Craziness...

So I haven't updated in like 3 days...that means there should be a lot to tell you...let's see...

Monday I didn't do much. I was pretty sick so I didn't even go to class. We have 40 classes total and we're allowed to miss 8 and those were my only 2 so it's perfectly fine. So Monday was Liz's 21st birthday so she wanted to celebrate. We went to this little restaurant called Indigo. It was just me, Liz, Shireen, Julie, and Lisa. Then we went into the city and went to the Hotel Stein again. There were like 15 of us...it was crazy. Jenn and I left when they started getting crazy...around 11.

So Tuesday I was still kinda sick but I still got up and went to class. It was boring as usual. Then we had an excursion like we always do on Tuesdays. It is amusing..the first excursion there were about 40 people. On this one we started with 7 and by the end there were 3 of us. We went to St Sebastian, the cemetery where Mozart's family is buried (not Mozart though) and where Prinz Archbishop Wolfgang Dietrich von Reitenau is buried. It is pretty. Then we went to Schloss Mirabell and the gardens. They are also pretty. There were multiple sound of music scenes filmed there. Then I sat in the gardens with Sara, my hungarian friend. We spend quite a bit of time together which is good because she speaks very little English so we always have to speak in German. She told me yesterday she's glad I'm here cause the other Americans don't speak much German. Almost all of them are in the A levels. So after a little while we walked back to Residenz Platz (where our classes are) and met out friends. Our professor invited us to his house for dinner. Sara was meeting the other Hungarian students and I was meeting my Slovakian friends and my Bosnian friend. Then we all too the bus to Herr Soriat's house. We had a lot of fun. We had Leberkaesen (which I did not eat) and potato salad, and egg salad, and rolls. We also had chocolate cake and this bavarian cream or something like that.

I sat with the 3 Slovakian girls, the Bosnian girl, the guy from Argentina, the girl from Spain, and 2 Hungarian students. They taught me how to say Ljubljana (the capital of Slovenia where I am going next week). Then they made me say it every 5 minutes just to make sure I could. Everytime they would laugh. Then Maria #1 taught me to speak Slovakian. Now I can sing head shoulders knees and toes in Slovakian. Then they were all asking about my trip and Herr Soriat asked where I am going and I said Ljubljana and they all erupted in laughter. It was fun.

I found out that Maria #1 is going to be in Innsbruck at the same time as me and Maria #2 wants me to call her when I get to Bratislava so she can give us a tour.

Oh, so the word for mouth in Slovakian is oosta which is the same in Polish and is in the Veggie Tales song "I love my lips." So tomorrow I am playing that for Maria #1. I sang it for her yesterday and she wants to learn it.

So today I got on the bus and the Slovakian girls were on the same one but in a different section. They saw me and did the head shoulders knees and toes motions...They wanted to check if I remembered my words. When I got to class Alejandro (from Argentina) wanted me to say Ljubljana.

I wish we had this dinner earlier because we all got so close at that and now we have no more time. It is sad. We all exchanged phone numbers and e-mail addresses though so we will definitely stay in touch.

Today I had more class (I'm so tired of class). Afterward I met Sarah and Jenn and we ate lunch together and then got ice cream. Then I went to the store to get some cheese for dinner tonight and then to the train station to make a reservation for one of of my trains. Then I came home.

So I guess that wasn't all that much. Julie, my roommate, is leaving tomorrow so she is packing and trying to finish memorizing her music for the next program she is in. Later I am eating with Jenn and Sarah and Lisa and then I have no plans.

I guess that's about it. I'll be posting new pictures soon. You should all look at them...they are awesome!

Sarah