I'm going to move my blog soon. . . I'll of course post the new link here.
Aaaand, I have a lot to write about Budapest, but that will have to happen tomorrow. It was a really great weekend! A little traveling, just what I needed. :)
I am making progress on staying in Europe for the summer. Sent out a few emails to hostels, asking for work. Hopefully I'll hear something positive!
Planning an awesome Eastern European tour for Easter Break! CAN'T WAIT!
Just felt like giving a little update, more to come through the week! I have a lot of post ideas from my travels this weekend.
Cheers,
Alaina
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel.
So the stars have aligned and I have been granted a glorious 5-day weekend! Sometimes, I seriously wish that I had applied to stay in Bad Aussee next year because I NEVER WORK. It's amazing. But, oh well. I know I'll have more fun in Graz anyway.
As I said: 5-day weekend. Today, I'm going shopping in Liezen with Frankie (the closest shopping center, 50 minutes away). They have an H&M there! And I need to get some stuff.
Then.... tomorrow..... I am leaving at 8:10 am for BUDAPEST! I haven't been anywhere outside of Austria/Germany in a long time, so I'm excited! Plus, everyone keeps telling me that Budapest is amazingly awesome, so this is perfect! I got some recommendations from people who had been there before (Andrew, Jordan), so I'm staying at an awesome hostel (The Loft Hostel) and know some great places to eat and stuff to do. And, I'm traveling alone, which is something I like to do but haven't done lately. I'm arriving back around 8 pm on Sunday. SO EXCITED!
So, hopefully my wanderlust will be satisfied, at least for now.
Will post exciting details of weekend upon return!
Cheers,
Alaina
As I said: 5-day weekend. Today, I'm going shopping in Liezen with Frankie (the closest shopping center, 50 minutes away). They have an H&M there! And I need to get some stuff.
Then.... tomorrow..... I am leaving at 8:10 am for BUDAPEST! I haven't been anywhere outside of Austria/Germany in a long time, so I'm excited! Plus, everyone keeps telling me that Budapest is amazingly awesome, so this is perfect! I got some recommendations from people who had been there before (Andrew, Jordan), so I'm staying at an awesome hostel (The Loft Hostel) and know some great places to eat and stuff to do. And, I'm traveling alone, which is something I like to do but haven't done lately. I'm arriving back around 8 pm on Sunday. SO EXCITED!
So, hopefully my wanderlust will be satisfied, at least for now.
Will post exciting details of weekend upon return!
Cheers,
Alaina
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Dance Magic, Dance.
I feel like something big is going to happen soon.
Some big decision is going to have to be made.
I'm going to have to jump, feet first, into my "life."
I feel like my life is about to make a radical 180.
It's both an exciting and unsettling feeling. But... mostly exciting.
Hmm, we'll see what happens. :)
Still a month or so until I hear back from Fulbright about my extension. Don't really have a plan if that doesn't pull through, but, I'm not really worried about it. Spending some time at home, figuring stuff out, won't be so bad. That being said, I really do want to spend another year here in Austria. And, THAT being said, I love this country, but I feel like I need to go somewhere else and try a new country/city. My wanderlust/itchy feet is flaring up again.
ps, Happy 50th Birthday, Dad!!!!! :) wish I could be there!!!!!
Some big decision is going to have to be made.
I'm going to have to jump, feet first, into my "life."
I feel like my life is about to make a radical 180.
It's both an exciting and unsettling feeling. But... mostly exciting.
Hmm, we'll see what happens. :)
Still a month or so until I hear back from Fulbright about my extension. Don't really have a plan if that doesn't pull through, but, I'm not really worried about it. Spending some time at home, figuring stuff out, won't be so bad. That being said, I really do want to spend another year here in Austria. And, THAT being said, I love this country, but I feel like I need to go somewhere else and try a new country/city. My wanderlust/itchy feet is flaring up again.
ps, Happy 50th Birthday, Dad!!!!! :) wish I could be there!!!!!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
No one told you when to run
Hello, world! It's been ages - nearly 1.5 months - since I updated. I apologize.
Anyway, a lot has been happening around here. Had my awesome Post New Year's New Year's Party - smashing success (weekend of 15th); beer festival, Avatar and all-nighters weekend in Graz (the weekend of the 23rd); the Nacht Slalom (night races) in Schladming - crazy Austrian style partying (Tuesday the 26th); a weekend visit from a friend - always a blast (weekend of 30th); and my epic 22nd birthday weekend in Wien the weekend before my birthday. Needless to say, Jänner was full of partying. And my liver and body can testify to that!
But, this past week was my Semesterferien (semester break). It was much needed... (ha, who am I kidding? I barely work more than 9 hours per week). The exciting part was, however, that my Dad and Grandma O'B came to visit! After spending the Valentine's Day weekend with Frankie in Schladming, I took off for München, to meet my relatives. We spent Monday and Faschingdienstag in the city and had a great time. Although the Fasching (Germany/Austria's equivalent to Mardi Gras) wasn't TOO bumpin' in München, the Hofbräuhaus was crazy on Tuesday and Dad loved it! From there, we took the night train to Vienna, and spent 1 day (Wednesday) there. I took Dad to the Aussie bar :). We woke up and traveled to Salzburg (Thursday), where we walked around for the day and ate at die Weisse, which has delicious Hungarian goulash. After that, we trained it back to Bad Aussee for the night and I got to sleep in my own bed!
