus in Mittersill and I'm not lying when I say that I had the BEST pizza I have ever had in my whole life. I thought dominos was good, then I thought nothing could beat Italy, and now this pizza from heaven is definitely on the top of my list. Good luck little Caesars.
Oh yeah and we had more ice cream.. Duh.
Now that was the end to our Italian adventure, and another fabulous adventurous day here in Europe.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Day 12: Italia ya
5:30 am we began our journey to Italy. Another reason why I think Austria would be such a prime place to live is because it is only a short trip from here to all these other sick places. It only took 4 hours until we entered the breathtaking city of Venice. In Venice, NO ONE has a car, and so everyone that enters Venice with a car, they leave it in a parking garage until their stay is finished. So that's what we did! 8th floor of the parking garage and our first view of the city!
We loaded up onto a water bus and got off 40 minutes later at the stop nearest to our hotel. We walked through old alleyway and we were so shocked that our BEAUTIFUL hotel was located here. You never would have guessed by looking on the outside! (Don't judge a hotel by it's alley, yeah? No? Okay.) After checking in, we went straight to the Markusplatz to see what all the hullaboo was about. Apparently, this is one of the largest attractions in Venice, and to me it looks like just a huge square with lots of tourists and pigeons. (Oops did I say that out loud?) haha but it was cool. The reason it is such a large attraction to tourists is because Venice is such a crowded city with buildings EVERYWHERE, and because this is a wide open space, people loooove it.
We hadn't eaten anything all day, but my first Italian gelato solved all my problems. It was in this crowded ice cream shop on a narrow street, and the cutest girl was the only one that worked there and I was like "hey can I have your job?" and she was like "no, but you can have a gelato" it was still the most delicious ice cream and I loved that she had a perfect job serving perfect ice cream in a perfect city.
The mother and I wanted to explore while the oldies were tired and went back to the hotel to catch some z's. Getting lost in Venice is a dream. We walked down the river watching men with striped shirts rowing gondolas under bridges, children feeding birds, and people eating pizza in outside cafés. It was like something out of a movie.
We explored a few shops and found some creepy things on the way.
The people that live here are always trying to scam you out of your money and Uncle Volker warned us about it but I guess my mom didn't realize that that was the case when a mime asked if I wanted to take a picture with him.. I was like heck no, but mom was like yes yes! And she pulled out her camera while I went over by the creepy mime and she took a picture. After, we started walking away, and the mime reached out his hat for us to put money in there, and my mom was like no and kept walking and the mime followed us! Ahh he was so creepy. But hey I got a free picture with an Italian mime ;)
After our little exploration, we went and met up with the oldies and went to dinner. I now understand the fuss about Italian pizza. Holy cow, it was heaven with sauce on it, and yes I ate the whole thing. The restaurant was perfect as well with the waiters wearing tuxedos and yeah. It was a good time. What do you do after you eat dinner? The correct answer is get another gelato. Mhmmmm. I think they are trying to make me fat so they can eat me or something. It's really the only logical solution to why they are gladly feeding me so much. Once we finished our ice cream, we went up this never ending elevator to the top of the Campanile (bell tower) to get an ever better view of all of Venice. It was so so so beautiful.
Then we went back to our hotel room where we listened to a guy playing his guitar and singing outside our window for hours. Id say that it was a magical way to end our first day in Italy.
5:30 am we began our journey to Italy. Another reason why I think Austria would be such a prime place to live is because it is only a short trip from here to all these other sick places. It only took 4 hours until we entered the breathtaking city of Venice. In Venice, NO ONE has a car, and so everyone that enters Venice with a car, they leave it in a parking garage until their stay is finished. So that's what we did! 8th floor of the parking garage and our first view of the city!
We loaded up onto a water bus and got off 40 minutes later at the stop nearest to our hotel. We walked through old alleyway and we were so shocked that our BEAUTIFUL hotel was located here. You never would have guessed by looking on the outside! (Don't judge a hotel by it's alley, yeah? No? Okay.) After checking in, we went straight to the Markusplatz to see what all the hullaboo was about. Apparently, this is one of the largest attractions in Venice, and to me it looks like just a huge square with lots of tourists and pigeons. (Oops did I say that out loud?) haha but it was cool. The reason it is such a large attraction to tourists is because Venice is such a crowded city with buildings EVERYWHERE, and because this is a wide open space, people loooove it.
We hadn't eaten anything all day, but my first Italian gelato solved all my problems. It was in this crowded ice cream shop on a narrow street, and the cutest girl was the only one that worked there and I was like "hey can I have your job?" and she was like "no, but you can have a gelato" it was still the most delicious ice cream and I loved that she had a perfect job serving perfect ice cream in a perfect city.
The mother and I wanted to explore while the oldies were tired and went back to the hotel to catch some z's. Getting lost in Venice is a dream. We walked down the river watching men with striped shirts rowing gondolas under bridges, children feeding birds, and people eating pizza in outside cafés. It was like something out of a movie.
We explored a few shops and found some creepy things on the way.
The people that live here are always trying to scam you out of your money and Uncle Volker warned us about it but I guess my mom didn't realize that that was the case when a mime asked if I wanted to take a picture with him.. I was like heck no, but mom was like yes yes! And she pulled out her camera while I went over by the creepy mime and she took a picture. After, we started walking away, and the mime reached out his hat for us to put money in there, and my mom was like no and kept walking and the mime followed us! Ahh he was so creepy. But hey I got a free picture with an Italian mime ;)
After our little exploration, we went and met up with the oldies and went to dinner. I now understand the fuss about Italian pizza. Holy cow, it was heaven with sauce on it, and yes I ate the whole thing. The restaurant was perfect as well with the waiters wearing tuxedos and yeah. It was a good time. What do you do after you eat dinner? The correct answer is get another gelato. Mhmmmm. I think they are trying to make me fat so they can eat me or something. It's really the only logical solution to why they are gladly feeding me so much. Once we finished our ice cream, we went up this never ending elevator to the top of the Campanile (bell tower) to get an ever better view of all of Venice. It was so so so beautiful.
Then we went back to our hotel room where we listened to a guy playing his guitar and singing outside our window for hours. Id say that it was a magical way to end our first day in Italy.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Day 11:
What whaaaat, I've been alive for 16 years already? Time goes by fast when you're having fun, so I guess that means I've had a fun life.
