Blogs from Austria, Europe - page 260

Last Thursday was a big day for Americans, and many turkeys, too. Even though Thanksgiving isn't nationally celebrated in Austria, the Central College group sure did. I believe all total we had somewhere around 30 people. The turkey was provided by the directors, but everything else was supplied and cooked by the students. It was a true test of our culinary skills. :-) We had so much food and it was all delicious! The traditional dishes were present (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes & gravy, pies), but we also had a few non-stereotypical dishes (manicotti, Korean stir-fry). Everything tasted absolutely wonderful, and thank goodness for leftovers! Leftovers are heavenly for a student on a budget. :-) The Central College classroom was transformed into a dining setting, lit by candlelight once the meal started. Yours truly baked two ... read more

Sorry it has been awhile since my last real post. I say "real" because I realized that the last one was unnecessary, and I deleted it. Especially since it attracted a comment from a stranger who wanted to get in an Internet fight. Which isn't what this journal's about. This past week has been SUPER busy. I will leave out all the boring details concerning academics and registering for classes at Augsburg next semester, and just talk about the fun stuff. Brief summary of last weekend: Friday - went to an Italian restaurant w/ friends and then to my friend Eric's house for the evening Saturday - made pumpkin pie (using a PUMPKIN! Not canned stuff) with Dan and Hillary, at Dan's apartment. It was SO good. Then, went to the Christmas tree lighting in front ... read more

Ive worked two nights here in Weiner Neudstadt and its good. The complete opposite of the pub in London. Here are some of the differences: We get to keep our tips We can drink anything (including alcohol - something that was strictly forbidden in London) When the customers buy us drinks we are expected to drink them (so by the end of the night you can be very tipsy, if not drunk) We dont mop the floor 3 times - in fact we dont mop at all Closing takes 15 minutes, not 1hour The barmen get to decided when we close - so it can be anywhere between 2am and 6am You can smoke behind the bar You can talk to the customers - in fact, you have to. But despite all the plus's I dont ... read more

For the first time "HI!" ...to all our known and unknown readers! Vienna, that is where we live for almost 10 years. Where we will also stay for the next 3 weeks before we leave for our 5months trip around the world. We did a lot of preparation for the journey, lots of planning, shopping (I think we got more safety-things than we will take clothes with us). We are increasingly becoming nervous about the journey which will lead us to 4 continents (5 if we include our starting point vienna and the short stay at Zurich airport) For starting you will find some photos of vienna and of my hometown Waidhofen, where we saw cows and Feuer-Salamander. Well thats all for today. 2 more weeks of working, one week of additional preparation, and than we ... read more

mit Bindi und Sari von mir!! Ja, ich habs wirklich getan... bin in Chennai in ein Geschäft gehirscht und hab mit über 5m Vorhangstoff mitgenommen, den man - wenn man den Trick mal heraußen hat - kunstvoll um die Hüften wickeln kann und man dann als Sari bezeichnet! ;-) Bussi an Euch alle, dass Ihr so brav mitgelesen und mitgereist seid. Auf ein Wiedersehen freut sich, Klautschi ... read more