But not for long.... Friday morning, we awoke and headed to Tauplitz for a day of skiing. It's the first time I've been in Austria, so I was really nervous at first. But, as my dad says, "it's like riding a bike." Sooo, I just went for it, feet first. And, of course, my daddy was right! It came back really fast and I was just as good as I was 5 years ago (which is not very good at all). And I only fell twice!! Definitely one of the coolest things about skiing in Austria is their concept of drinking during skiing. There are bars that dot the mountain, and we stopped at one halfway down to refuel with a beer (and Kaiserschmarren). Could anything be more perfect?! The weather was great, the sun was sort of shining and it wasn't even too cold! Such a fun day. Dad and I ended it by playing gin (a new and awesome card game I've learned) in the bar with some beers.
The next day (Saturday), we went back to Bad Aussee and I brought Dad around town. It was pretty fun showing off my place - I felt very proud :). We hung around and relaxed all day, watched some How I Met Your Mother and Olympics (saw Vonn get pushed down to bronze.... BUT BY AN AUSTRIAN! yeeeah!) and then went to bed early.
Dad and Grandma left this morning at 11:43, and I'm sad. It's nice to be alone again, but I already miss having people around. Oh well. Soon enough it'll be the weekend and I'll be able to do something fun again!
Anyway, our Easter Break plans fell through. We were going to go to Spain as a big group, but the interest really waned, and it was a bit of money anyway. Now we might go to Russia? I don't know, I haven't looked into the visa situation, but apparently, it only takes 3 days? Hmm, we'll see.
But, on the topic of traveling, I am getting some itchy feet. I'm just now considering I might take off for the weekend by myself to go somewhere new and exciting. Who knows where, but that's part of the excitement, I guess!
Not too much else going on here, just living my über-exciting life :P. Much love to all and miss you all!
Cheers,
Alaina
Anyway, a lot has been happening around here. Had my awesome Post New Year's New Year's Party - smashing success (weekend of 15th); beer festival, Avatar and all-nighters weekend in Graz (the weekend of the 23rd); the Nacht Slalom (night races) in Schladming - crazy Austrian style partying (Tuesday the 26th); a weekend visit from a friend - always a blast (weekend of 30th); and my epic 22nd birthday weekend in Wien the weekend before my birthday. Needless to say, Jänner was full of partying. And my liver and body can testify to that!
But, this past week was my Semesterferien (semester break). It was much needed... (ha, who am I kidding? I barely work more than 9 hours per week). The exciting part was, however, that my Dad and Grandma O'B came to visit! After spending the Valentine's Day weekend with Frankie in Schladming, I took off for München, to meet my relatives. We spent Monday and Faschingdienstag in the city and had a great time. Although the Fasching (Germany/Austria's equivalent to Mardi Gras) wasn't TOO bumpin' in München, the Hofbräuhaus was crazy on Tuesday and Dad loved it! From there, we took the night train to Vienna, and spent 1 day (Wednesday) there. I took Dad to the Aussie bar :). We woke up and traveled to Salzburg (Thursday), where we walked around for the day and ate at die Weisse, which has delicious Hungarian goulash. After that, we trained it back to Bad Aussee for the night and I got to sleep in my own bed!
But not for long.... Friday morning, we awoke and headed to Tauplitz for a day of skiing. It's the first time I've been in Austria, so I was really nervous at first. But, as my dad says, "it's like riding a bike." Sooo, I just went for it, feet first. And, of course, my daddy was right! It came back really fast and I was just as good as I was 5 years ago (which is not very good at all). And I only fell twice!! Definitely one of the coolest things about skiing in Austria is their concept of drinking during skiing. There are bars that dot the mountain, and we stopped at one halfway down to refuel with a beer (and Kaiserschmarren). Could anything be more perfect?! The weather was great, the sun was sort of shining and it wasn't even too cold! Such a fun day. Dad and I ended it by playing gin (a new and awesome card game I've learned) in the bar with some beers.
The next day (Saturday), we went back to Bad Aussee and I brought Dad around town. It was pretty fun showing off my place - I felt very proud :). We hung around and relaxed all day, watched some How I Met Your Mother and Olympics (saw Vonn get pushed down to bronze.... BUT BY AN AUSTRIAN! yeeeah!) and then went to bed early.
Dad and Grandma left this morning at 11:43, and I'm sad. It's nice to be alone again, but I already miss having people around. Oh well. Soon enough it'll be the weekend and I'll be able to do something fun again!
Anyway, our Easter Break plans fell through. We were going to go to Spain as a big group, but the interest really waned, and it was a bit of money anyway. Now we might go to Russia? I don't know, I haven't looked into the visa situation, but apparently, it only takes 3 days? Hmm, we'll see.
But, on the topic of traveling, I am getting some itchy feet. I'm just now considering I might take off for the weekend by myself to go somewhere new and exciting. Who knows where, but that's part of the excitement, I guess!
Not too much else going on here, just living my über-exciting life :P. Much love to all and miss you all!
Cheers,
Alaina
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