My blog entries are always so long, so I’m going to try to stick this one to a shorter story length as opposed to the typical novel! This week has been pretty average by Vienna Summer School standards… you know if you can call living in Europe for part of the summer average. I won’t go into a day-to-day synopsis, because that usually entails me describing all of the food I eat. However to that effect I must note that I am a nutella convert—I love the stuff! It’s a hazelnut, chocolate, cream spread that has a similar texture to peanut butter. It’s great. Luckily, it can be found in the states unlike many other foods, which I have grown attached to. Also, don’t fret I am still eating plenty of gelato! This week I had a paper to work on that is due Friday morning, which is in only about 10 hours away as I am typing this at my flat to post in the morning when I have internet. It’s a pretty long paper discussing observations about Viennese space bubbles. I won’t bore you with the details, but it is really interesting. You can ask me for more information if you so desire! :) Monday afternoon we had two speakers come into to talk with our class. One was Canadian, the other American. They both married Austrian men and now reside in Vienna. They are both teachers so I greatly enjoyed hearing about the Austrian public system, fascinating stuff! Today was a definite highlight of my trip; I got to visit the United Nations! We had a guided tour of the building in which I learned a TON. It quickly became apparent that I had absolutely no idea the scale of what the UN is doing as well as what it is trying to do. It’s amazing stuff, really. After our tour our teacher took us out to one of her favorite ice cream places and treated us each to our own sundae. I said I wasn’t going to talk about food in this blog entry but old habits die hard. I had a banana split that I cannot begin to explain. It was simply amazing. Our teacher is a lovely woman, and our class consisting of only 5 other girls beside myself made for a great afternoon. I think that catches you up to speed with this past week, now all that’s left is the coming weekend preview! I am headed to the Austrian Alps to go hiking! Our group will leave early Saturday morning to drive partway up the mountain where we will be let off to hike up to our hotel that consists of only 3 showers for our group of 30, and for the girl students like myself large rooms sleeping between 6-7, as Doc our leader joked it’ll be a pajama party! I’m excited, should be a funny evening! The hike to the hotel-ish location takes between 3-7 hours. I’m guessing I’ll probably clock in around five hours. I’d rather not kill myself running up the mountain when I could be enjoying myself and taking everything in! That’s about it for now, only one last aside to say that next Thursday evening I will be arriving in Chicago to enjoy some much needed time at home, I can hardly wait to see all of you! Another update will come after my hiking adventures but until then blessings and peace!
Love, Tess
P.S. I posted another new post below this one, too. It's about my weekend!
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Tess, I just love reading your blog entries! They're fantastic. I have a feeling that between your apartment and my apartment next year, there will always be a jar full of nutella. I'm a convert as well. :) It's so cool you got to see the UN and your Viennese weekend sounds lovely. Also, I've ALWAYS wanted to meet Dr. Hemenway - I've heard he's amazing so I'm very jealous he's your leader. Have fun hiking and have a safe trip home!! :)
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