On Friday afternoon, we toured the city a little bit, but it was difficult because Lucas is on crutches after a skiing accident in March. Once it started to rain, I decided it was time for us to head home. We came home just in time for a wonderful dinner shared with my host family. It was cool to have the boys meet my family and see what my everyday life is like. We went to bed relatively early because Lucas had to be at his test at 8 the next morning...
I had an early start Saturday morning trying to get Lucas fed and where he needed to be on time. When I got back home Crash and I had a quick breakfast and then headed off to an art museum. I love going to museums with people who enjoy it as much as I do, and I had a great time with Crash :) At about noon we realized we needed to pick up his bib for the 5k he was running later that evening. I had never been to that part of town before, but it was super cool! There was a massive convention set up with a lot of free running swag and a room packed full of healthy people! It reminded me of some of the events we have in Crested Butte, and I felt at home :). After that we picked up Lucas and met with another exchange student Johnny. We toured the Steirmark festival that was going on at the city hall, and then went out for lunch at an Italian restaurant. At the restaurant we ended up running into yet another exchange student who's aunt was visiting from England. Small city! Anyway, we slowly made our way back to my house so that Crash would be ready for his race in time. After some slight difficulties we I got Crash to the starting line just in time and then met Johnny and Lucas at the finish line. Unfortunately, we forgot to set a meeting spot with Crash. With over 3,000 racers and their supporting fans, I had a rather difficult time finding Crash in the massive crowd, but found him perching patiently atop a pillar about an hour later! We were about to head home to get ready for my school ball when Lucas let us know that he was pretty tired from the day and was just going to spend the evening with Johnny. Definitely understandable, and he had been a trooper all day following us around on crutches. So, Crash and I had dinner with Theresa, and then headed off to the ball. The venue was within short walking distance from my house, which was super convenient, and really comfortable in the finally warm weather! A few of my school friends were waiting outside and so we walked in together and tried to get a good spot to watch my friends who were opening (it can kind of be compared to a debutant ball in America, where girls dressed in white perform and opening dance with their partners from dance school). I couldn't believe how beautiful all of my friends looked, and I was definitely impressed by their opening dance! Everyone was in a really great mood and were super excited to meet Crash! In one room there was a live band and typical ballroom dancing. And in the other room there was a disco set up. When it got too warm, we sat out on the balcony in the glow of candlelight. A school friend had a birthday thy day and we surprised her with a cake. It was overall a beautiful night of dancing and socializing!
The next morning Crash, Lucas and I got up relatively early to see the Vienna City Marathon. It kind of reminded me of the Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado with the hype and set up. We then wandered into Stadtpark and laid in the grass for about an hour, soaking up the sunny weather. Stadtpark is really beautiful right now as everything is starting to bloom, my favorite part being the flowering trees. It's too cold for those in Colorado, and they make me feel like I'm in a fairy tale! After a little relaxing, we were invited for lunch at Johnny's house in the 7th district. The view from his really awesome balcony looks a lot like the one I saw on my celebratory 1st month dinner. You can see the city for miles and it is a super overwhelming feeling to realize what an amazing city I'm living in! Johnny has twin 6 year old host sisters, and really great host parents! We enjoyed a nice lunch together followed by amazing ice cream! I loved his host family, and hopefully will see them again before I go home!
The rest of the day we got Lucas ready to leave and made a quick stop at Schönbrunn for sightseeing. We dropped Lucas off at the train station that evening, and then Crash spent some time with a Viennese friend of his. We met later at my house for dinner with the family.
On Monday, Crash wanted to come to school with me to see what it was like. Everyone was super excited to see him again, but we didn't stay for too long, because school isn't incredibly entertaining. So we toured the Belvedere and botanical gardens which are stunning in the spring time, made a quick lunch at my house, and then headed off to the train station. It wasn't too hard to say goodbye because I'll hopefully be seeing Crash in Graz next week! I went directly from the train station to the downtown to meet school friends for frozen yogurt (it's really popular among my generation here) and we walked around the city a little together. It's really comforting to know I have Austrian friends here, and to feel like I fit in! Just a few hours later we had to part our ways, and I was off to meet a friend from Crested Butte who happens to be visiting Vienna for the week! That constitutes for a new blog, so I'll tell you about that later!
I had a very busy weekend full of a lot of walking and making sure everyone was where they needed to be when they needed to be there. But we pulled it off (mostly) and I had a great time!
P.s. I stole a lot of these photos from Crash, he's such an amazing photographer!
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