Shönes Wochenende!

Friday night, the group took the train to Therme Erding, a naturally heated water park. It is situated atop a natural hot spring, such as in Yellowstone. It was SO COOL! There were a doyen waterslides, and a giant pool with a cave and a bridge and it went outdoors and indoors, several diffent temperatures and types of hot tubs, like sulfur and salt, and even a tanning deck for women only! It was amazing!

After 3 hours there, I went home to Rebecca's house, grabbed my stuff, and moved.

I am now staying with Florian, his mother, and his two sisters, Julia and Luise.

Now for Saturday.

We woke up REALLY early to catch the 645 train to Austria. I was surprised to find out that nobody but me brought their passport with them. Hmm...

First we went to the salt mines. That was nice and cold. And as terrified I am of caves and the like, I was relieved by the temperature. But that didn't stop me from being teerrified of the cave. What was even more terrifying was the 30 metre slides throughout the cave. I have one helluva picture to put up as soon as I am back in the U.S. Best €5 I have ever spent.

Salzburg itself was exhausting. Mobini had us walk up this HUGE hillside to see this castle that we couldn't afford to look at. So we made it to the top, turned around, and came back down. Thanks, buddy.

The churches in Salzburg were the most beautiful churches I have ever seen. They blow the one in Galway out of the water.

Saturday night was a blast. Most of the group went to Summer Vibes, or summer wibes as the Germans pronounce it. It is a fundraising party put on by the high school for anyone in the community 16 and up. It was basically a big dance in a barn. But I had a lot of fun. Nobody was dancing at first, and I wanted to, but no one would dance with me. Then Konrad came over and asked us to dance with him. So I did. We kicked it off...but it took about 45 minutes. But that's OK! Everyone at the party could tell I was American. Apparently we dance weird, but everyone seemed to like it.