I’m not
sure exactly where 2009 went in such a hurry….but seeing as it included coming
back from Kenya, my trip to Samoa, a hell of a lot of stressful work, and then
leaving to go to Austria – that might be why it seemed to go by so fast!
Christmas
here was quiet but nice, on Christmas Eve we had dinner here with Josef’s
grandmother and great aunt, Christmas Day we had dinner with Josef’s brother
and his girlfriend, and then on Boxing Day all of us went out to lunch. Oh and of course just before Christmas we had
to go to Vienna so Josef could have the surgery on his tooth – it swelled up
quite a bit the day after though, which of course happened to be Christmas Eve! I made a lot of soup…
Just trying
to think of what else has happened – there’s been one or two drunken nights in
Vienna….one that I forgot to mention in my last journal was we went to see a
two-man band play at this pub in Vienna – which was quite odd for me because
they were just singing these funny little songs in German….but after many beers
were had with Josef and the boys we were
with, I don’t remember an awful lot except for lots of laughs! We had another night out in Vienna on Tuesday
after we went to see Avatar in 3D (awesome movie, the picture was incredible)
which started off with a few beers, then meeting up with Josef’s uni friends
and moving on to wine, then back to beer, then coke and rum, and then a tequila
shot! I met those two guys once before
in Vienna and had fun, I think it was the first night since I got to Austria
that I had an entire night of English conversation over beers and it was
great. I miss English!
The public
transport in Vienna always amazes me – it’s so huge that there are trams,
trains and buses everywhere……..if you just miss one tram, another one comes by
literally in a few minutes, and every time we have gotten on the train, it
arrives at the exact minute it’s supposed to.
You buy either single tickets or a 24/48 hour pass (which is what we
usually get) and you frank it once you get on the tram, and keep it with you in
case you get checked, which we never have.
We’ve ridden the trams once or twice without a pass – I’ve never seen
anyone get checked and some people ride them every day for years and only get
busted once or twice…makes you wonder how effective the system is that they
have there!
New Years
was fun, from what I remember – we had a combined 30th birthday/new
years’ party, and although I don’t think I drank that much, I don’t remember anything
after being outside at 12….apparently we went back inside for awhile and then
we went outside and I was sick….but that’s the extent of my memory! We’ve got another birthday thing on Tuesday
night, so I might have to slow down for that one!
We’re off
to Barcelona (Spain) for a couple of days from the 8th to the 13th
January, so that will be cool – and we’ve now decided that we’re going to go to
South East Asia instead of Central America, and at this point looks like we’ll
be leaving around the 20th or so and will head to Cambodia or
Laos. Many adventures ahead!
I’ve uploaded
some photos to Facebook, but for those without FB you can go to this link (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=135792&id=742706461&l=b937687e28)
to look at them. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Lots of love, Trude xxx
