I'm sorry everyone that I am taking a week to get a new blog. I have been really busy. Soon I will have a lot more time. This week right now is really rough. Tomorrow I have a big test that I still need to study for. It a listening quiz but it will be easy. I just have to write down the titles and composers when I hear a song. A lot has actually happened since last week. Life is really just great right now. I love been this busy but I wish I would have more time so I could explore more of Vienna. When my mom comes next Friday we will be going to a lot of places that I haven't even seen of Vienna, but also some places that I love. Last week kept on dragging along and I couldn't have handled it much longer. During German class on Friday it got to the last straw. My mind was no longer translating and was refusing to listen to anymore German. It shut down. Meine Leherin asked me a question and I gave her this dumb look on my face like I was gone and I had left my body. I was having trouble in the class earlier that day. I kept asking a lot of simple questions that I wasn't understanding. When she saw my dumb look she said " Haben Sie letzte Nacht zu viel getrunken" Everyone then starts to laugh. I had no clue was she was saying so I put my head in my hands and make a ughhh noise. Like I can't handle anymore of this. She responds with oh ya ya ya. It turned out she asked if I had to much to drink the night before. I respond with my hands in my head and she then thinks "Yep he is hungover/probably still drunk." I had nothing to drink the night before and I went to bed at 9 the night before haha. I got 10 hours of sleep. I went to another Opera on Saturday and it was really weird. It was called Moses und Aron. I wasn't a fan. My voice lessons are going great. I really love my voice teacher. She is so caring and I have learned so much. I feel completely refreshed and new. I had a voice lesson on Saturday and on my way to her house I went to an Easter Market on the way. I was told that it was a great market! I WAS LIED TO! It was the worst thing I have ever been to. It was so boring. I went with a friend and it takes us 2 minutes to walk past the 15 stands. They were selling hollowed out decorated egg shells, toys, and deserts. It turns out that they have this Market for the 40 days before Easter. I bought something called a langos. It looked like an elephant ear. Boy was I wrong. It was something that was fried and then they put garlic sauce on it. HORRIBLE! Yuck Yuck Yuck. At least I tried new things. I also got a haircut that day. I went to a place recommended by a friend. The guy I wanted to cut my hair was not there so another guy cut it and he was pretty good. I really like it. The hair stylist was a character of his own. So this week is hectic because I have a concert on Friday and then a Midterm on Saturday and then two midterms on Monday. The best part about the upcoming week is that I will be going to London from Tuesday Morning til Thursday night. I have already booked everything. I will be going alone and I'm so excited. I need something english. I plan on going to Buckingham Palace, seeing changing of the guards, Big Ben, and also a musical or two. I know I will be seeing Sister Act the musical and then I don't know what to see after that. I'm so excited. Then i come back late at night on Thursday and mein Mutter comes the next day. She will be here for 10 days. We are going to have so much fun. I can't wait to finally show someone my new home.
I also meet my language buddy last night. Her name is Vera. I walk up to her and I was going to shake her hand but we did the european thing where you kiss on the side of the cheeks. I was so not ready for that. She really is great though. She is the same age as me, and we related to a lot of things. We meet at this famous cafe called Cafe Hewelka. A lot of famous people have been there and they are known for there strong coffee. Vera is so nice. She was shy at first but then we ended up talking for 2 hours. We talked in english most of the time. I got really excited that I finally met her so I couldn't think of anything to say in German. She goes to school for photography, und psychology. I kept on asking her questions about her life and what Vienna is like for her. I tried to make her laugh a lot because she wasn't talking and then finally after she started to understand me more she became more relaxed. We then talked about America and how boring and dull it is. haha. Time flew by and before we knew it it was 11 p.m. We then said our goodbyes and we are going to do something this weekend. We were talking about going to a few museums or going to go see a show. I'm just really excited to finally get to meet an Austrian and have a conversation with one of them. She is going to introduce me to a lot of her friends.
Well anyway I need to go study.
Love,
Ben
P.S. There is only a 5 hour time difference now but only til March 27 and that is when i leap forward an hour.
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