I am writing this from a beautiful cafe
on the Drau River (one of the few places I've found with Wifi). Aka... I'M IN AUSTRIA!!
Time for catch ups?
I left Sarasota on September 4th
after selling my car. This gave me a week to just relaaaax and spend
time with family and do some last minute preparations. It was really
great to be able to visit my sister, currently attending school in
Tallahassee—especially since I rarely get to spend time with her.
My parents took me to the Tampa airport
the morning on September 11th. I am very glad I got to
spend some time and say my good byes before heading off through
security
Though I arrived on time (in fact
earlier than originally scheduled), the flight was a mini-adventure
in itself.
I was supposed to fly from Tampa to
Chicago to Madrid to Vienna, arriving at 11ish.
About 5 minutes after boarding was
supposed to begin, there was a mechanical problem with the plane and
they had to change my flight to Tampa-Miami-Duesseldorf-Vienna,
arriving at 10:20.
And that plan worked to get me there.
My luggage was not so lucky. It arrived today, Saturday. About 48 hours later. Luckily squishing everything in my backpack was a good
idea: when I woke up, I had a brand new outfit to wear plus plenty of
extra socks and underwear.
After landing in Vienna, I took a bus
to a Vienna train station, and then it was a 4 hour trip to Villach.
Once in town, the skies greeted me with a double rainbow, which was
pretty awesome.
(The double rainbow showed up right
after I took this pic, unfortunately)
There my Betreuungsleherin (teacher I'm working under) picked me up from the train station, took me to
get a few very basic groceries, helped me get to my apartment, and
took me out for a small bite to eat. And then I slept for 10.5 hours.
Stay tuned for more posts about
ACTUALLY being in Villach! It's been great so far.
As a quick spoiler, I present to you the
view of the city from my bedroom window:
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