Oh wow am I tired! Hopefully I will make sense in this... About a week ago I joined a Tae Kwon Do school here in Salzburg. I am SO happy to be training again. I have missed it so much and I am glad I finally have time to do it again. This past week of classes also reminded me of how out of shape I have become :( I have a lot of work to do before I am back to where I was before but I'm willing to do what I need to do to get there and beyond. [View Full Entry]

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Day 13 (Thursday, October 1, 2009) Today is my 21st birthday!!! Buuuuuut I’m in Europe so that doesn’t really mean anything here ☹. Thursday is market day so I decided to buy myself some tasty presents at the farmer’s market. I got there around 10:30am and stayed for a couple of hours. There was SO much to choose from that I really had no idea where to start. It was pretty overwhelming but it was great! I walked through the market for a while to see everything before I bought anything. Probably the most difficult part was buying cheese. I knew [View Full Entry]

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Day 12 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009) Wednesday was laundry day. I know I know nobody wants to hear about laundry but this was something different. So in order to do laundry I had to go to the office and give a 15 euro deposit to get a “key”. The key is this sort of USB-like thing and I had to put money in it. In order to put money in it I had to stick it in the coffee vending machine in the lobby and then stick coins in the machine. Hmmmmm. Then I had to stick the key in the [View Full Entry]

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Day 11 (Tuesday, September 29, 2009) I met with Britt around 10am Tuesday morning. Britt is another American student of Vlatkovic’s but she has lived in Europe for several years now. She had been extremely helpful through emails before I arrived in Salzburg and she had offered to show me around school and help me figure everything out. After I met with her I had to go to the bank to pay tuition. I needed to do this ASAP because then I would have to wait several days for the money to go through before I would be in the system [View Full Entry]

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Day 10 (Monday, September 28, 2009) On Monday I could finally pre-register at the Mozarteum. It seems that for every step, there is a long complicated process followed by a lot of waiting. I was warned about the Mozarteum’s inefficient ways and I guess I’ll just have to get used to it. I didn’t know what I was supposed to do so I waited in the long line at the office to find out. I had to go to a computer in the lobby to fill out a form but everything was in German so I was having a hard time [View Full Entry]

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Day 9 (Sunday, September 27, 2009) My dad had booked the hotel through Saturday night so I stayed until Sunday morning. I slept in just a little bit and went down for breakfast before I had to check out. When I walked in Anna, the waitress, saw me and looked surprised. “What happened? I thought you go back to Texas?” I explained to her that I was staying here for school. I enjoyed my breakfast outside one last time. I checked out at 11am and hopped on a bus to my place. I unpacked my stuff and organized my room but [View Full Entry]

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Day 8 (Saturday, September 26, 2009) Saturday was mom and dad’s last day with me in Salzburg. ☹ There were still some things they wanted to see and we needed to wrap up whatever was left to get done. We started the day by going to Helbrunn Zoo. I love the zoo! It was a beautiful sunny day for it too! We saw zebras, rhinos, tigers, leopards, bears, monkeys, a fox, boars, etc. I’m so used to the Houston Zoo where there are always workers riding around in carts keeping watch over everything. But here we were just on our own. [View Full Entry]

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Day 7 (Friday, September 25, 2009) Today we went to Vienna! It was kind of a last minute decision but I’m glad we went. Several people told us that the trains were nice and that the ride to Vienna had beautiful scenery. Sure enough, the train ride was nice! Much more comfortable than the plane and the view was very nice. This was the first time I had ever ridden on a train. I always wanted to ride in one thanks to Harry Potter. haha. Next time I will have to sit in one of the cabins to get the full [View Full Entry]

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Day 6 (Thursday, September 24, 2009) We decided to do something different for breakfast this morning. We had already eaten at Café Wernbach for lunch and dinner a few times, so why not give breakfast a shot? On our way there we ran into the farmer’s market in front of Mirabell Palace! What a pleasant surprise! We browsed a bit and then headed to breakfast. Of course my mom’s good friend, the nameless waiter, was waiting for us. Haha! The food was delicious as always. We sat outside of course but it was a little noisy. There were all these tractors [View Full Entry]

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Day 5 (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)- when the fun starts! We woke up bright and early to catch breakfast before heading to the Magistrat’s office. The hotel staff was surprised that we wanted to sit outside because it was a little chilly out. We didn’t mind. They were very kind and accommodating and they set our places outside. Since my dad would go down extra early to grab some coffee, they even started to insist that they bring it to our room. We headed to the Magistrat’s office, which wasn’t too far from the hotel. Once again, we needed that darn [View Full Entry]

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