The one in which I ramble a little

SO the week at a glance
shopping, chinese food, church, long walks(no one else was in town) RAIN RAIN RAIN, FHE, Movie with new friends, way more snack food than was good, Shopping-spent too much money RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN, insitute-megans came home. Met another BYU who is just chilling for the summer. Actually finished homework. Went to herb's(again its really amazing) Dyed megans hair Rented another movie traveled an hour to watch with another friendwho just fell asleep. Got on the U-bahn with all the poeple coming home from the DOnau-insel fest...so they were drunk. Tonight donau insel fest free snow patrol and a hawaiian concert.

I could go into detail...but I'm having too much fun to stop for that long. Keep bringing me your souvenir requests

What I want

So what I want for my birthday


yeah this is big enough to get it's own post

The scriptures in german. Yup thats it all I want so all pool together go to a distribution center and find it. Like just the ones that are like the scriptures you get for seminary that are a little flimsy, but the triple I have with me is one edition old(sorry dad you just went on your mission too long ago) and I have no bible and I'm sick of not knowing whats going on. So thats all I want. Seriously its even kind of difficult to get them here...or at least as far as I can tell if you are not an investagator so I'd love this soooo mcuh. Send to aforementioned address of Operngasse 4

On a less selfish note: what gifts from austria/germany/budapest do people want?

love Anne

Wow what a weekend!

Ok more like a week since I have to start with last wenesday evening when our long weekend started.





Wenesday: For our german class we saw Zauberflote the opera by Mozart. Let me tell you there is a reason that Mozart was a composer and not a writer. Seriously the music is amazing and the story is entertaining but also weird and confusing. Oh did I mention it was pupets which was pretty cool..but I did almost fall asleep I was tired. At the same time over half our group was on the way to Frankfurt to go to the temple, I didn't go because I thought I wouldn't have enough money, but its ok I had an amazing weekend.





Thursday: Ok so I went to megans at 10 to do homework and plan our trip to Bratislava. We ended up spending hours trying to find tickets going to Sudbahnhoff trying to find the ticket counter getting lunch and going back to her house. We got tickets 14 euros round trip, which if you don't know is pretty sweet. We went back to her house did homework, went up to our directors house since I left the tickets for a midsummersnightsdream in it (in german its all one word) then we went to chelseas to watch movies. Before we went to her house though we stopped for ice cream. Megan got a box but I got a cone with disasterous results. When the U-bahn came it blew my hair into my ice cream....yeah gross. The movies were really good though one is german and I want to see the other 4 and the other was Kung fu Panda auf Deutsch, which is funny that they still have his name be po. I fell asleep there and ended up getting home at midnight but don't worry the guys walked me home.





Friday:So for me friday was a breeze but my friends were busy helping one of the girls in our group get engaged. One had to go get her now fiance and the other had to make sure she got to the appointed place on time and looked decent. I won't go into it because it took a lot of planning time effort and lying seriously even our director was helping us. So I met up with them and we went to Herbs aka snitzelwirt. That was amazing because who doesnt love wiener schnitzel(and if its called that in austria it has to be made of veal or they are breaking the law) Then we went to movie night and watched no reservations, seriously at the end of a long hard week you really just need a good chick flick. Then we went home talked too much and slept because



Saturday: 4:30 am...alarm goes off to get up and get to the train station and get on a train and we almost got on the wrong one. Highlights of our 6 am train ride:

"you look uncomfortable" "what I'm a terradactl?"

Get to Bratislava Slovakia no one checks our passports or tickets...lame also everything was closed because its only like 8 in the morning( well we got there at 7 but took an hour to figure out where we were and get to the main train station) so we got back on the bus to go take pictures of Bratislava castle which we saw on the way to the train station. There we posed on a wall and were laughed at by the other tourists. Um then we found the little blue church(go to bratislava see the little blue church) and devin castle...it was sooo cool. Went home saw midsummers nights dream

Sunday:went to church had life changing realizations...for me to know maybe for you to find out someday.

Ok sorry it took so long to post later anne

The one in which I loved the rain again

Ok so I hate the rain, I hate being wet so the two things kind of go hand in hand. Seriously when I had to introduce myself at our weekly meeting here one of the things I said was I hate the rain and never go anywhere without my umbrella. This morning as I went outside for my morning walk/jog...ok more walk/jog/walk there is very little jogging involved...it was raining. At first I thought that maybe I should just head back inside I wasn't feeling all that great anyways. But then I realized that the rain on my skin felt good like from back when I was little and just ran around in the rain because it felt good. So I started my walk and didn't really end up going that far because well yeah it was raining. But I ended up just full out running for the last block and let me tell you it felt good. Heart pounding feet meeting with the earth and moving forward , it all just felt good. Going up the stairs my legs felt like jelly and that felt good too. As did getting ready for school eating breakfast and going to school, which included more walking in the rain. I forgot how good it feels to just make yourself happy. I just wish I could have held on to it for a little bit longer. I forgot how much I do sweat the little stuff and how much I notice everything and over anaylize everything. Even when I tell myself not too when I tell myself to get over it. I still do a little, and it still hurts underneath it all. I'm remembering that going far away means that everyone forgets about you. That being insecure means I don't trust anything to last. Right now I'm just feeling done and I want to rant and rave and cry and scream, but it wouldn't do anyone any good. With my mind being pissed and my heart being sad I'm kind of a mess. But as soon as I get busy I forget all about it and learn to live again. Maybe I just need to chuck my computer out the window-so I have no way to look back. Dispite my little rant right here Im actually really happy mornings are just weird I'm alone and bored and I've finished all my homework so theres nothing to keep me busy. If you'll excuse me I think I'm going to go dance in the rain and get that feeling back.