I have definitely had more than a fun trip. This vacation has been different than all others that I've been on. I think the difference is that because we are staying here for so long, it has started to feel like we are adapting to a new lifestyle instead of just kickin it on the beach. I have loved this because we have been able to truly experience another culture and in doing so I can picture myself living here after I graduate. (It's only just a dreammmm)
Anyways back to day 11. It was Sunday, and Volker and Hedda had to be in charge of something at their church, so instead of us going to do something together, Gerald, Anna, Emma, mom and I met up with Barbara, Ernst and their 3 kids and went on a hike! They said it was an easy 1 hour walk. They said. 2 1/2 hours later of only uphill climbing, we finally get to the top where they have a restaurant and a petting zoo type thang for the children. You wouldn't ever think that the tops of these mountains would have restaurants, but everywhere we've been, there has been a restaurant. So, we ordered our food and since they have all been raving about wienerschnitzel which is Austria's pride and joy food, I decided to try it. It's not a hotdog like the restaurant back in the states, it's more of a cordon bleu meal. To be honest, I still don't know exactly what I ate, but I know it was good, and that's all that matters. ;) And here in Austria, no matter how full you are, you HAVE to get dessert. Bummer, huh? It's a real struggle, but somehow I managed to stuff down perfect Nutella crepes hand delivered by the owner wearing lederhosen. Seriously, what other place in the world can you hike up to the top of the mountain to this gorgeous gourmet restaurant, and have Nutella crepes freshly made for you and delivered by an old man in leather trousers? Reason #2653 of why I have fallen in love with Europe.
Because the hike to the restaurant was literally all uphill, the way down cut the time in half and was much more enjoyable in my eyes. It was fun being with the younger girls the whole time because we taught each other English and German, and I really learned a lot! I now know how to say: road, leaf, small, rock, sun, flower, tree, most colors, please and thank you, count to 20, and happy birthday. Okay.. So maybe that's not enough to be able to survive over here on my own, but it's a start.
We had planned to all meet back at Hedda and volkers house, but our 1 hour walk that was actually a 9 mile hike took a little longer than they expected, so we were a little bit late. Usually you get scolded big time when you're late, but hey, it was my birthday, what were they going to do? Tell me I'm 15 again? Lol 2 bad. ;) When we arrived, they had the table all set up for us to eat cake and at the end of the table, they had flowers all around a plate, with gifts, cards, and the cake with candles on it. They really know how to make you feel special! So I made my wish (don't bother asking what it is), they sang happy birthday in German, and then we all ate chocolate cake and partied the Austrian way.
It was definitely a birthday that I will never forget.
What whaaaat, I've been alive for 16 years already? Time goes by fast when you're having fun, so I guess that means I've had a fun life.
I have definitely had more than a fun trip. This vacation has been different than all others that I've been on. I think the difference is that because we are staying here for so long, it has started to feel like we are adapting to a new lifestyle instead of just kickin it on the beach. I have loved this because we have been able to truly experience another culture and in doing so I can picture myself living here after I graduate. (It's only just a dreammmm)
Anyways back to day 11. It was Sunday, and Volker and Hedda had to be in charge of something at their church, so instead of us going to do something together, Gerald, Anna, Emma, mom and I met up with Barbara, Ernst and their 3 kids and went on a hike! They said it was an easy 1 hour walk. They said. 2 1/2 hours later of only uphill climbing, we finally get to the top where they have a restaurant and a petting zoo type thang for the children. You wouldn't ever think that the tops of these mountains would have restaurants, but everywhere we've been, there has been a restaurant. So, we ordered our food and since they have all been raving about wienerschnitzel which is Austria's pride and joy food, I decided to try it. It's not a hotdog like the restaurant back in the states, it's more of a cordon bleu meal. To be honest, I still don't know exactly what I ate, but I know it was good, and that's all that matters. ;) And here in Austria, no matter how full you are, you HAVE to get dessert. Bummer, huh? It's a real struggle, but somehow I managed to stuff down perfect Nutella crepes hand delivered by the owner wearing lederhosen. Seriously, what other place in the world can you hike up to the top of the mountain to this gorgeous gourmet restaurant, and have Nutella crepes freshly made for you and delivered by an old man in leather trousers? Reason #2653 of why I have fallen in love with Europe.
Because the hike to the restaurant was literally all uphill, the way down cut the time in half and was much more enjoyable in my eyes. It was fun being with the younger girls the whole time because we taught each other English and German, and I really learned a lot! I now know how to say: road, leaf, small, rock, sun, flower, tree, most colors, please and thank you, count to 20, and happy birthday. Okay.. So maybe that's not enough to be able to survive over here on my own, but it's a start.
We had planned to all meet back at Hedda and volkers house, but our 1 hour walk that was actually a 9 mile hike took a little longer than they expected, so we were a little bit late. Usually you get scolded big time when you're late, but hey, it was my birthday, what were they going to do? Tell me I'm 15 again? Lol 2 bad. ;) When we arrived, they had the table all set up for us to eat cake and at the end of the table, they had flowers all around a plate, with gifts, cards, and the cake with candles on it. They really know how to make you feel special! So I made my wish (don't bother asking what it is), they sang happy birthday in German, and then we all ate chocolate cake and partied the Austrian way.
It was definitely a birthday that I will never forget.
Day 10:
Holla at another day of sleeping in! Because it doesn't happen very often, we have to enjoy it.
At 2:30, we went with Barbara and her family to their villages festival activities. They had live music, games, FOOD, and the main event was called bin racing. Lololol I'm laughing just thinking about this. At the first of the week, when they told us about this, they described it as people fancily dressed racing down the mountain in bins. Just let your imagination run wild for a second and picture what you think this could look like. If you're not on the floor laughing, then you must be picturing it wrong. Let me help you get an accurate visual of what this was. There is a very steep winding road that goes through this neighborhood, and lining the streets, there were hay bails and the people stood behind them. The announcer read off the contestants one by one as they walked by dragging their garbage bin up the hill to their starting positions. As he announced them, they either got lots of whoops and hollers or it was silent and quite awkward. The best part of this was how each of them dressed. Because this is 'dangerous', only adults were allowed to participate, which was almost a good thing because they went all out with their costumes. There were banana suits, angry bird costumes, army guys, and men in spandex, fish nets, and heels. (Be careful with how you're imagining this...) anyways, then they came down the hill laying on their stomachs on garbage cans while weaving around the bends of the road. Some were insanely fast! ..others not as fast.. Especially the bananas. Lol, I guess fruit are just not meant for racing down the mountain on garbage cans.
