here we go

week 1
Giesshübl (pronounced geese-hoo-ble)

after my arrival in austria, Michael (the father i'm staying with) picked me up at the airport and took me back to their house in Vienna and then relayed his plans for the evening. beeing EXTREAMLY tired, he suggested for me to take a nap there and then be ready around 6:00 in the evening for a family get together for his cousins birthday...half awake, i met some relatives of his and tried some typical austrian food.
the day after, Michael and i drove to (somewhere) in the Alps to go pick up Fabian (the second youngest child) who was at a camp. i really dont remember much of it because apparently i was sleeping. that afternoon, we arrived at Giesshübl, an aggricultural school, but for the summer was turned into a gathering place for families to come and enjoy eachothers company.
it was an interesting experience, knowing no german, it was hard at first to connect with the people, but luckily they knew some english and where able to ask me very simple questions, which i gladly recieved. i made some friends there, realized that im much better at fußball (soccer) than i thought i was, and learned a lot about german techno :D
Lina, (the girl in the purple sweater) is about 17 and shes a lot of fun to be around, we went exploring in the little town nearby called Amstetten and shopped a lot there. we exchanged life stories and i learned that she had spent about 1 year in Ireland and that was the reason her english was very good...which made me happy. Sadly, she left the day after to go to France, to stay with a family there and learn work on her french..lucky..but we really connected in our short time toghether and we still talk!
another friend i made, Verana, who is also 16, was brought to this camp by her boyfriend, but after they learned that i wasnt a threat to their relationship (you get what i mean) we all became super close and hung out like everyday..lots of fun!

on the seconed to last night of our stay there..there was a Disco where all the adults and teenagers stayed up like all night dancing away (i was able to be DJ for a little :D), and that was a lot of fun
the next night was the bonfire night where in the previous day people gathered bunches of sticks and piled them high in the center of the parking lot and then lit it on fire. it was pretty big. and very hot.

more stories will come to me, but keep checking for week 2!!