Blogs from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, Europe - page 11

After a month in London, with no jobs on the horizon, we took the opportunity for a quick jaunt to Austria to experience the Alps for the first time. Of course, when you are living off savings, corners tend to be cut and we found ourselves at the coach station, waiting for a bus to Stansted at an ungodly hour of a Saturday morning. Munich was scorching hot, despite it being early, so we found a packed beer garden and settled in to wait for the others to join us. I wished I had brought a dictionary though. Ordering off the menu, the beer was straightforward. When it came to mains, we needed some assistance from the waitress. I happily tucked into what I thought was a delicious veal goulash. I was later informed that it ... read more

So today me and Laki got out of classes and decided to just walk around Innsbruck for awhile. We hoped on the bus and decided we actually had no idea all the places it stopped so we rode it around for awhile. After about twenty minutes we arrived at the Hofgarten where we were the other night and decided that a walk around in the daylight might do us good so we did. IT was so beautiful. I mean it was better than any park I had ever been in, in America. After we did that we walked out a random exit to the park and saw a cathedral's steeple and decided let’s go. It turned out to be across the river so we walked across a little bridge and saw the amazingly powerful Inn ... read more

OK so sorry for the delay I had a little trouble with the internet. The Austrian whether though is something else that has been giving me a little trouble over the past few days. IT is apparently exactly like the weather in Maine during the summer according the Christine. The problem is though that it is cold in the morning hot in the afternoon and cold at night with rain thrown in at random so it keeps you on your toes. On Monday Laki and I decided that we need to go to the grocery store to stock up, travel soaps only last so long. So Laki and I get to the grocery store, MPEIS, on a beautiful Austrian day. After about thirty minutes of us trying to decipher what is condition, what is shampoo, ... read more

So I’m in Europe now. It still hasn’t sunk in to me though it is really a crazy thought to think that I am halfway around the world from where I was a day ago. So let’s recap. The excursion here was really not bad at all. On the first leg of the trip there was a slight amount of turbulence that caused my friend Racheal to keep grabbing onto my arm. I though that it was funny that the first plane trip she has taken was goingt o be a huge intercontinental trip. The flight though did allow me some time to get some really beautiful pictures. The only probeln with the flight was that I couldnt reallt get a good nights sleep I kept waking up even though I had the good fortune ... read more

So sorrz for the long delay... before I start with this, I want to preface it with an explanation: Im in Austria, and the kezboard is screwed up, most notablz that the y and z kezs are in opposite places, so instead of bothering to fix it, Im just going to tzpe the waz i know and figure it out. Internet is costing me out the butt right now, so Ill trz to give a quick rundown of the last 10 dazs or so. So first a few final thoughts on India. It was bz far the coolest place that I have ever been, and I think it will be tough for me to top at anz time, not onlz because of what a great place it is, but also because it was mz first experience ... read more