We made our first trip Tuesday to the Danube Valley. It began with a boat ride along the Blue Danube River, which, surprisingly enough was not blue. I heard it normally is but because of the amount of rainfall it was just an ugly brown : ( The boat took us to the medieval village of Durnstein where we hiked up to twelfth-century castle ruins that overlook the Danube. I must say it was a pretty intense hike leaving me quite parched when I finally made it back down to the bottom. After we hiked up the mountain (well…what I would [View Full Entry]

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The flight over went off without a hitch. I must say when I landed in Vienna I was quite relieved to be directed to buses that would take me to Gaming. The entire summer I was under the impression that in order to get to Gaming I had to take a train from the airport and then Gaming was a forty-five minute walk from the train station…with all my luggage. Needless to say, I was a bit concerned, but I figured since so many students had done it in the past I would more than likely survive the arduous journey. However, [View Full Entry]

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