The past week has been quite eventful - in small ways. No new countries or strange languages, but getting into a lovely routine of life - just in time for this life to be nearly over!
Saturday night we saw a Krampus (see here) parade at Gnigl (suburb of Salzburg)...a little disappointing as the Krampus really did just parade through, scaring here and there, but with the barriers and masses of people shorties like me couldn't see much. The Krampus still scared the younguns though - the little kids found their way through the crowd to the front of the barriers, then when the Krampus came and did their thing masses of little kids scurried out like mice desperately searching for their parents!
Friday night was Sandra's going away party - the poor dear is heading to Oz for 7 weeks for a holiday...lucky duck! She's going to have a fabulous time, how can you not in the greatest country on earth? Oz is a popular destination it seems - there's half a dozen different friends with plans to head to Australia in the near future.
Backtracking further Thursday night was Roger's Birthday party - the Kiwi girls hosted a fantastic Mexican dinner. Almost as exciting is what I bought in Libro Thursday afternoon - Gilmore Girls! My theory is that if I watch it in German, or maybe German subtitles, it will count as studying ;) Also good news on the shopping front is that Interspar at Hallein has both rice milk and gluten free pasta....still no nice gluten/dairy/soy free biscuits or sweet things to be found in Salzburg though.
Wednesday was the usual Bible Study day, with Women's in the afternoon and Student's at night, and my first Indigo experience - somewhere decent to eat in Salzburg!
Looking forward - this weekend we are heading to Switzerland, as Monday is a holiday. Lots of Uni work to be done between now and Christmas too, but classes are getting interesting - when I can keep up.
Getting excited about my Christmas plans now too - Christmas with Kat and the fam in Katsdorf, then on to Barcelona for 5 days including New Years - followed by 10 days with the Kiwi girls travelling through northern Italy - it's bound to be a great time :D
After that I come back to finish of the semester for 2 weeks - then it's all over! Time has flown, and I have a bad feeling it's going to go pretty quick between now and then too.
I'm also getting motivated to think about what I'm going to do come January 23. My next (and last!) semester of Uni doesn't start until July - it would be a shame to waste the opportunity of a few months in Europe, to see Spring and then Summer come after the cold, hopefully white Winter.....at the moment the top contenders are getting a Working Holiday Visa for Germany and finding some kind if employment somewhere in that country....or finding a job here in Salzburg and attempting to get a residence and work visa..although I am not sure what that entails at this stage.
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