As always, since my last post, a thousand and one things have happened. This past Friday (p.s. I don't have any classes on Friday...WIN!) the girls and I chilled at the school and then went back to Europark (Europark is cool enough to justify a second trip so soon) and then went back again to school and then parted each our separate ways. I went back to the house and enjoyed an afternoon of sunshine, getting tan (take note...tan, not burnt...that equals another win), and playing with the kids. It was such an enjoyable Nachmittag (after midday) and Abend (evening). On Saturday, 6 other girls and I met at the school and then explored the market. Hello food. Lots of it. And all of it good food too. I bought a pretzel the size of my head (please refrain from "big head" comments) and then a carton of fresh strawberries to share. The other girls purchased their food and then off we were to adventure through the Zoo. (I had a very entertaining conversation about how "Zoo" is pronounced in German, not like "zoo", rather, "Tsoh").
The Zoo was delightful I have to say. It was filled with animals we recognized only by pictures, because naturally, all the names were in German. Zum Beispiel, ein Löwe ist ein "Lion" auf Deutsch (For example, Löwe means "Lion" in German). We got to pet some sheep and got reeeally close to some llamas (cuz' who doesn't love llamas?). There were also some monkeys we happily imagined to be saying things like, "Hey, hey you, you lady with the camera! Here, here take a picture! This is my good side!!" Or "Look at me! I am Jean Pierre, Master tight rope walker, A haa haa!" (somehow that one became French). Overall, it was a wonderful time with new friends and slightly stinky animals.
The same group of girls and I had intended to go hiking on Sunday (because as I've mentioned before, everyone hikes here on a regular basis, and I'm only slightly exaggerating). First on the list, however, was a church service. We went to Mass in the Dom (pictured here) which is one of the biggest, fanciest cathedrals in Salzburg. The problem was, it started at 10, and at 11 was a service in English that three of us desperately wanted to go to.....so we did the unimaginable...(please don't judge me) we walked out of mass. Heh.....oops. Anyway, we ended up getting over to the church right at 11 only to find out that the English service was held in a different building...way across town. Heh.....double oops. We decided to get a little bite to eat instead and watch an online service on Monday at school. I then headed back to the house for some good ol' grillen. (It is a very good thing that I decided to not be vegetarian or even half vegetarian while here.) We had so much food and it was all delicious. (Good thing we hike so much). I finished up my homework and called it good for the day, read some Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility (which we talked about being so difficult to read, let alone if you don't know English very well), then tucked myself into bed for the night.
To prevent this post from being too much longer, I will sum up with saying that everything is still going wonderfully here. I am loving my classes, the people, the city, the language, the food (ooohh the food), and the opportunities God is putting before me. He never fails to provide our needs, sometimes before we even ask of them, and I have met some truly beautiful people here who have quickly become friends on this walk with God. One last thing to leave you with; one of my favorite things to do is go jogging. Not just because I enjoy jogging, because that definitely isn't always the case, but because when I am jogging (or walking) it allows for some quiet time with God. I get to jog, and for me, it feels like I am headed somewhere, that I have a purpose. On my jog this morning (at 6 a.m.), during one of the walking breaks, I stopped, looked around, and really thought about the fact that I was in another country, so far from home, yet still so close to God. It was a beautiful Lauf durch Salzburg (run through Salzburg).
~Me
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