After that was over, we walked 4 miles home, because why would you ever drive.. And that was the end to our day!
Holla at another day of sleeping in! Because it doesn't happen very often, we have to enjoy it.
At 2:30, we went with Barbara and her family to their villages festival activities. They had live music, games, FOOD, and the main event was called bin racing. Lololol I'm laughing just thinking about this. At the first of the week, when they told us about this, they described it as people fancily dressed racing down the mountain in bins. Just let your imagination run wild for a second and picture what you think this could look like. If you're not on the floor laughing, then you must be picturing it wrong. Let me help you get an accurate visual of what this was. There is a very steep winding road that goes through this neighborhood, and lining the streets, there were hay bails and the people stood behind them. The announcer read off the contestants one by one as they walked by dragging their garbage bin up the hill to their starting positions. As he announced them, they either got lots of whoops and hollers or it was silent and quite awkward. The best part of this was how each of them dressed. Because this is 'dangerous', only adults were allowed to participate, which was almost a good thing because they went all out with their costumes. There were banana suits, angry bird costumes, army guys, and men in spandex, fish nets, and heels. (Be careful with how you're imagining this...) anyways, then they came down the hill laying on their stomachs on garbage cans while weaving around the bends of the road. Some were insanely fast! ..others not as fast.. Especially the bananas. Lol, I guess fruit are just not meant for racing down the mountain on garbage cans.
After that was over, we walked 4 miles home, because why would you ever drive.. And that was the end to our day!
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Day 9: Austrians are party animals (hehehe wink wink)
Lol @ me for not being responsible and checking on my child regularly. So here goes 3 days of posts in 1 night!
On Friday morning the weather was a little bit overcast so that means NO PLANS. It's quite funny because if there are clouds in the sky, that automatically means that the weather is bad and we stay inside. I for one, love the rain and think it would be more fun to hike to the top of the mountain when the clouds are low in the valley.. But da oldies have different opinions ;) it all worked out though, because we got to go shopping! Everything in Austria is a miniature version of back home. The car dealerships, the stores, the people (but forreal, everyone here is skinny, I understand why they make fun of Americans. I mean when you walk everywhere you have to be, right?) So we go to this mini mall and shop for a couple hours. I got this sick new windbreaker that I'm already pumped to wear disco skating.
When we got home it was lightly raining, but my mom and I went rollerblading anyway. Yolo. My uncle is funny and didn't want is to go unless we had knee pads, elbow pads, and a helmet. I laughed but I think he was serious. Even with all our crazy 360s and going off 8 ft. high jumps, we didn't even fall. And Uncle Volker was worried for nothing.. Pshhh.
In the village/town/city of Mittersill they have this even called 'Moonlight shopping' where the stores are open until 10 PM! Crazy right? Like they sure know how to party ;) anyways, this even happens 3 times a year, but what's cool about an event like this, is that the whole town comes to it and they make it a festival! They had face painting, balloon animals, Zumba, fire throwing, and lots of food. And you thought I was being sarcastic when I said Austrians are party animals..
I had a lot of fun and even purchased my prom dress! So so excited even thought it's 8 months away! Hopefully I don't eat too many Milka bars and don't fit in it by march.. That would be a pity.
Lol @ me for not being responsible and checking on my child regularly. So here goes 3 days of posts in 1 night!
On Friday morning the weather was a little bit overcast so that means NO PLANS. It's quite funny because if there are clouds in the sky, that automatically means that the weather is bad and we stay inside. I for one, love the rain and think it would be more fun to hike to the top of the mountain when the clouds are low in the valley.. But da oldies have different opinions ;) it all worked out though, because we got to go shopping! Everything in Austria is a miniature version of back home. The car dealerships, the stores, the people (but forreal, everyone here is skinny, I understand why they make fun of Americans. I mean when you walk everywhere you have to be, right?) So we go to this mini mall and shop for a couple hours. I got this sick new windbreaker that I'm already pumped to wear disco skating.
When we got home it was lightly raining, but my mom and I went rollerblading anyway. Yolo. My uncle is funny and didn't want is to go unless we had knee pads, elbow pads, and a helmet. I laughed but I think he was serious. Even with all our crazy 360s and going off 8 ft. high jumps, we didn't even fall. And Uncle Volker was worried for nothing.. Pshhh.
In the village/town/city of Mittersill they have this even called 'Moonlight shopping' where the stores are open until 10 PM! Crazy right? Like they sure know how to party ;) anyways, this even happens 3 times a year, but what's cool about an event like this, is that the whole town comes to it and they make it a festival! They had face painting, balloon animals, Zumba, fire throwing, and lots of food. And you thought I was being sarcastic when I said Austrians are party animals..
I had a lot of fun and even purchased my prom dress! So so excited even thought it's 8 months away! Hopefully I don't eat too many Milka bars and don't fit in it by march.. That would be a pity.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Day 8: well today has been the chillest day so far. After such a late night last night, we had no problem sleeping in. It has been raining here for the past 2 so that gives us even more of a reason to relax, and I ain't even mad.
When we woke up, we had slept through breakfast, so it was straight to lunch where we had possibly the yummiest soup I've ever had, and bread. Always lots and lots of bread. Then we quickly toured the flag factory my uncle owns before he had to leave to the golf course. While he was gone, we talked, read books, and ate our body weight in chocolate. That's what holiday is for, right? (Oh man, I've only been here for a week and I find myself speaking like an Austrian.. Heeeeelp.) around 6:00 we ate AGAIN, and then we decided we still wanted to fit into our pants so we went on a walk down the river path. Well the old ladies walked, I rollerbladed. (My uncle picked them up from Barbara this morning after I had been dying for them since we got here. He had been trying to postpone getting them because he thinks I will get hurt.. Pshhhhh) why walk when you can blade, ya? It was so fun and it made me miss disco skate night so much. 12 DAYS my fellow sk8rs. After we dropped the old ladies off, the mother and I biked/bladed down through town and around a pond where I might have fallen and soaked my shorts but yolo.
Anyways, I have a long day of rollerblading and eating food tomorrow so I better get some sleep.
Good night/afternoon.
