First Week

Forgive me for not being able to post for the past week, the wifi has been very unstable, I'm not entirely sure if it is because of the bad weather that's also been so unstable, or just a server thing. Anyway a lot has happened since I arrived in the hostel with the group. It feels like we've been here for so long even though it's only been a week since we got here. My classes are going well, here's my daily schedule:

8:30-10:00 Conducting

10:00-11:30 Break

11:30-1:00 Opera Workshop

1:00-1:30 Lunch

1:30-3:00 Choral Literature

I'm really happy that my body decides to wake itself up at 7 A.M. in the past week, I've always been the first one of everyone to go to the little cafeteria that they have in the hostel to eat breakfast. I will take a picture of the breakfast scene when I can and I'll show you that I'm literally the first one down there everyday. I sleep at around 9P.M.- 10P.M. everyday, which I think is pretty good, I don't feel sleepy in the afternoon at all and my friends and I go do some bakery-hopping, walking around Getreidegasse which is their old shopping street.

This is a beautiful view of that river, which name I do not know, that we pass by every time we make our way to the Getreidegasse, the street with a bunch of shops.

I have yet to post pictures of the Salzburg Dom that we went to, I have attended the vespers and a whole Sunday mass, all in German, and the dom is magnificent. It's highly baroque and the decorations in the ceiling are just magnificent, I was in complete awe, I was gaping as I was looking up, as if I was looking at heaven.

Dinner Time!! (water is actually more expensive than beer, this particular beer is called Kaiser Sportradler It's their special beer mixed with sprite or some carbonated beverage, it's really good, anything radler is actually good. Now I have to do crunches before I get a beer belly!

by the bridge above the river are these padlocks that is supposed to never be unlocked because once you lock it, you throw the key to the river. So, those who are committed in a relationship and do lock their vows in here, have to fly all the way to Salzburg to get a bolt cutter or something to unlock the key, just in case they break up or something.

I don't think I've mentioned how great lunch is here, well, they serve a big lunch here at our hostel and oh my, it's GRAND. They go all out, apparently Austrians typically eat a heavier lunch than dinner, which for me makes sense because all the action happens in the day, why would I eat so much when all I'm going to do after eating is pretty much sit down and study and sleep.. 'murrica.

People here are very nice, at least so far. Most places charge you if you're using their bathroom, interesting huh. Also, their McDonalds, oh my god, it's amazing. Alright, I know, I get it, I'm in Europe, I should try something not American, well, anything I try in Europe IS European, so I tried a European version of Mcdonalds, and guess what, they have a café in Mcdonalds. McCafé is actually a Café, they also have servers who take away your tray when you're done eating, so you just leave your mess on your table after. I feel really bad, actually, my first time eating in European Mcdonald's, I was looking for the trash bin where you throw your mess, but there wasn't, apparently, there are servers who do that job! Also, they have tiramisu in their Café, and so many things. I will take a picture the next time I go to McDonalds.

I didn't get to mention a lot of things, because it's almost time for class, but I'll post something when I can again!!I will probably type a journal even when I'm offline so that I can just copy paste it when I get the chance.