First things first, we finally got our Residency Permits last week!! Praise the Lord, and thank you to all who were praying for us! We were getting close to the “over staying our welcome” time period, but thankfully we went in to pick them up last week, with no complications and are now legally allowed to stay here until September of 2012 (although we are still planning on coming home in June of 2012). Once again thank you to all who prayed for us!
Other great news, Ben and I along with some Fulbright people all went to a Vienna Capitals hockey game last Sunday! We had such a blast, and it really made me realize how much I miss hockey! Ben and I have been able to watch football games now and then, but hockey games are typically on at like 2:00 am here, so we haven’t been able to really watch any games. A few interesting differences:
-The rink is wider, which is kind of cool
-The jerseys are covered in sponsor logos, which kind of detracts from the team name.
-The glass is much lower, and the nets don’t go as far around. In the first 5 minutes of the game a puck went flying up in to the crowd and was about 20 yards away from us. This just means you really have to pay attention!
-They don’t really enforce the “don’t leave your seat or walk to your seat until the play is over” rule, I know this because the teenage girl sitting in front of me got up approximately 8 times during play to get up go get something, come back, leave again…it was quite frustrating.
Even though there are some differences we still had a great time and the Capitals won 2-1, so we can’t wait to go to another game while here.
Ben and I have been trying to go to the Christmas Market’s as much as we can, to soak in the Christmas spirit, hear the music being played, smell and eat the delicious food, and my favorite part-window shopping! Yes, just window shopping, I don’t want to buy any Christmas presents until we move.
Other good news, we will be moving on Dec. 15th! I can’t wait to move to an actual apartment with a larger bed, an oven, etc. but this just means that we have to pack up all our stuff again and bring it to our new place via public transit. Don’t get me wrong, I love the public transit system here, but I can imagine it will be difficult to not have a car and to move all our junk. We’ll just pray for a smooth transition.
Otherwise, not much to report, we had a great time at the Fulbright Thanksgiving potluck, and it was nice to celebrate with such nice people. We missed our family, of course, but at least we got to celebrate with others. Thanks to everyone who made our Thanksgiving abroad so special =).
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