June 15, 2009

So we started the day off with our test. I had studied quite hard and didn't think it was too difficult. It also helps when you just had a class in the spring with tests like that. We then finished off class in the morning, again just a half day! After lunch at the hotel, we had the rest of the day free. I spent the time doing my laundry yet again, though this time it only cost me around 7 euros which isn't too bad. It was a hike there though. For the rest of the afternoon I ran around town with Caroline. It was cool to take a jog through the old towne and see all of the old buildings.

Old Town

After dinner we went back into old towne to celebrate Amber's 21st birthday with gelato (which I couldn't have haha). It was a nice relaxing day. We came back to play volleyball, but no one would get off the courts for us.. so much for nice and polite people (we waited a good 45 minutes) So we just went across the street to this really sweet playground with this elaborate water maze, a huge teeter-totter, some slides, and a rope swing. A British guy was there with his two year old son, Julian. We all played with him for a bit. I went down the slide with him and Dave High a good 20 times...

The view out on the city

  The rest of the week is quite busy, we have a paper/presentation and an exam over the weekend and on Monday. We are visiting Swarovski on Wednesday and then Thursday we are going to a mountain lake. Then we leave friday. I don't think I will want to leave. It is amazing to be staying in the same place the Olympics were held 30 years ago. We can see the ice rink, the speed skating course, the Olympic rings on the outside of the arena. And the coolest part is that they still use these facilities for training. Today some Austrian national team was walking around the hotel and gym getting ready for training.. kinda cool. Well, I better get to bed.