der zweiten Tag in Wien (Day 2 in Vienna)

Hello all! Today was day 3 on the Vienna Trip, second day in the city of Vienna! We started our language classes today and I think I may be in the wrong one. It was a bit too easy. We spent one half working on grammar and the other half on conversational skills. I understood every single word my teachers said and got every single answer correct on the worksheets we did. We test every Thursday, though, so hopefully I will be moved soon. Oh yeah, and my class is in the afternoon (2:15-5:30pm). That kind of sucks - most of my roomies have class in the morning (9:00-12:15). That makes going on excursions a bit difficult. I don't want to have to rush around seeing things in the morning and get to class for a few hours. And the next class up is in the morning. Let's hope I get into that one!

My roomies were so nice today! They waited for me to get done with class to go "shopping" at Stephansplatz. We figured out the subway and the train on the first try, despite a mix up yesterday while we were all together as a group. We walked around for a while and went into some shops, but I haven't purchased anything yet. Then we found a cute Pizzeria outside. Brace yourself, B-rock. I ate the best pizza EVER for supper tonight. It was authentic Italian pizza - and it was AMAZING. I know that's hard to believe, but don't get mad until you try it. : )
I haven't had any alcoholic beverages yet - sorry Ernie - but I will, don't worry. I'm waiting until I'm at the top of my game - my stomach is still a little iffy. Neil and I made a pact to share them all because neither of us are big drinkers. He's psyched.

Anywho, our apartment rocks. There's 6 of us staying here; 5 girls and Neil. I asked if he'd be okay living with 5 girls and he said he couldn't wait. Awesome. It's cool, Mutti. He has his own room; Laura, Jenna, and I are in a room; and Alcha and Hilary are in a room. The kitchen is cool too. It's fully loaded. The bathrooms are interesting, though. The toilet is in a completely different room than the shower. And to get to Alcha and Hilary's room, you have to walk through the shower room, haha. We're working it out, though. No worries there. Oh, the one bad thing is that our apartment is on the 4th floor. That's over 80 stairs to get here. And we walk EVERYWHERE. I love all the walking, though. We won't gain any weight with all the food we're eating! And there is food everywhere. After supper tonight, we had Gelato - the best ice cream in the world. I'm told we're going to eat it every night, but I'm not sure I can handle that. Neil and Jenna are very excited, though.

Some of the excursions we're planning are a trip to Germany this weekend, if our ActiLingua excursion is cancelled, and a trip to Greece the weekend of the 25th to see my first NMU roommate, Kristin. I'm so excited! I hope it all works out!

Well, I'm using Neil's computer, so I should share now. I love you and miss you all! Bis naechsten Mal! (Until next time!)