When we woke up, we had slept through breakfast, so it was straight to lunch where we had possibly the yummiest soup I've ever had, and bread. Always lots and lots of bread. Then we quickly toured the flag factory my uncle owns before he had to leave to the golf course. While he was gone, we talked, read books, and ate our body weight in chocolate. That's what holiday is for, right? (Oh man, I've only been here for a week and I find myself speaking like an Austrian.. Heeeeelp.) around 6:00 we ate AGAIN, and then we decided we still wanted to fit into our pants so we went on a walk down the river path. Well the old ladies walked, I rollerbladed. (My uncle picked them up from Barbara this morning after I had been dying for them since we got here. He had been trying to postpone getting them because he thinks I will get hurt.. Pshhhhh) why walk when you can blade, ya? It was so fun and it made me miss disco skate night so much. 12 DAYS my fellow sk8rs. After we dropped the old ladies off, the mother and I biked/bladed down through town and around a pond where I might have fallen and soaked my shorts but yolo.
Good night/afternoon.
Day 7: car rides and kool people.
Today we had to say goodbye to Vienna. Bittersweet moment. We loved it, but because it's such a crowded city, we were happy to come back 'home' to Mittersill.
By 8:30, we were awake, eating breakfast (like kings again), and then we packed up and said goodbye to our hotel. On our journey home, we had multiple stops. The first one was the Nash Markt. It was a very long road where you could walk down and purchase any kind of food you could imagine. You also smelled any and every food imaginable.. Yeahhh. I think my uncle bought something from each stand, lol. He was in charge of hosting dinner tonight for 12 people so naturally he had to buy a lot of food. So see ya later Vienna and all of it's sick cars.
2 1/2 hours into the drive, we stop once again at popas house for pastries! Same tablecloth, same pastries, same lovable popa. He is literally the cutest 95 year old man you could ever meet. AND he's healthy! He walks around by himself and is self relient. There's something in the water here in Austria. We weren't able to stay as long this time because we had to get home before the guests arrived. But it really hit me when we were leaving and popa kissed us on the cheeks and said "you come again?" I realized that this is probably the last time I will ever see popa again. And same goes for the people we've met and places we've been. It's hard when you develop a relationship with people or an appreciation for a place and then have to say 'goodbye, see you never again' ya know? Reality is hard. But this is definitely not the last time I will see Austria. 2 more years, right dad? But this experience and the realization that this might be the only time has really deepened my appreciation for everything here and allowed me to cherish and absorb every second here.
Moving on from the sappy stuff.. After we said our goodbyes (I like see ya later. Or bis dahin because it means until we meet again) we were on the road again for another 2 1/2 hours. To help it seem not as long, we stopped to get apricots from a fruit house (literally a house that sold fruit, kinda like a fruit stand.. But in a house..) and we stopped at the Berger Chocolate factory. It was, by far, the classiest chocolate factory I had ever been to. The chocolate was very good, but Milka will forever have my heart. But don't fret, we got some from there too..
5 hours of this scenic drive (and candy crush) later, we finally made it back home. The madre and I went to unpack while they made dinner. At around 7:00 the guests for that evening arrived. It was my uncle's bestfriend's daughter and son-in-law and then Barbara, Ernst, Ann Sophie, and Julius. We introduced ourselves to the daughter and son-in-law and their names were Petra and Ian and they are from Scotland so they have super heavy accents.. But over here, who doesn't have an accent? To me, they all just mix together and it's weird if someone sounds like they're from America. We ate roast beef, ham, pastrami, vegetables, and all these different kinds of bread, and we were done by 8. Julius was tired, so him, Ann Sophie, and Ernst went home while we stayed at the dinner table. This is where it gets cray.. So the culture is to always entertain and I knew it was going to be a long night and you can't excuse yourself because that is very disrespectful so we were in it for the long run. The 4 1/2 hours of conversation jumped from topic to topic starting with their recent trip to Venice. We are going to Venice on Monday, so it was helpful and interesting to see their pictures and their insight about it. Then we started talking about more political subjects and how Scotland is trying to become independent and not part of the European Union. This was the topic where they showed the much heart and it's because they were very strong willed about how this was such a terrible idea because economically they wouldn't be able to stand on their own, and then Petra might have to give up her British citizenship, and on and on. Somewhere in the middle of this conversation, I gained so much respect for them both. They were 2 of the smartest people (both lawyers of their own firm) and because they had opinions on different things and had knowledge to back it up, it made them attractive. Ya feel? Intelligence is attractive. But It was just so cool to talk to these people because I learned so much about politics and how different country's government works and I found myself very interested in that. We had a very international table last night.. Uncle Volker and Barbara are Austrian, Aunt Hedda and grandma are African. Petra is German. Ian is Scottish and obviously my mother and I are American. I think we felt like we were boring because we were American and all these people are so international, but WE are international and foreigners and it was way cool to see how they were just as interested in our culture as we were in theirs. What I took the most from this whole talk was that I want to learn new languages! Everyone there spoke at least 2 languages and I was telling my grandma that I wanted to learn Spanish, then German, and then Italian and she said "oh, it's not that difficult.." Coming from the woman who speaks 6 languages. Okay grandma. There were times during this long visit where I was dramtically yawning hoping someone would get the hint that we should wrap it up, but the drinks kept being poured and the topics kept coming until the angel Barbara stood up and brought this to a close at around 12:30. We said muah muah and then it was off to bed.. But not before they invited us to Scotland. Hello Summer 2015! Right dad? ;)
And that was the close to another uh-mazing day.
Today we had to say goodbye to Vienna. Bittersweet moment. We loved it, but because it's such a crowded city, we were happy to come back 'home' to Mittersill.
By 8:30, we were awake, eating breakfast (like kings again), and then we packed up and said goodbye to our hotel. On our journey home, we had multiple stops. The first one was the Nash Markt. It was a very long road where you could walk down and purchase any kind of food you could imagine. You also smelled any and every food imaginable.. Yeahhh. I think my uncle bought something from each stand, lol. He was in charge of hosting dinner tonight for 12 people so naturally he had to buy a lot of food. So see ya later Vienna and all of it's sick cars.
Moving on from the sappy stuff.. After we said our goodbyes (I like see ya later. Or bis dahin because it means until we meet again) we were on the road again for another 2 1/2 hours. To help it seem not as long, we stopped to get apricots from a fruit house (literally a house that sold fruit, kinda like a fruit stand.. But in a house..) and we stopped at the Berger Chocolate factory. It was, by far, the classiest chocolate factory I had ever been to. The chocolate was very good, but Milka will forever have my heart. But don't fret, we got some from there too..
