Three Months?

Wow, it has been about three months since I returned to the USA. That is just one month less than my total time in Europe. These past three months have been pretty busy, yet I still cannot grasp that I am back. What I am trying to say is that Vienna became the place of my dreams. I felt at home there and now I feel as though I am missing something. One day I will return to Vienna, but until that time I will just have to make due with all the memories. Luckily Corrina took a heck of a lot of pictures while we were there. Moreover, I am able to communicate with all the great people I met there thanks to email.

Return Day

Wow, in a few hours I will be on my way back to America. My time here is basically over and it feels so odd. It is like leaving my home of four months to return to another home that I have not seen in a while. I really am going to find a way to return to Vienna, at least for a vacation. Well this is it for my Europe posts. Thanks for reading up on my time abroad! Catch you on the other side.

Return Day Minus One

Today is it. Today is my very last day in Vienna. I seriously cannot believe it is nearly over. Everything has simply rushed right on by. It seems like I just got here, though it really has been about four fantastic months. This past week alone has been great. Corrina, Sara, and I were able to visit a lot of sites that we had not even seen yet. We saw the Zentralfriedhof, the Natural History Museum, an opera, and so much more! Once Sara left, it really felt like my time here was done. I would love to stay here for the rest of my life, but I know I must return and catch-up with family and friends. I have to finish college too, hehe. But one day I will return to Vienna and enjoy all the good things this city has to offer.

Return Day Minus Two

Only two days until I am back in America. The past few days here have been crazy, yet extremely fun. Corrina's friend Sara has been with us for a few days, and she has helped make our last week here very cool. Sadly she leaves this afternoon to return to her study abroad program in France. Once she leaves, Corrina and I will spend the rest of our time here getting ready to leave. I still can't believe my time here in fantastic Vienna is almost up.

Brewery Ambition

After much thought I have decided that one day I will open my own brewery. Seriously, after enjoying real beer for four months I want people in America to have beer that isn't bread in a can of water. It may take me a while, a decade or so, but my goal is to one day start my own brewery. Anyone interested in taking part? If so let me know.

On a different note, Corrina's friend Sara is coming to Vienna for a few days. Also, I have a VWC College Facebook page now. To see it simply click on the link to the right of this post.

The Germany Trip

Well Corrina and I are now back in good old Vienna. We had a pretty sweet trip through Germany. We spent the first third of our trip with my family friends in Rhineland-Pfalz. We had a great time visiting my family friends around town and taking day trips to a castle, Speyer, and Trier. They even took us to see the movie "Hitch" in English.

After our stay with my family friends, we spent four days in Berlin with our friend Jamie. We had a blast wondering around the metropolis. We got to go on top of the Reichstag, see what was left of the Wall, Check Point Charlie, Treptower Park, the Soviet War Monument, Tackeles, the 1936 Olympic Stadium, Kaiserkirche (or what was left of it), various watering holes, and some other random city sites. I really want to return to Berlin and see more!

After our all to brief stay in Berlin, we spent the remainder of our time in Lübeck. Lübeck was a pretty nice old German town. We saw a lot of medieval buildings and simply had a great time walking along its quiet streets. We even made a day trip to Kiel, which is fairly close to Denmark. Kiel is a very modern city, for it was (and still is) an important German port. Thus it was bombed back to the stone age by the Allies during World War Two. We got to see the beautiful waterfront, a nice Church, and do a little shopping.

Through our travels in Germany, we got lucky and were able to ride the high speed ICE trains. Seriously, it was like being in an airplane but far better. If you ever go to Germany, be sure to ride the rails and take an ICE train. It made the return trip to Vienna a whole lot faster and smoother.
Well it is good to be back in Vienna, but time has gone by far to quickly. My next major trip will be my flight back to America. Blah! Vienna feels too much like my home for me to want to leave it. Oh well...

Also, Corrina and I took many pictures, so stay tuned for their debut online!

Greetings from Lübeck, Germany

So far our trip has been great! I'll go over all the details once I return to Vienna.