one day i'll post pictures...

so. what do i have to tell you today.
well... yesterday we had a nice little day off. pam woke me up to tell me that bernd (our house papa) had made us breakfast so the three of us (anette wasn't there cuz she is visiting her daughter in germany) had a lovely little breakfast and bernd showed us how to properly eat an egg out of an egg cup. good little life lesson. i'll be showing off next easter.
after breakfast we got dressed and bernd took us on a little tourist adventure. we went to schloß eggenberg which is a big castle built by a neurotic man. unfortunately it was closed to tourists for the winter as of october 31st. so that was crappy timing. but we saw some pictures of it and it looked pretty incredible. but we did get to go through the art gallery there and wander through the park and hang out with many peacocks (including an albino one, like the one the malfoy's have at their house...) it was a beautiful day and it was an incredibly beautiful place. i had a bunch of postcards picked out to buy but when i went to buy them, we were told we weren't allowed to because the lady who worked in the gift shop was on her lunch break... so sorry to all for the lack of postcards.
after wandering around there for a while bernd bought us sturm and maroni (apparently austria has seasonal drink specials... we happen to be here in sturm season) and we sat out on a patio and watched the peacocks.
after schloß eggenberg, we went for a little walking tour of some of the places bernd thought we would enjoy. we saw a huge old cathedral and a school for priests in training (i'm sure there's a better word for it than that) and after wandering for a while we went and he treated us all to delicious sushi.
it was such a nice little trip and we were so touched by his generosity.
and today we just rehearsed all day. sunday is the day we have almost the whole cast together and it's always a little more scattered and hard to organize. i feel like we have a lot of work to do in the next twelve days.

two other things i like about austria:
the autumn leaves stay on the trees so much longer than they do at home. it's very pretty.
i like hearing the church bells ring. they ring a lot, especially on sunday.

in two weeks and a couple of hours i'll be home. crazy.