Back to Salzburg!

Hello all! It feels great to be back in Salzburg, especially because we only have 3 weeks left! The first week back we had great weather, and me and my friends laid out by the river every day after classes to get some sun! I also started riding my bike to school which is great! It's actually quicker than the bus because there is a short cut we can use, and it's great exercise everyday! It takes about 10-15 minutes to get to school depending on how fast I ride. And now that I have the bike my friends who also have them go for rides along the river or through the town in between classes. It's an old, creaky bike but it does the job! It's currently raining today though, so I will not ride my bike to school.

This weekend Kristen, Elizabeth and I hiked up a small mountain (more like a hill) to this monastery and old house that had an amazing view of the city from a different angle we see it from at school. The weather wasn't that nice which is why we didn't do much outside last weekend but we have big plans for this weekend! There is a mountain close by that is supposed to be a great (and somewhat difficult) hike, so hopefully we can do that this weekend. And there is also the Fortress that Salzburg is famous for that we see every single day but have not been to yet! But we have been saving it for a nice day, so again, hopefully this weekend! We were surprised at how warm it had been the past week, and wondering when the rain was ever going to come (Salzburg is known to be very very rainy) and I woke up this morning and here it is!

Yesterday the school took us on a fieldtrip to this place a little outside of town that took apart old buildings and farm houses and churches and stuff from all over Austria and re constructed them in one huge area. Some date back to the 1600's and they are all situated together in their different regions. Like the houses from Salzburg would all be together, the ones from Upper Austria would all be together, etc... So you can get a feel for the differences in the buildings from different regions. It was pretty much like Sturbridge Village, except there weren’t people dressed up doing things like they used to when these buildings were built. We had a really cool tour guide though and we learned a lot and got to go into all the buildings. This week seems to be going by so slow which is somewhat a good thing because our time is winding down but somewhat a bad thing because we are all anxious to go home! Sorry it's been a boring week! The next week will probably be even more boring since I have about 20 pages of papers to write in the next coming weeks so I'll be very busy with that! Hope all is well at home, miss you guys... and the countdown begins... 22 days!