Our last official day of orientation was a blast! We met up with Maia and the two girls at the train station for a bit of a day trip to Hallein where we got to explore the salt mines. We started off by putting on some awesome white jumpsuits (ghostbusters-style) and then we headed into the mine via train, followed by SLIDE (just like the miners did), followed by boat, followed by another slide. They had an amazingly cheesey video (auf deutsch) that explained the salt mining history of the area. Once our tour was through, we walked down the mountain side back into Hallein for lunch -- we had kebaps (delicious! it's essentially a bun with meat (lamb or chicken typically), lettuce, onion, tomato and sauce. You could say it's like a gyro, only on a bun instead of a pita) and ice cream (highly recommended by Maia, Kaethe and Lena). Following lunch, we checked out a museum in Hallein about the history of the Celts and salt mining.
9.6
Saturday was filled with organizing my room, and doing some more substantial grocery shopping. That night we had dinner over at the Schroeder's. We had goulash suppe (soup), salad and chocolate cake. It was delicious! Once again, the kids provided us with endless entertainment!
9.7
Katie and I attempted to go to mass, but we just missed the bus we needed to get there on time. We decided to go into town anyway, just to better get our bearings. We found a fun little bakery and each got chocolate croissants, it was especially great because the lady in the shop actually spoke to us in German, whereas many other people automatically start speaking English if you stumble on a single word. We decided it should be our Sunday tradition to go there, after mass of course!
9.8
Today was our first day of classes. After senior seminar was over we had 3 hours until our next class, so Katie and I went on another adventure to find IKEA. Of course, things are never as easy as they should be, and we ended up walking all the way around IKEA (on a busy road, with no sidewalk) to find the entrance, later finding out that if we had simply walked through the nearby shopping mall, we would have gotten there without any problem at all! We didn't spend much time there simply because it took a good 1/2 hour to get there by bus, and we had to be back downtown by 3 for our next class.
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