Nearly done...
Well, there it is. Two weeks of work left, and I'm out of here a week afterwards. Odd feeling, that is. I think I'm going to miss it here. I mean, I have reservations about any country which still believes that The Bold and The Beautiful is perfectly acceptable television, but there's a bunch of stuff I've gotten really used to. Work, for example. I really enjoy working here - it's interesting, fun and educational (and they pay me too :)), and I'll genuinely miss various teachers/students that I've gotten to know.
That said, there's always a few things I could do without. The excessively changable weather, for example. I mean, it's fairly stable and nice at the moment (though it bucketed it down earlier today, for an hour, then became sunny again), but at least at home I *know* that it's probabaly going to rain, and am seldom surprised when out walking round in a t-shirt, shorts and sandals....
Basically though, I've had a *fantastic* time here, and it's gone by scarily quickly. I'd warmly recommend the experience to anybody who'd care to listen. It's great fun, and is the best way to improve language skills too. Living in and absorbing other cultures isn't something that one might get to do often, so I'm really happy I've lived here doing precisely that.
Still, home is home, and therefore should be fun. I've got a bunch of stuff to do over the summer (due to a probable lack of regular summer employment for the first time in years, I'll have loads of time!), so it's not as if I'm going to be sitting bored out of my mind either.
Anyhow, no update in a week or so, largely because I keep forgetting. I've been having fun - I've got precious little work-work to do at the moment (Uni-work is another matter though!), thanks to school trips, exams, teachers being ill or just about anything else that you can think of. Went out for dinner with the girls and a bunch of their Uni friends in Vienna on Sunday, which was really nice. All you can eat Chinese/Japanese buffet for €14....it was well nice. That said, I still have reservations regarding raw fish.
I've got one of my dear older brother visiting me this weekend, which should be fun. I've been making plans, including a visit to Schönbrunn in Vienna, and Melk (about halfway between here and Linz, and home of an inordinately large monestary overlooking the Danube), so that should be fun. Plus, we get to go to Die Bar, to be amused by Pauli (the bartender, who's a total legend, and has the funniest accent I think I've ever heard)...
That said, there's always a few things I could do without. The excessively changable weather, for example. I mean, it's fairly stable and nice at the moment (though it bucketed it down earlier today, for an hour, then became sunny again), but at least at home I *know* that it's probabaly going to rain, and am seldom surprised when out walking round in a t-shirt, shorts and sandals....
Basically though, I've had a *fantastic* time here, and it's gone by scarily quickly. I'd warmly recommend the experience to anybody who'd care to listen. It's great fun, and is the best way to improve language skills too. Living in and absorbing other cultures isn't something that one might get to do often, so I'm really happy I've lived here doing precisely that.
Still, home is home, and therefore should be fun. I've got a bunch of stuff to do over the summer (due to a probable lack of regular summer employment for the first time in years, I'll have loads of time!), so it's not as if I'm going to be sitting bored out of my mind either.
Anyhow, no update in a week or so, largely because I keep forgetting. I've been having fun - I've got precious little work-work to do at the moment (Uni-work is another matter though!), thanks to school trips, exams, teachers being ill or just about anything else that you can think of. Went out for dinner with the girls and a bunch of their Uni friends in Vienna on Sunday, which was really nice. All you can eat Chinese/Japanese buffet for €14....it was well nice. That said, I still have reservations regarding raw fish.
I've got one of my dear older brother visiting me this weekend, which should be fun. I've been making plans, including a visit to Schönbrunn in Vienna, and Melk (about halfway between here and Linz, and home of an inordinately large monestary overlooking the Danube), so that should be fun. Plus, we get to go to Die Bar, to be amused by Pauli (the bartender, who's a total legend, and has the funniest accent I think I've ever heard)...
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