day 78

day 78
today i'm gonna have pizza bread for lunch and left ovr stew for dinner.


during the semester the central program goes on two excursions out side of vienna. there is one day excursion (1 day) and one weekend excursion (saterday and sunday) this week end is the weekend excursion. we are going to graz that is south and slightly west of vienna. i looked at a map and atractions guide they gave us and from what i can tell there is not much to do in graz. but i guess its better than spending the whole semester in vienna. i think the day excusion (in november or december) will go to budapest. but i'm not sure.


vienna mostly shuts down for the week ends (kinda like minneapolis or pella) most of the grocery stores close and the ones that stay open have higher prices. the trains still go but almost every thing else is closed. most of the drug stores shut down to , but i think that the german speaking countries have some kinda goverment controled pharmacy system. they all have the same symbol over there doors and at any given time one is open in the area. and there are signs on each store saying which ones are open when. also the pharmacies have more power here than in america. in most casses in america if you ned drugs you go to a doctor and he writes you a subscribtion and you take it to the phamacy and they give you the drugs. they act like a ware house. here the phamacy has the power to give subscriptions and diagnose stuff. doctors are mostly used for moree severe stuff. i think this might add to the germans hemophilia. german speakers tend to be very concerned about there health and feel they are always sick.
it seems i always meet my roommates and other people while i'm sleeping. i think i should train my self to say "santa?" every time i wake up. it would be funny.
found out at the naschmarkt yesterday that the same stand i buy the flat bread from sells pack of 5 sesame ring things for 1.25 euro so i may try that this week it looks like it would be more calories for the price. which would be good.


it was in the 30's this morning (i guess) and now its warm enough out to have the window open so i have fritz sitting out on the ledge in the sun. still have to get a spray bottle to keep him clean i can see the mold starting.

i just saw 2 guys walking to the dorm door carrying a halogen lamp and a table. one of them may be my roommate i'll find out in the next 10 minutes. i know i met my roommate once already but i was half asleep and i didn't look at him for to long.


well i went out and came back its now 8:00 pm and i still have no roommate. i'm not sure if i even have a roommate i didn't understand to much of what the guy said on friday night but i think i heard him say check. so he may have been one of the dorm directors checking the room or somthing. i don't know, i think he said he lived here but i'm not sure, if nobody moves in till next monday i'll assume i have my own room.


while i was out tonight i was on a train going to city center to see how the lite up the stephans cathedral. (they did a very good jobit lite up so you can't tell were the lights are and it isn't bright its just glows) and i saw a drug deal go down on the U-bahn, i was alittle surprised after all vienna is a quite little town and it has hardly any crime. but i suposse like any city it has its low lives. on the other hand the drug deal was done very slopily. the first thing i noticed was how tence the supllier was. he was giving him self away by being to annsy. the second thing i notice is both the suppplier and the buyer both turned toward the door of the car and exchanged stuff there then the buyer put the stuff in his outside pocket exposing it to half the train. it was sloppy, the only thing i saw that they did right was exit the trains at different times. however after the supplier left a kid sat down next to me and took 30 euro out of his wallet as well as some change then both the kid and the buyer left the train at the same time and got on the same elivator. sloppy.


i have classes tomarrow at the language program and the central office. my teachers name is schnell (literaly translates to "fast") so i expect class to move allong quite quickly. also i finaly have a male teacher i was hoping this would hapen its hard to learn german from some one of the opposite sex because the tones are different and there are othere dis-similarities. i also plan on going to the dorm director and buying laundry coins and maybe asking about my roommate. then i plan to go to a drug store and get some vitamins. then lunch since i will have no time between classes i'm gonna make 2 servings of stuffed pepper rice and bring one with me to the central office so i can heat it and eat in class. if that doesn't work then i guess i'll have to come up with a new stratagy next week. if i explain that i don't have time to eat then he may understand. then i will go to the german class and learn german for 2 1/2 hours then run down stairs heat my dinner and then run to the class room to learn music stuff. then go home clean my tupper ware and go to sleep.

since i am on the topic of classes here is my strategy
1. pass german class learn as much as possible so if there is a placment test to decided my level i can test out of 300 lvl
2. pass the history class it is a requisit for graduation
3. the music class doesn't really matter i only took it so i could go to the concerts and maybe learn somthing i feel i could drop out of this class in december and still be happy i could also go all the way with it and just fail it. either way, i don't need the credits. although if i can do well in this course it would be a bonus