Waaaayyyy behind!

Sorry I'm so behind on my Abenteuer [adventures]!! First...Salzburg was pretty awesome! It was a little dirtier than Munich and it was full of obvious tourists! People were everywhere with their maps out and fanny packs on! It was very pretty though! All of the buildings are so old and beautiful! Every shop in the city has to have a sign that looks old...like elaborate, goldish... The city is pretty much split in the middle by the Salzach River. On one side is the "old city" and the other is just the "city" Even though pretty much everything in Salzburg is very, very old! On our first day we visited the Hellbrunn Garden, which has the trick fountains that the Archbishop used to trick his visitors with after they had had a lot to drink! We went on a tour of those and tried our best not to get soaked but it was fun! We also hiked up the mountain to have an amazing view of the mountains and the city! It was fairly nice weather and the view was breathtaking! Halfway up the mtn was a stone theater that the king used to entertain himself! We played around with it some to break our climb in half! That night we went out to a pizza place and sat outside with some Austrians and some tourists!

On saturday I finally got to go on the Sound of Music tour!!!! No one would go with me but I knew that I wasn't going to Salzburg and not going on it! I got up early since I didn't really know how to get there to make sure I wouldn't miss it! I had no problems and made it to the meeting place by 11.30! The tour didn't start until 2!!! Ha! I just walked around and went to a bakery to get some food! Then it was 2 and it all started!!!!! It was soo fun and lasted 4 hours! We drove 30 minutes in the country and that was gorgeous!! Everyone else went to the castle while I was gone but I think I made the right choice! The little country village was so pretty and the fields up to the mtns were so green! But I got to see pretty much every scene that was shot in Austria! The indoor shots were done in LA. I did get to see the church where the marriage scene was...it was so much smaller but even prettier! That night I met the group at our hostel and we went back out!

I got home sunday and my fam was not home...so I came up to my room and immediately just fell asleep. I woke up and Hans just came in my room! He didn't know I was home and he was sooo embarrassed!! But I was just in bed but he got all red! It was a pretty day so I went outside and played with the girls. They had a foam airplane that we played with forever! Fun enough. My guest mom had to work so we had to eat whatever we could find...I just ate toast and good strawberry jelly! After the girls went to bed I sat on the balcony and talked to Hans until Christine got home! '

And today I had school and we are talking about the world's trash problem in my convo class! I have no idea why but we talk about trash for an hour and a half! So weird! I cam home for lunch and had spaghetti...they put cucumbers in everything here! There were cucumbers in the sauce, I had a cucumber salad and she had put cucumbers on the sandwich she gave me for school! It was all good though. Then this afternoon we ate cake and played a board game and two card games. I think I lost every time! I went shopping with Christine and Julia after that to a place like walgreens and then one like a hallmark. I bought a big book bag so that I have more room to bring things home! And from about 7 until 15 miutes ago I was doing non-stop homework! I had to do 10 pages in a workbook, write 2 essays, correct 1 essay and work on my vocabulary book. We only have 7 more days of class...we need 60 words for convo and I have 30 but for culture we'll have to have 80 and I have 18! oopppsss

Now Im gonna sleep so that I can have fun tomorrow! I hope everyone has gotten their postcard! I love you all and I miss you!!