5 hours of this scenic drive (and candy crush) later, we finally made it back home. The madre and I went to unpack while they made dinner. At around 7:00 the guests for that evening arrived. It was my uncle's bestfriend's daughter and son-in-law and then Barbara, Ernst, Ann Sophie, and Julius. We introduced ourselves to the daughter and son-in-law and their names were Petra and Ian and they are from Scotland so they have super heavy accents.. But over here, who doesn't have an accent? To me, they all just mix together and it's weird if someone sounds like they're from America. We ate roast beef, ham, pastrami, vegetables, and all these different kinds of bread, and we were done by 8. Julius was tired, so him, Ann Sophie, and Ernst went home while we stayed at the dinner table. This is where it gets cray.. So the culture is to always entertain and I knew it was going to be a long night and you can't excuse yourself because that is very disrespectful so we were in it for the long run. The 4 1/2 hours of conversation jumped from topic to topic starting with their recent trip to Venice. We are going to Venice on Monday, so it was helpful and interesting to see their pictures and their insight about it. Then we started talking about more political subjects and how Scotland is trying to become independent and not part of the European Union. This was the topic where they showed the much heart and it's because they were very strong willed about how this was such a terrible idea because economically they wouldn't be able to stand on their own, and then Petra might have to give up her British citizenship, and on and on. Somewhere in the middle of this conversation, I gained so much respect for them both. They were 2 of the smartest people (both lawyers of their own firm) and because they had opinions on different things and had knowledge to back it up, it made them attractive. Ya feel? Intelligence is attractive. But It was just so cool to talk to these people because I learned so much about politics and how different country's government works and I found myself very interested in that. We had a very international table last night.. Uncle Volker and Barbara are Austrian, Aunt Hedda and grandma are African. Petra is German. Ian is Scottish and obviously my mother and I are American. I think we felt like we were boring because we were American and all these people are so international, but WE are international and foreigners and it was way cool to see how they were just as interested in our culture as we were in theirs. What I took the most from this whole talk was that I want to learn new languages! Everyone there spoke at least 2 languages and I was telling my grandma that I wanted to learn Spanish, then German, and then Italian and she said "oh, it's not that difficult.." Coming from the woman who speaks 6 languages. Okay grandma. There were times during this long visit where I was dramtically yawning hoping someone would get the hint that we should wrap it up, but the drinks kept being poured and the topics kept coming until the angel Barbara stood up and brought this to a close at around 12:30. We said muah muah and then it was off to bed.. But not before they invited us to Scotland. Hello Summer 2015! Right dad? ;)
And that was the close to another uh-mazing day.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Day 6: rise and shine!
8:30 doesn't seem like it would be early, but when your days are jam packed, you really start to crave some sleep. But hey, sleep is for the weak. And why sleep when you are in EUROPE?
So we got up out of our heavenly beds and had breakfast at the hotel. Everything here is 65x classier than normal life. So when I say breakfast at the hotel, it was more like dining with the queen in the breakfast hall.
We don't waste any time around here, and as soon as we were done eating we were off to explore the streets of Vienna! It is absolutely insane how many people are in this city and it amazes me that I have not seen 1 crash because like I have said already.. European drivers are crazy than in Mexico. And Mexico can be pretty crazy. But it's such a dream to watch all of these nicely dressed people swerving in and out of traffic on vespas on their way to work. Lol I don't even want a car anymore, I want a vespa. We toured the city on foot and via horse carriage for a total of 6 hours today. We went inside cathedrals and walked the shopping alleys and literally saw anything and everything. Don't get me wrong, I love walking and walking and walking, but when we rode in the horse drawn carriage, I wasn't even mad. Life is literally a fairytale here. It's also extremely nice to have a personal tour guide aka my uncle. He has lived in Austria his whole life so he knows all the tricks and places to go where only the native people are and tourists don't even know about. Oh yeah, the tourists! Oh my goodness, the streets are PACKED with all these people from different countries waddling around in groups following their tour guide that holds a little flag. It's actually quite funny. They all have maps and fans and disposable cameras so you can definitely point out the tourists. (I've actually been asked multiple times if I'm German, so I guess my backpack, camera, and the confused look on my face doesn't give the 'American tourist' impression. Siiiick ya?) I'm practically a native.
My uncle is the funniest 6'5", white (realllly white) skinned, Austrian man. He schedules out each minute of the day and he doesn't fill us in on what we are doing until right before. After touring the streets he said (in his heavy German accent): next, we will go get something to drink and maybe some cream (ice cream), and then we will take the train back to our hotel where we will rest until quarter past 4. And then, I will fetch the car, and you will meet in the lobby. And then we will go to the Prater (amusement park) and we will ride some rides and get sick. And then we will eat some supper and then I don't know what we will do. Maybe go to a night club. And then, and then, and then.. Oh geez I love that man. So that is exactly what we did in that order. (Except for the night club sadly.) we went to 'Mozart Cafe' and had raspberry lemonade and banana splits made from the hands of angels, and then we went and took power naps and then we were off to the Prater! Now this was my favorite part of the day. Yeah sure, touring 2000 year old cathedrals are fun and all, but rollercoasters are where the real fun is @@@@. The only downside of being in Europe and not having someone my age with me is that I had no one to ride roller coasters with. But ayyyy, that didn't stop me. The place where we were at looked like a carnival, but the more we walked around, it was like a classy European lagoon. We ate dinner there and it wasn't your amusement park hamburgers and chicken fingers, noooo way. It was a sit down, novel menu, fancy breadstick kinda place. We ate until we couldn't eat anymore and that was the perfect way to end another perfect day here in Europe.
8:30 doesn't seem like it would be early, but when your days are jam packed, you really start to crave some sleep. But hey, sleep is for the weak. And why sleep when you are in EUROPE?
So we got up out of our heavenly beds and had breakfast at the hotel. Everything here is 65x classier than normal life. So when I say breakfast at the hotel, it was more like dining with the queen in the breakfast hall.
We don't waste any time around here, and as soon as we were done eating we were off to explore the streets of Vienna! It is absolutely insane how many people are in this city and it amazes me that I have not seen 1 crash because like I have said already.. European drivers are crazy than in Mexico. And Mexico can be pretty crazy. But it's such a dream to watch all of these nicely dressed people swerving in and out of traffic on vespas on their way to work. Lol I don't even want a car anymore, I want a vespa. We toured the city on foot and via horse carriage for a total of 6 hours today. We went inside cathedrals and walked the shopping alleys and literally saw anything and everything. Don't get me wrong, I love walking and walking and walking, but when we rode in the horse drawn carriage, I wasn't even mad. Life is literally a fairytale here. It's also extremely nice to have a personal tour guide aka my uncle. He has lived in Austria his whole life so he knows all the tricks and places to go where only the native people are and tourists don't even know about. Oh yeah, the tourists! Oh my goodness, the streets are PACKED with all these people from different countries waddling around in groups following their tour guide that holds a little flag. It's actually quite funny. They all have maps and fans and disposable cameras so you can definitely point out the tourists. (I've actually been asked multiple times if I'm German, so I guess my backpack, camera, and the confused look on my face doesn't give the 'American tourist' impression. Siiiick ya?) I'm practically a native.
