the last city tour!

Today we arrived in Salzburg! I got up early to pack up the last few things and then hop on the bus. we were able to leave one suitcase at the hotel in munich (we're going back on wednesday for the last few days of the trip) so i packed up my duffel bag and bookbag with all of my business casual and souveniers that i'm sick of lugging around. i really quickly grabbed breakfast, hauled my suitcase (which felt so easy compared to usually carrying 4 bags) onto the bus and then we were off again. the bus ride was actually really nice. the view of the mountains and everything was gorgeous. pretty much everyone but me slept the whole time and i talked to the fields' for a while about jobs, young life, graduating, etc. it was really fun.

as soon as we got to salzburg we rolled up to the airport. again, it was so nice to only have one bag- the whole unloading process was so much easier! we tried to check into our hotel but it wasn't ready so we were all stuck in this tiny lobby for 45 minutes. it was actually really funny. everyone was in a moderately bad mood (they were all tired/hungover) so people were funny. at noon we had lunch in the hotel restaurant. i think it might have been my favorite meal in europe! first we had all these rolls- they were still warm. AND they had butter!!!!! plus a pitcher of ice water- which was refilled constantly. the next course was a salad which i gave to aubrey. she actually ate her salad, and then mine and dereks. very impressive. NEXT we had "pasta with cheesesauce" which was penne pasta with a really good cheesey cream sauce. excellent. next was the main course: veal cutlet, vegetables, rice, french fries. all incredibly good and refillable. i seriously chowed down. finally desert- ICE CREAM. i ate my ice cream, plus turners, and then turner's second dessert. pretty much everyone else hated the ice cream, including turner so he gave his to me. then a couple minutes later the waiter walked by and thought he didn't have any, so he gave him another ice cream! seirously hilarious. especially considering that about 15 minutes earlier, the waiter had asked if anyone wanted more veal, everyone said no and he still gave turner another piece. seriously he just kept givign turner more food constantly.

after lunch we had to run into our rooms and throw our luggage in. my room is okay- not huge but could be worse. at first when we walked in, the door was blocking the bathroom door and i was seriously worried that we didn't have a bathroom. but alas we found it so all was well.

after checking in, we walked for a few minutes to meet our tour guide for our city tour. it was so nice and sunny out! just beautiful! some people didnt even wear their coats. we saw the gardens where the sound of music was filmed with the kids hanging out of the trees, and where they finished the do-re-mi song. we walked down to the old city and saw the shopping district, a cathedral, mozart's living house and birthhouse. etc. it was really pretty.

eventually it started getting reallllllly cold. christina, michelle, dan, justin HP and i went into a coffee shop (where Mozart spent a lot of time composing) and got hot chocolate to warm up. it was very relaxing. after stopping at a grocery store, we finally made it back to our hotel.

for dinner we went to some random restaurant. katia, alicia, katy, teri, kathleen and i wandered forever to finally find this place and got pizza, what else is new?? katia and alicia were adventurous and got weird things, but i dont have patience for that :)

now i'm just relaxing in the hotel. the internet is only 50 cents so hopefully i'll catch up on the blogging that i've missed... we'll see how that actually works out...