It has been getting colder and colder in Vienna and it reminds me of Halloween time in Eugene. While I loved it being in the high 60's when I first got here, I am settling in to the cold temperatures that I am used to. Almost makes me feel more at home:)
The beer fest in Leoben was a lot of fun but I have to remember how potent Austrian beer is. It'll be a little bit before I drink any more beer ;)
The beer fest in Leoben was a lot of fun but I have to remember how potent Austrian beer is. It'll be a little bit before I drink any more beer ;)
We didn't end up going to the Hundertwasser Haus last weekend. I'm hoping next week we can go. This week was pretty busy and we leave for Ljubljana, Slovenia tomorrow at 7:39am.
I am pretty excited to go to Slovenia with the group for the weekend and will make sure to take lots of pictures and upload them!
Today, my International Organization class went to OSCE, which is the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. It was really interesting to see how 56 countries can come together through the OSCE and come to peaceful resolutions. They stated that none of the agreements are legally binding, which I think is unusual for many organizations want to be able to legally hold the country responsible if they violate an agreement. But I guess the OSCE is all about discourse and having an open line of communication so that countries' diplomats can yell and scream in person rather than having disagreements escalate to military clashes between countries.
Cyd has been doing a lot of work on the mural in our room. I'm not sure if I mentioned it before, but our hostmom, Bibi, as soon as she found out Cyd likes to do art, said that she could paint one of our bedroom walls. We are keeping it a surprise from Bibi until Cyd is finished but I will upload pictures of the progress because I think it looks cool!
