Vienna

I'll have to make this quick - I'm working off 27% battery power... The rest of my flight to Vienna was pretty uneventful and I was finally able to sleep for a bit! My buddy, Thomas, and one of his friends picked me up at the airport. They seem pretty nice and the trip to my apartment was filled with tips about Vienna. What I learned from this leg of the trip – do not try and take 6 months worth of luggage on public transit. Carrying my bags up and down the underground system is not what I would classify as fun! But, we finally made it to my stop safe and sound and with all my belongings still in tow. Thomas helped me to my room and then made an honest effort to teach me the underground system… poor guy… Then I we went our separate ways (for now) and I headed to Billa – a grocery store that’s just around the corner from my building. This is where the culture shock began, I think. Walking around that store I quickly began to realize that English isn’t really going to get me by here! I think I bought milk, but honestly I have no idea… I do know however that I bought 1L of something with a cow on the front. Thank god for the produce section – I can recognize clementines anywhere (and coincidentally they’re also called clementines in German too!). Then I went to a little take away joint and had fun with the language barrier once again. But after some pointing and other such gestures I was back to my apartment – schnitzel in hand! Then as I settled down to eat some dinner I decided to turn on the TV… So, yeah, I get the BBC and that’s it for English stations. But it was pretty fun watching the Gilmore Girls in German (even if I couldn’t understand!). Uh-oh, I’m really getting down on battery life – I need to wrap this up for now. I’ll add adaptor to my list of things to do today, and then hopefully I can write some more tonight! I hope everyone is doing well – I miss you all already!