Fair Dingum Mate

Hedi!

So this weekend was my favorite thus far hands down. Austria is so quaint. We did two cities in one weekend which was kind of hard and i don't think we're going to try that again but they were both so great we couldn't skip out! Let's start with Salzburg the city of the Sound of Music. Getting there was interesting.. we took a night train again but this time it wasn't a nice couchette to sleep in but a chair. So, on top of trying to get comfortable in an upright position when it was absolutely freezing, we were accompanied by drunken British fellows on their way to the opening ceremonies of Oktoberfest haha. Such adventures we encounter. But once we got there (we barely made it-we were running through the city to get to the bus) it was magical. The tour was four hours but totally worth it. We got all of this inside info into the making of the movie and BB, Callie and I were soaking it up. Our tour guide was super cute and made all sorts of cheesy jokes. Doing the tour was something I'll always remember and was definitely top on my list of my favorite things :) pun intended. After the tour-did i mention the incredible lake districts we passed?-we just walked around the city for the little time we had left. We made a video in the tunnel that the Von Trapp family sang in the Do-Re-Mi song and had dinner at the top of some hotel which had an incredible view of the whole city. But we didn't stay long because we were onward to Vienna! This is when it gets good (as if you haven't been enjoying everything so far). But on the train, Lauren and I sat by this woman, she was a hoot and just so boisterous, and she made maps for us and told us all the things to do in Vienna while we were there. So after talking to her for a while she told us about how she owns a stone jewelry shop in Vienna and she just came from a conference and had lots of rings she let us try on! We were like kids in a candy store. So we told her we'd come find her shop and so we set out on a mission to find it once we got there and we bought rings yay and took a picture with Hedi our lovely contact. It was such a precious memory. But lets back up to the night we arrived and the hostel dilemna with Kathleen and Rachel. So we had to separate on the train and needless to say it's a good thing that they knew the name of our hostel because they got off at the wrong stop and had to find their way through Vienna at 10:30 at night with no phone and no address to our hostel. It was so stressful, we were all nervous but the lord provided a way for them in a nice lady that guided them all the way there and it worked out but we were all praying real hard. Not to mention our hostel was a popular one but it was also in a random back street that wasn't all that traffic-friendly. But all was well and Vienna turned out to be one of my favorite cities. But i must tell you one final story concerning the title to this entry and that's George. George is the Australian guy we met on the train that was coming from Munich and was wearing a pointed Harry Potter hat and lieder-hose which were ripped by random 'blokes' he met at Oktoberfest, but according to him its a good thing he was wearing good quality underwears. haha. And he was teaching us Australian phrases, hence the title. Oh the people you meet.