Monday, May 25, 2009

Memorial Day--not a holiday in Austria

Today was our first real day of classes. I wish I could say that I had an amazing attention span, but I could not focus at all in ballet.

Yesterday was a relaxation day. After our intense day-trip to Munich, Hollis, Kristin and I decided to take it easy. I woke up around noon, then proceeded to make breakfast/lunch. We lounged on the bank of the Salzach for a couple hours. I brought Pride and Prejudice with me, although I only read a couple chapters. It was pleasant to just lay there and take it all in. We returned back to our dorm before heading out for some dinner.

At first, we wanted to find something close. I suggested a cafe that I saw by the river, not too far from our place. However, the cafe only served beverages and desserts...we'll save that for another day. We walked all over old-town, trying to find something within our price range when we finally decided on a restaurant near our dorm. I decided to try something Austrian--which wasn't a mistake...we'll just say it wasn't my favorite Austrian dish. It was some sort of a dumpling with peppermint on the inside. I don't even like candy canes...
oh well, it was something new.

After dinner, some ice cream and park-playing. Then sleep.

The group that I'm in had contemporary first before ballet, which was confusing for my body this morning. Our contemporary class, taught by Zuma, was mostly spent doing floorwork. Needless to say, it was really awesome, but pretty difficult. Ballet was...interesting. I'm not convinced by our current ballet teacher.

The rest of the day was spent buying groceries and hanging out in the apartment. None of us really wanted to venture outside because it was so hot. I talked to Dave and Kristy a couple times on skype. Also did all of my laundry. Yay!

Tomorrow seems to be a busier day with rehearsal in the evening. We'll see how it goes. Goodnight.

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