Alejandro Visits Vienna,  Arolzmünster, Tauplitz & Linz

December 2,  2004

Hallo, today I have been in Austria for 2 months and 3 days, and I have only been bored for one day, and that was because my cellphone and my money was stolen...  I got them back later due to an excelent strategy my Host Father used, he threatened the students by saying he had the fingerprints in my wallet (my money was stolen but not my wallet)... the thief got scared and gave it back... es war kein problem... Mein Deutsche is viel besser jetzt, ich kann fast alle verstechen wann ist es in hopfdeutsche und es ist nicht so schnell... it is only a problem when people speak to each other really fast, but that part is also getting better.  The rotary program here in Austria is excelent!!! we have a meeting almost every month, and they are the best... All the other exchange students have becomed my best friends, and we try to see each other as often as possible... the train makes everything possible in austria, its the best...  Rotary has taken us to Vienna, Arolzmünster, und Tauplitz, but I was only able to go to Vienna because I was so late... Vienna was incredible, we went in tours around the city during the day, a theater, and a bus tour, we were there for four days.  And during the night we all went out toguether to a Bar or a Disco, we are 54 exchange students in Austria, and we went into a place and it was ours!! that was incredible...  I was also in Linz because one of the exchange students made a party, and about 22 of us went to it, there we also had a great time... Last weekend I was back in Linz this time 10 of us went, and went out in Linz, also great...
Since I have been here every weekend ive had something to do... its been great.  As for my austrian friends I get along very well with my class, and i have gone out with them a couple of times, I have discovered this culture is based on Beer!! its incredible that a beer in the supermarket is 35 cents of a Euro, and a coke is 1 euro... almost every town that is larger than 5000 people makes their own beer... its crazy!! 
In two weeks ill be going to Salzburg with rotary, again we are all meeting thats going to be great!! then we go to germany, and then they take us to ski for a week, cant wait for that!!!
Im just starting and its already great so I cant wait for the rest, specially when i can understand everything, even the crazy dialect they speak here...
I ran out of time, must go to english where they make me read almost everything... my english in america is crap, but here aparently they think its sehr gut... So i speak with my spanish accent and they believe its good, jajaja thats ok with me...
well gtg, sorry I took so long to write again, but its hard for me to use the internet... I live in the country and there are no internet cafe's and home i can only use it for a couple of minutes because it is so expensive... only here at school when i have some free time...
COME TO AUSTRIA, ITS THE BEST!!!
 
Alejandro