My uncle is the funniest 6'5", white (realllly white) skinned, Austrian man. He schedules out each minute of the day and he doesn't fill us in on what we are doing until right before. After touring the streets he said (in his heavy German accent): next, we will go get something to drink and maybe some cream (ice cream), and then we will take the train back to our hotel where we will rest until quarter past 4. And then, I will fetch the car, and you will meet in the lobby. And then we will go to the Prater (amusement park) and we will ride some rides and get sick. And then we will eat some supper and then I don't know what we will do. Maybe go to a night club. And then, and then, and then.. Oh geez I love that man. So that is exactly what we did in that order. (Except for the night club sadly.) we went to 'Mozart Cafe' and had raspberry lemonade and banana splits made from the hands of angels, and then we went and took power naps and then we were off to the Prater! Now this was my favorite part of the day. Yeah sure, touring 2000 year old cathedrals are fun and all, but rollercoasters are where the real fun is @@@@. The only downside of being in Europe and not having someone my age with me is that I had no one to ride roller coasters with. But ayyyy, that didn't stop me. The place where we were at looked like a carnival, but the more we walked around, it was like a classy European lagoon. We ate dinner there and it wasn't your amusement park hamburgers and chicken fingers, noooo way. It was a sit down, novel menu, fancy breadstick kinda place. We ate until we couldn't eat anymore and that was the perfect way to end another perfect day here in Europe.
Day 5: another day, another adventure!
Today we were off to Vienna at 7:00 sharp! We stopped in a village 2 1/2 hours away where my uncle's dad lives. (My 'uncle' is actually my great uncle and he is 70 and his dad who is 95 is still alive!) When we got to his flat, papa came to the door and showed us to the table where there was a huge plate of pastries and he told us that he spent all Sunday baking them! We believed him, but it turned out he just bought them at the market.. What a sneaky guy. He can barely see or hear but he lives by himself and he shops by himself also. He goes down to the bus stop once a week and then goes shopping by himself and then hops on the bus and comes back home. He also goes swimming in the pond close by their neighborhood everyday. There must be something in their food over here in Austria because everyone lives such long and healthy lives. It was my first time ever meeting papa and I just fell in love with him. He would laugh at everything even when he had no idea what was said or who said it. Oh man, I loved him. And his house was gorgeous.
After we said fierte, (goodbye), we drove for another 2 1/2 hours where we finally arrived in Vienna. There are almost 2 million people that live just in this city. (That's a lot) The buildings are all old and there are people everywhere! It's just what you would imagine an old city in Europe to look like.
Our first stop was the castle. I've never seen a building so huge in my life. We got to your around the inside and see how they lived back then. It was siiiick. You weren't allowed to take pictures in the rooms, but what the know won't hurt them, right? Yolo. Oh and a fight almost broke out. This angry guy it mad at people in front of us because their kids were crying and he started yelling so loud you could probs hear it on the other side of the castle, but no worries, security interfered. But it shows you how harsh Europeans are. They have bad tempers and are not the happiest people I've ever met..
After the castle, we drove to our hotel and there we were able to rest a while until dinner. Our room is on the very top floor and we have a window that faces the gardens and part of Vienna, so why not sit on da roof.
Then we drove up the top of the mountain where you could see the whole city of Vienna.
DINNER TIME. always my favorite time. We met up with my uncles sister and brother in law and then we went to a hidden restaurant and ate outside. It was wonderful.
I have been in Austria for almost a week, but after today, I can officially say that I have fallen in love with this country. The food, the culture, the people, everything. Their way of life is so simple and beautiful. They go to the store each morning for their food for the day, and why drive when you can walk? The cashiers sit down in chairs at their registers, because why stand? You bring your own shopping bags because why waste money on plastic ones? They eat ice cream before dinner, because why wait? They smile at everyone they pass by, even the crazy American girl that is always much too loud. Everyone keeps to themselves and is in their own world but always while being friendly. They sit at cafés and chat for hours with friends about anything and everything. They don't dress for show, because who do they need to impress? They enjoy life and that's how it should be.
I'm so grateful for the opportunity I have had to be here and see the world. I made it a goal to not say 'no' to any adventure this trip, and because of that, I have tried so many things that I never would have back at home. I have gotten to see the way that other people live and realized that just because they aren't like you doesn't mean that's a bad thing. I'm only 1/3 of the way into this trip, but I feel like I have been here for weeks (definitely not a bad thing) and I can't wait for what these next 2 weeks have in store.
Today we were off to Vienna at 7:00 sharp! We stopped in a village 2 1/2 hours away where my uncle's dad lives. (My 'uncle' is actually my great uncle and he is 70 and his dad who is 95 is still alive!) When we got to his flat, papa came to the door and showed us to the table where there was a huge plate of pastries and he told us that he spent all Sunday baking them! We believed him, but it turned out he just bought them at the market.. What a sneaky guy. He can barely see or hear but he lives by himself and he shops by himself also. He goes down to the bus stop once a week and then goes shopping by himself and then hops on the bus and comes back home. He also goes swimming in the pond close by their neighborhood everyday. There must be something in their food over here in Austria because everyone lives such long and healthy lives. It was my first time ever meeting papa and I just fell in love with him. He would laugh at everything even when he had no idea what was said or who said it. Oh man, I loved him. And his house was gorgeous.
Our first stop was the castle. I've never seen a building so huge in my life. We got to your around the inside and see how they lived back then. It was siiiick. You weren't allowed to take pictures in the rooms, but what the know won't hurt them, right? Yolo. Oh and a fight almost broke out. This angry guy it mad at people in front of us because their kids were crying and he started yelling so loud you could probs hear it on the other side of the castle, but no worries, security interfered. But it shows you how harsh Europeans are. They have bad tempers and are not the happiest people I've ever met..
After the castle, we drove to our hotel and there we were able to rest a while until dinner. Our room is on the very top floor and we have a window that faces the gardens and part of Vienna, so why not sit on da roof.
