back to business.

this morning we went to a lecture at the Austrian Chamber of commerce. the speaker was actually a canadian, so that was cool because he was easy to understand. he spoke for 2+ hours but it was really good. really interesting stuff about austria, their economy and business culture, etc. it was pretty cool. the last 30 minutes were a little rough, but overall the lecture was pretty good.

after that, we walked as a group over to near our next lecture and then split for lunch. aubrey, michelle, natalie, janine, katia, katy, alicia, kathleen and i all went to some typical austrian type restaurant but it turned out to be one of the best lunches i've ever had. i ordered the chicken basket and this is what it was: chicken fingers, mozerella sticks (just like giacomo's!), onion rings, and potato wedges. !!!!!! i mean seriously what could be better than that. i was seriously in heaven.

after lunch, we met up with the group and then walked over to bosendorfer piano for another company visit. apparently the woman who was goign to give us the lecture was sick, so we had to wait in this random room for like 15 minutes and then some other woman took us into the lecture room. she sorta talked to us for a few minutes, but it was more of mrs. fields asking questions and us sorta listening. glen got up on stage and played the pretty piano for us, so that was nice.

after that we got to go into the showroom and see dozens of gorgeous pianos. it made me want to learn how to play. after that, we got to go into this other room and see some more pianos. this guy showed us this awesome piano that had been fit with this new technology. when you play a song, it records what you play and can play it back. the keys move just how you did! it even does dynamics and everything... so crazy. the guy said that universities use it to teach and such. pretty cool.

after that, we all came back to the hotel. i tried to put my pictures on my usb thing. justin's computer freaking crashed out of nowhere, SO i went to use cara's. i had better luck with hers, but the USB thing keeps saying that its full, which is ridiculous because it has over 1 gb of space left, grrrr.

after that we quickly got changed for dinner and the concert. i wore my blue dress! pretty much everyone got dressed up nice so that was fun. we walked over to dinner and had a really nice dinner. there were 4 courses and we got to pick 3 different things. i had a caesar salad, beef with yummy potatoes and then an amazing dessert. our table was really fun too. apparently there was some drama at the brynn table, but what else is new.

after dinner, we walked over to kursalon for a strauss concert. it was so good! there was an orchestra and singers and dancers. it was really nice to appreciate some nice music.