surprise!

If there's one thing I've learned from traveling all my life, and especially this summer, is to expect to never ever get what you're expecting. That is so true in my life with everything going on right now.

Right now I'm sitting in a McDonalds in downtown Vienna that offers free wi-fi. And they're playing "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne on the radio. Oh my goodness, total elementary school flashback. They play incredibly old American popular songs on the radios here. Oh, and speaking of surprises and the unexpected, I love European McDonalds! This is so unlike me because I hate McDonalds in the U.S. Not really hate...but I can never eat there because like everything has meat in it and their salads are awful. But in Europe, McDonalds sells veggie burgers. And they have delicious salads. And they sell donuts and brownies and other random good stuff that would not be fast food in the States. And french fries..oh my gosh, how I miss familiar, normal American food! So eating french fries is amazing.

So I didn't like Germany because the houses reminded me of that book "Brave New World" which was kind of creepy...but I was only there for two days. And it wasn't a final, I hate Germany, opinion. Just a quick passing thought. But I love Austria! Salzburg was pretty but I also love Vienna. I'm learning an incredible amount of German. I can basically get around Austria with my basic German and I can understand most of what people say to me.

And then I didn't expect to be sick in Salzburg, in pain my first day in Vienna, and get soaked one evening while running around Salzburg. Traveling is crazy and sickness just makes it more stressful.

But I love it so much. The pros so far outweigh the cons.

I had a lot more to say but I can't remember it anymore now that I actually have internet access. Plus I need to go back to the hotel and go to bed. Shopping tomorrow afternoon in Vienna! I'm so excited. Gute nacht, meine freundins. Bis morgen!