Then we drove up the top of the mountain where you could see the whole city of Vienna.
DINNER TIME. always my favorite time. We met up with my uncles sister and brother in law and then we went to a hidden restaurant and ate outside. It was wonderful.
I have been in Austria for almost a week, but after today, I can officially say that I have fallen in love with this country. The food, the culture, the people, everything. Their way of life is so simple and beautiful. They go to the store each morning for their food for the day, and why drive when you can walk? The cashiers sit down in chairs at their registers, because why stand? You bring your own shopping bags because why waste money on plastic ones? They eat ice cream before dinner, because why wait? They smile at everyone they pass by, even the crazy American girl that is always much too loud. Everyone keeps to themselves and is in their own world but always while being friendly. They sit at cafés and chat for hours with friends about anything and everything. They don't dress for show, because who do they need to impress? They enjoy life and that's how it should be.
I'm so grateful for the opportunity I have had to be here and see the world. I made it a goal to not say 'no' to any adventure this trip, and because of that, I have tried so many things that I never would have back at home. I have gotten to see the way that other people live and realized that just because they aren't like you doesn't mean that's a bad thing. I'm only 1/3 of the way into this trip, but I feel like I have been here for weeks (definitely not a bad thing) and I can't wait for what these next 2 weeks have in store.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Day
3 & 4:
Golly
gee, blogs are a lot of work. It's like taking care of a small child,
ya dig?
Wellll,
DAY 3 went a little like this:
It was the first day we slept in
and we didn't wake up until 11:00, thank everything holy.
At 2:00 we went over to Barbara's house for lunch. We had
filet mignon and ice cream, so pretty average ya. JK. It was my
favorite meal so far. (Cocoa puffs are a close 2nd). After we were
done eating, I went up to Anne Sophie's room and she played her
guitar and sang for me. She's only 9 years old, but daaang, she's so
so good. She sang Mama Mia, Someone like you, and Riptide. She
doesn't even speak English but she sang the songs in English and I
was so very impressed. After my personal concert, we went to the
market and explored the chocolate aisle. Easily the best part of the
day. If you haven't ever eaten a milka bar hmu so you can say you've
tasted heaven before you actually go to heaven. "And on the
seventh day, God created Milka." They had a total of 17
different flavors. Oh man.. They had one with chips ahoy cookies
INSIDE the chocolate. Wow.
Well,
moving on.. After the market, we walked to the soccer field and
watched Felix (my second cousin) play fútbol. It's crazy how good
the little kids are! Here, everyone plays soccer. During the soccer
game I was with Anne Sophie and we actually communicated! ...well
kinda. It was more like charades with a few words I understood here
and there... But she is the cutest girl and it was fun hanging out
with her.
Okay so I was looking forward to this
night all week because it's the open air concert! I didn't really
know what to expect, and it was waaaay different than I thought but
it was sti good! (At least the parts where I was awake were..) it was
all instrumental and all the musicians were from Austria. It was cool
because literally the whole town was there. Back at home this would
be considered an orchestra concert and it wouldn't be widely
advertised, but here.. EVERYONE came. Literally hundreds of people.
I
realized that I might not enjoy everything that we do here but I'm
glad we are doing it all because we are truly getting the real
Austrian experience!
And that was the end to another amazing day.
Day 4: SUNDAY FUNDAY. My
aunt and uncle are Catholic and they were a part of their church
service this morning, so they woke up early and went to their church
while the mother and I slept in for the 2nd day in a row.
#livinthelife When we woke up, they were back and ready for another
adventure, so off we went! We drove up another mountain to another
lake and wow it was absolutely beautiful! Austria has always been
known for their clear water, and today we could see the bottom of the
lake! They weren't lying when they said you can literally drink the
lake water. (It's a little different than utah lake..)
On
the way home, we stopped at their cemetery behind the big cathedral
and walked around to all the graves. The cemetery here is A LOT
different than back home.
Little
ice cream stop on the way back to our flat.
The
seniors (kindly put) went to a friends to watch the Wimbledon
tournament while the less senior lady (aka my mother) and I went on a
scenic bike ride.
post bike ride snack
Lastly,
we all went out to a Chinese restaurant in town. Lol @ eating foreign
food in another foreign country. The food was alright, let's just
say.. American Chinese food and European Chinese food are completely
different. This actually was the first meal since I've been here that
I didn't LOVE. but life is still good because I got a fortune Cookie.
(That awkward moment when it's in German too.)
Once dinner was over, we retired
to our flat and I face timed some American friends and then
supposedly went to bed. Lol because it's 4:03 am and I'm
blogging.
Xoxoxo
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Friday, July 4, 2014
Day 2:
Today I learned: I can eat a whole pizza in 12 minutes
I can't believe it's only the second day, I literally feel like I have been here forever! And trust me that's definitely a good thing.
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So today I woke up at 8:53 and literally got ready in 3 minutes so I could have my cocoa puffs, and then after breakfast we went on a prolonged drive to the mountains we never went to. Confused? My aunt has dimentia which is a memory loss sickness that happens to older people. It's so sad but it can be oh so funny. We were supposed to meet in the next village which should have been a 7 minute drive, but we got lost and turned around and around a total of 14 times. It was so sad because my aunt would ask where we are going and then 5 minutes later she would ask again.. She probably shouldn't have been driving. Oh yeah! That's another thing.. The roads here in Austria would classify as 1 lane roads back at home but here they are 2 and everyone is racing each other. I thank everything holy I am alive to type this right now because there were multiple near death experiences today. But heyyyy yolo. Back to the story.. After 1 hour and 40 minutes we decided to go home and make a new plan. I liked this plan a lot because we ride a cable car to the top of yet another mountain and got to hike! There was this lake at the top of the mountain that was paradise. Austria is so cool because you never get out of the mountains. You live IN the mountains. It's so sick. Anyways, we skipped rocks in the lake and then went up to the lodge to eat.
On our way home, my mom and I were dropped off at Barbara's (their daughter) house and we walked through 2 villages to the golf course where all the little kids were at a golf lesson. (I have 5 2nd cousins that live over here and they don't speak English lol) while we were waiting for them to finish, we ate ice cream at the clubhouse ordered pizza. Food food food, it's all about da food. On the drive home it was so sad because my 'cousin' kept trying to ask me questions but she doesn't speak any English and all I know how to say 'ladies man' in German. So you see our struggle here? But no worries, smiling is the same in every language, so we just awkwardly smile at each other. It's fun.
