So I made it! After all these months of planning and talking about it, and despite the many ifs, but's and maybe's that I was faced with in the last couple of months before I left, I finally landed in Vienna airport at 3.10pm on Friday 19th September 2014, and my Year abroad adventure had begun! Having had the luxury of Dad coming to Gatwick airport with me that morning and directing me around the London underground and train system, my first challenge was navigating my own way from Vienna airport into the city (about 30 mins away). However thanks to some very useful instructions from a past assistant and the ease and reliability of the public transport in Austria, this was surprisingly easy and I met Claudia, my american friend who is also working as
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