First week of school = vorbei

So. First week of school is done, but I'll start on Tuesday, because that was my first day :)

Tuesday: My host sister, Agnes, very kindly walked me to school, although it's like a 12 minute walk. I was a couple minutes late because I had to go to my head teacher first thing, so when I entered the classroom everyone was already there, and of course he had to introduce me to the whole class. Scary!! The funny thing is, everybody warned me that the Austrian students might come off as cold because they wouldn't approach me or talk to me at all. It was exactly the opposite! EVERYONE came over and asked me how I was, how I liked Vienna, have I seen Grey's Anatomy, what's the weather like in Seattle, etc. Everyone is super helpful.

Wednesday: school was good, fun, awesome. Do I understand anything anybody says? No. Does it matter? No! Everyone's just nice. And willing to repeat everything at least four times, so. Es geht. And after school I got to meet Oma, and I tell you this lady is awesome!! She can bake delicious cookies, ride the subway, and text!! We took a tour bus around the city and she cooked me yummy Austrian lunch.

Thursday: not a bad day, but it was kind of flustered from my end. not bad though. I hung out with Oma again, and we played a memory game. Plus, some people invited me to lunch! Probably out of sympathy, but yay!! I couldn't go though, because of my AFS Germany class. 'Twas quite a fun class though.

Friday: everybody got their books yesterday, except me because they order the books, and there weren't any extra. I guess I just share with people until they figure out what to do with me, which isn't bad at all. I also had a rather intelligent conversation about different types of Oreos with a classmate. My Deutsch is progressing. Plus I finally went running today!! It was only for like 25 minutes, but it felt kind of good.

So differences between Autria and the U.S.
Austrian culture so far=food. Like all I've done since I got here other than go to school is eat. And it's good food! Eat braekfast, go to school, come back and eat lunch, do something productive, have coffee and something sugary and delicious, chill for a bit, eat dinner, watch TV and eat more food. :D

Something else I noticed: at first everyone seems unhappy when you walk by them on the street because when you smile at them they just avoid eye contact, but I guess it's just not what they do.

Plus did you know you could double lock a door? Maybe I already mentioned that, but weirrrrd!!! In a good way though. Weird in a good way.

This doesn't really count as a cultural difference, but, I love it here!!!! So much!!!!!!! Happy!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!! Austria!!!!!!!!