Sunday, September 18, 2011

week one, week of fun

Guten Tag!!!

My host frau doesn't have internet at her house so posting will be less frequent than hoped...anyways here's my week in pictures.  It's been a super fun and super busy week.  The best part was that my parents came and visited this weekend!  We missed schwester and hund (steph and louie) but we still had a blast!

 lunch with Kierstin, Annisija, and Lindsay


 Waiting for the street car coming home from school


 grocery shopping at Spar


 Schubert lived here...no big deal


 Our entire group on the world's oldest ferris wheel





Look for this made-for-tv-movie playing now (the man with the bassoon)
Photo curtesy of my parents in Berlin...I've trained them well- they can spot a bassoon a mile away

 Rigoletto at the Volksoper... gotta love standing room tickets at the very top in the very back


My mother and I with our matching mustard clothes in front of Stephansdom


 The Barber of Seville at the Staatsoper...Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro


 My host frau, Lilo's backyard


 It's a garden with apples and pears galore... we eat a freshly picked apple for breakfast every morning


 and the front of the house 


 Lunch with the program directors, Herr and Frau Minert, and my roommie Annisija


 Boating on the Danube... we played Strauss waltzes and mozart tunes on my phone for the duration of the cruise



Rathaus (Parliament) with the circus in front 


 Don Giovanni streaming live outside the Staatsoper


It's been so much fun having my parents here this weekend.  We had a blast, eaten good food, seen great opera, and had a great time.  

Monday, September 12, 2011

Finally...


Guten Tag!  We finally made it to Wien.  I’m so pumped to finally be here.  The weather is warm und sonnig and unusually warm for this time of year which ist sehr gut!  We arrived on Friday…about 12 of us had our luggage lost which meant that I wore the same outfit for about 40 hours. We stayed in a hotel the first night and then our host families picked us up yesterday.  Annisija Wallin and I get to stay with Liselotte Ekl in district 13 of Vienna.  We call her Lisel and she calls us “girlies.”  She speaks great English but is helping us improve our German by mainly speaking to us auf Deutsch.  She is atheletic, loves South American culture, and her back yard is filled with fruits that we eat for breakfast every morning. Overall, my first impressions of Vienna are super positive.  I am so excited to get to live and experience this beautiful city and culture for three whole months!  
 This is our room that we share... we have our own bathroom (separate from our host) which is lucky since most don't have that luxury

Monday, September 5, 2011

Summing Up Summer...



This summer has been a blast!  Here are some pictures to sum up such a solid summer:
BYU Chamber Orchestra China Tour


Tokyo with the Family

Some solid double reed action at IDRS at ASU



Cousin shoot out...last one standing wins

Gum surgery...lots of reed making
not lots of practicing


Zoo


Happy Birthday to me


All we know is she's called the Stig!


The Fujita Winds
Madeline Island Music Camp

We play the bassoon


bassoons and pianos...can't get any better
Louie was a little sad we shaved him


the official drink of summer goodness

Dan's Senior Trip
Part I. Zions

Part II. Las Vegas

Fly Fishing 





Jamming on Balboa Island
We earned one dollar,


 sang songs about people walking by,




chased people playing the theme from Jaws, 

 
and made a friend with a Ukulele.


Auf Wiedersehen Summer....

Guten Tag Austria!!!!