Oh also I'm in the market for another hoodie since I didn't realize it'd be so cold and they seem moraly opposed to them here(at least I can't find any) So any one want to send me one I will bring you back chocolate.Operngasse 4 A-1010 Wien(its the place I take classes but we can get mail here.)

The one in which I fell off a bike

Ok so yesterday we decided to get City bikes and ride around the ring. City bikes cost a euro to start the program and then each time you use it the first hour is free and the next only like costs one euro. The ring is the street that circles the first district, its generally where the old city wall used to be. So after about twenty minutes we all had our bikes and started off. This is the first time I've ridden a bike in a very long time. SO me with my 20 or so pound bookbag soon fell behind the rest of the group, but I found myself in the company of the ehepaar which was a very good thing a few minutes later since I suddenly realized my bike was about to crash. Somehow I managed to jump off my bike and I was standing next to it when they turned around. Simeon took my bag to prevent me from falling again. We had a pretty good ride but were going pretty fast at the end up a hill trying to find a place to return the bikes and get to the Burgtheater by 3.

And here is my little rant for today. I wish people would stop trying to teach me patience I wish they would stop if it hasnt worked for the past 18....almost 19 years why would it work now? I ask you. I've noticed I generally get more impatient when things dont go exactly like I'd hoped or as quickly as I wanted. I generally have to get mad before I back off...which probably is not a quality akin to patience but closer to stuborness. Because I am stuborn and impatient and braty. But I'm actually trying to change that-force myself to be patient...but I think most of that resolve is out of stubornness....whatever. So Im sitting here eating a slightly green banana hoping that it will make me feel better...but I still kind of feel sick to my stomach...Ok homework time, staying busy is key to my plan.

The one with nothing to report

So my weekend wasn't the most exciting, no offense to I the people I was with I had fun I just don't feel as though I have anything to report on. So here is some stuff I've been working on. Stuff I've been thinking about, like time being arbitrary its all just an opinion of placement. Techniquly its the same time here as it is in the states but on the other hand Im 8 hours ahead. People time travel all the time, just nothing new had happened because its the same time. Confusing but kind of interesting to think about. the other, well I just feel like that.

It's hard to find the train
since I've forgotten the name
of the place that I'm going or
even if its the same
all that I know is what
I'm trying to do
have to find a way to get
myself back to you.

I don't know where I'm going
and I don't know where I've been
as soon as I start leaving I
have to start again
whenever I think Im right
I realize Im wrong
I have to turn around because
everyones gone

So I dont know what Im doing
and I dont know where I am
all I know is that I always
seem to be on the wrong
side of the tracks
as soon as I get on I always look back
and there you are
in the place
with out any name
theres a smile on your face

I have to turn around
and find a way
back to that
place.



TIME

Is it day or is it night
I cant tell although
its light out
I mean does it really matter
Im only in this town for a
day or two anyways
On tuesday Ill get on a train
and go to another time again
Its always a long day
and its always a short night

On wenesday I last saw my love

as we passed through

the same station

he said some day we will settle down

and never be apart again

never quite sure if my head's got
it right,
I always seem to sleep by sunshine
and dance in the moonlight.

The one in which I go to a free concert

So yesterday...which was Thursday the Vienna Philharmonic played in the gardens at Schonbrunn Place. Obviously everyone in our group was planning on going since they are amazing and the event is free(big fans of cool free things) So class that day was over early since we had a tour of the Parliment building at 12:20 so we also had our weekly meeting early, where I was the spotlight totally lame lol. But some of the girls from our group decided to go to Schonbrunn early and take pictures in the gardens and I ended up going with them. It was so much fun, and some of the pictures came out pretty cute. Then a couple people went for pizza and we walked up the hill to hold ourselves a spot among the millions of smoking people...they all also brought wine. The music started about the time the guys got back with the pizza and we dicovered you cant hear anything on the hill. So we moved down the hill to hear a little while we ate and then walked down behind the main area in order to beable to hear. It was so amazing the music was soooo good and gorgeous. The glorietta(terrace behind the palace) looked so amazing all lite up. And the fireworks at the end went with the music perfectly it was so cool. I didn't get home untill midnight but it was well worth it. Totally one of the best days so far.

The one in which I didn't ride a bike and babysitting auf deutsch

Ok so on friday night my roommate and I babysat for our Host mom and her fiance so they could go see a movie together while he was in town. All we had to do was watch a movie and get the toddler ready for bed. We watched matilida in german which was a ton of fun the kids just sat and watched the movie and ate pretzels except Alias he ran around threw pillows and what not but thats ok since Hillary doesnt really like to sit still. After the movie the kids got ready for bed and we went to sleep. A very excting friday. Well its nice because now our host family's daughter talks to us and shes kind of shy so its a neat thing.




On saturday we got up way early...aka 6 am in order to meet our group by 7 to travel to the town of Melk (yes the name of this town got a lot of jokes made about it). There we saw this crazy monestary that started with a bunch of rooms with black lights and what not it was crazy! I mean monks still live there and they have over 200 employees since its such a big business because of tourists and what not. So that was pretty cool even though it was cold and raining-I had an umbrella don't worry. Ok so after that we were supposed to do a 34 km bike ride from Melk to Kremes-it had stopped raining but it looked like it should start up again. The other option was to go get cookies and hot chocolate(cookies in Melk how perfect right) but the majority were up for still hitting the trail. By the time we got to Kremes it was coming down pretty hard so Margret and I were glad that we opted to ride on the bus instead of going 20 miles in the pouring rain. I guess a couple hours later our director called us and this is when we started organizing the rescue mission. Which was interesting since our group of 20 people were spead out over the last 10 miles bad at describing where they were and our driver had a very thick accent. Well and hour or so later everyone was on the bus and we headed back to vienna. Woot. Woot.