day 84 - 85 graz

thomas logan micheal graz_________ stairs up to clock tower ______________my steak

days 84 and 85 GRAZ

on Saturday i woke up and got ready to go to graz (mostly last minute packing and puting expensive stuff in my lockable closet) then i took the U-Bahn to the train station (i was and hour early) so i walked around and got to know the station. i found a lovely spot to sit it was way up high and i could see the entire station. it was fun to see who in my group showed up first and how they reacted to no one being there and then see how people tried to find one another. i went down at the last minute. (no one saw me up there) then we got on the train and went to graz. first we saw snow in some of the mountains (micheal is from texas) micheal asked me "whats that in the mountains" i said snow. he said really then asked ruth. she said snow. then he said i can't believe its snow. then i said "well actually i lied its actually crack cocaine, thats why the hills are so alive in austria." i got a good laugh out of that one. when we arrived in graz we walked to the hotel and put out stuff in our rooms. then we walked to a meeting point for a tour guide. and did a walking tour of graz. (it was cold) the the city or graz payed for our lunch (a big mistake). i had a 20 euro steak. and apple strudel. allong with the wiener snitzel and roast beef the girls refused to eat. it was all so good (except the steak was slightly to woody) then we heard the mayor had extra seats in his box at the opera (carman) thomas and james both jumped at the two that were open and i wanted to go to get a standing place so every one (being the sheep they are) decided to come with. after lunch thomas micheal logan and i were going to go on a walk of the city but every one decided to follow us. so we walked to a park and climbed a tree then we all gathered around a statue surounded by trees and talked then thomas logan micheal and me met up on one side and logan said were should we skip to i imediatly said that way, pointing to the most conceled escape route from the rest of the group. so we skiped across the park and down a hill and behind some trees. (no one noticed we were gone) so we walked around the city and decided to go to the castle the next morning while every one else was asleep. then we went to the opera a standing place was 5 euro. it was in french. and the director did his own artistic take on it so it made no sence what so ever. thomas explained that they were trying to make the protagonist not only a soldier but a museum curator aswell in a vain attempt to conect women to art or somthing. i walked away with out understanding much. then i walked home allone (because i knew were i was going and i didn't wanna wait for every one else to congrigate.


the next morning i got up early and ate breakfast and waited for the others. we ate with ruth and the communications prof (here to study us) and then we walked to the castle it was on a big hill probly 1000 ft high (vertical with stairs going up the face) and sat there talking for about 2 hours looking over the city. then we walked back to the hotel and watched a childrens nature show on tv then checked out and went to a small vinyard city to taste some dead bishops wine. i actually tasted it. and having tasted volitil chemicals before i can say it tasted almost exactly the same as rubbing alchohol and gasoline mixed with grape juice. i hated the bite it had. we tasted 3 different wines and i had 3 swallows of wine and thomas had about 6 glasses (the left overs from mine) so thomas and micheal (who had been drinking most of the day) were pretty well buzzed bye the time they got back on the bus. then we went to a small wine house and had a cold meal and then drove back to graz the senic way and got on the train and went back to vienna. i had to go to the bathroom so i went on the train but the toilet would not flush an had not been for some time. and when i tried to leave the bathroom i found out that the door only works from the out side. eventually a lady came and opened the door for me. then i sat down and watched the senery go by. when it got to dark i started talking to andrea. then maggi thought she was part of the conversation so she sat there and lectured at us in her slow dark deep monotone voice. eventually i got bored and just dissagreed with her on somthing and proceded to argue over nothing. just to get her to shut up. then i came back to my dorm and passed out on my bed.

before we left ruth told us that apparently in all of europe you have to pay for every GB of information you download off the internet. we didn't know this we thought it was only i our dorms. but the office is already over its limit so we should take it easy on the office computers. during maggies lecture she accused me of being the only person who could have ussed the compputers that much. this was coming from the person who actually told the group that she new about the download restriction at the dorms and downloaded stuff at the office because of it. i proceded to tell her knowing who did it is not gonna solve the problem. but knowing her she gonna pass as much blame as she can.

well thats all i can think of for now .