Well this past week has been pretty eventful. Besides the normal nannying for myself and archival work for Ben we had a few interesting things to do this past week. First off, it’s been getting really chilly so I’ve had to go shopping to buy a few more accessories to keep me warm. On Tuesday Ben and I went to the Ambassador Reception at the U.S. Ambassador to Austria’s house. Apparently every year the Ambassador has a Reception for all the U.S. and Austrian Fulbright students. It was a very fancy affair, so we both dressed up and braced the cold to venture over there. It was a lovely event, with free champagne and wine along with delicious appetizers and finger foods. Didn’t get to speak much with the Ambassador, just when we entered, otherwise we socialized with the Fulbright gang and of course the Ambassador’s German Shepard who was greeting all the guests and searching for crumbs. After we were all kicked out the Fulbright gang headed to a pub to keep the party going, so needless to say over the whole night we had lots to drink and were very merry.
The other big thing that happened this week? The Christkindl Markt’s opened around Vienna! For those who don’t know about the Christkindl Markt’s they are beautifully decorated Christmas Markets in multiple locations through out the city of Vienna. The main one is at the Rathaus-Vienna’s City Hall building. The market’s have yummy food, punsch, and lots of booths with plenty of Christmas stuff to buy, decorations, presents, snow globes, candles, and more. I’ve already been to the Christmas Market’s around town 3 times this week, but am proud to say that I have yet to buy anything. I’ve got to look around more and see what Christmas presents I want to buy for everyone.
We’re really getting settled here, but still dearly miss our friends and family back home. We are looking forward to the days that we will have some visitors from back home!
A few upcoming events we’re looking forward to:
-The Fulbright gang is going to a Vienna Capitals hockey game this Sunday!
-Thanksgiving! Obviously the Austrians do not celebrate Thanksgiving but we are planning on participating in a Thanksgiving potluck, which should be delicious and fun.
-My birthday! My 23rd birthday will be on Dec. 1st and we will be attending the opera to see “La Boheme” maybe go out for dinner, but mostly the opera.
-Getting our Residency permits! We should be getting them sometime this week, please pray for no complications!
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