When we got home, my uncle brought 5 pizza boxes inside and each of us got our own pizza. It was a dream come true. When the say the pizza is better in Europe, they weren't lying.. I ate my whole pizza. In 12 minutes. WHADDUP.
I still can't believe that I'm actually here and I feel so so blessed for this opportunity and am determined to do everything I can to make this trip memorable.
That's it for today's adventures. Sadly I won't be watching any fireworks tonight, I guess it's an American thang?¿? But I'm sure I will see plenty of pictures on da social media.
Mikfly out
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Let the adventures begin!
Today I learned: old men dont like to wear shirts, cows dont stop for anyone, soft pretzels are my fav.
This morning we woke up at 8:30 (wth is up with these Europeans always wanting to get up early) and we went to the market to shop for food. The people of Austria keep their lives very simple, and because we are in such a small town, they go to the store everyday for the food they are going to eat that day. I love it. So we stashed up on fruit, biscuits (cookies), and of course.. cocoa puffs. Scooooooore. After we are breakfast, we got in the car and drove 2 villages away, and then drove deep into the valley. After miles and miles of narrow winding road up a mountain, we got out and rode 2 trams all the way to the top of the mountain. These are the Austrian/Swiss Alps which connect together. Even being July, there was snow and through our creeper binoculars, we watched people ski! And I thought utah weather was weird.. We hiked around for a while and then had snacks at the big hotel up there. We had a very healthy meal that consisted of French fries and soft pretzels. After a couple hours, we came down from the mountain and drove to the next village and went to Barbara's (their daughter) house. Her husband Ernst is some type of architect so their house is so sick. It's way modern so it doesn't quite look like all the other chalets but it's soooo cool.
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| Typical chalet, all houses look like they're from a fairytale 😍 |
We went home, took a nap, ate dinner, and then went on a walk around Mittersill which is the village we are staying in. It is technically classified as a city, but you can literally walk everywhere, and there are cafés on every corner, so it's more like a small town. Because Austria is such an expensive place to live, everyone drives nice cars. It's actually way cool!
| Early birthday present nbd (the owner of the car saw me take this and locked his car, lol) |
After our walk we came back to our flat and 'went to sleep'. Lol @ me for blogging at 2:11 am.
Journey
147 days. I have been counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds anticipating this adventure for 147 days. On Monday night I watched the hours slowly decrease and I honestly couldn't believe it. It didn't hit me when I put my suitcase in the car. It didn't hit me when we were waiting for our plane to takeoff. It didn't hit me when we passed the 'welcome to Austria' sign. To tell you the truth, it still hasn't hit me.
I finished packing my bags on Monday night and naturally I was too excited to sleep. So I did what everyone does when they can't sleep.. I made a blog. WHAT A NERD RIGHT? C'mon mikayla, blogs were supposed to be left back in the 2000's. But ayyyy here we are. Anyways.. I finally went to sleep at 4:00 which probably wasn't the best idea seeing that we had to leave at 5:30.. But for some reason, it wasn't hard for me to get up.. Maybe because I was going to Europe? Idk.
So we got to the airport at 6:30 and did what you do at airports. (Check your luggage, put all your stuff in a bucket, get patted down by creepy workers, ya know.. the usual.) Our flight wasn't scheduled to leave until 8:30 but there are perks of having a handicapped grandmother. One of which being that we got to board early annnnd first. Holla @ yo grandma. The flight to Atlanta was only 4 hours long and went by way fast, but when we got there it was 2:30 pm with the time change. We only had time to eat food and quickly ride the plane train to our terminal before it was time to board again. This flight was the whoppin 9 hours one.. We took off at 4:30 pm and then a short 9 hours, 2 movies, 4 bags of pretzels, 1 angry stewardess, and multiple beaten candy crush levels later.. We landed in Munich, Germany. This is where I added another stamp in my passport and whole lot of happiness to my heart.
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| wow kool klouds |
When we arrived my Uncle Volker [Folk-uhhhhhh] was already there to collect us, so we QUICKLY grabbed our bags off the conveyor belt and bounced. (you might be wondering why 'quickly' is in all caps.. Just wait..) the drive to Mittersill, Austria was 2 1/2 hours long but I didn't mind because it was the prettiest drive I have ever been on in my life. Honestly, pictures, movies, magazines, nothing can do it justice until you see it for yourself.
We got to their home and they showed us the flat that we would be staying in. It is nothing at all like I pictured it but not in a bad way! My mom and I have our own flat (apartment) to ourselves in Gerald's house and then my grandma is staying with my aunt and uncle. (Her sister&brother in law) so life's pretty dang good. Well we got out our bags and started unpacking and because my grandma is staying here for 6 months she had to put some things in our bags because hers was too heavy. So I open my suitcase and on the top are these 2 weird hats and a bag from Dubai and all these weird things. But my grandma is weird so I didn't think anything of it. Well I keep digging looking for my things, and they aren't there. Whaaaat magic. No. It was the wrong suitcase. I literally felt sick to my stomach. We were in such a hurry that I grabbed a red suitcase at the airport that was identical to mine but naturally didn't think to double check. Oh man, it was the worst feeling ever. So long story short, 5 extra hours of a car ride back to the airport and then back home again, we thankfully found MY suitcase that they had been holding on to. Prayers work guys.
And that is the end to the journey to Europe.
Check out the speed on this baby. Too bad it's km/hr.
We got to their home and they showed us the flat that we would be staying in. It is nothing at all like I pictured it but not in a bad way! My mom and I have our own flat (apartment) to ourselves in Gerald's house and then my grandma is staying with my aunt and uncle. (Her sister&brother in law) so life's pretty dang good. Well we got out our bags and started unpacking and because my grandma is staying here for 6 months she had to put some things in our bags because hers was too heavy. So I open my suitcase and on the top are these 2 weird hats and a bag from Dubai and all these weird things. But my grandma is weird so I didn't think anything of it. Well I keep digging looking for my things, and they aren't there. Whaaaat magic. No. It was the wrong suitcase. I literally felt sick to my stomach. We were in such a hurry that I grabbed a red suitcase at the airport that was identical to mine but naturally didn't think to double check. Oh man, it was the worst feeling ever. So long story short, 5 extra hours of a car ride back to the airport and then back home again, we thankfully found MY suitcase that they had been holding on to. Prayers work guys.
And that is the end to the journey to Europe.
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