The Hills are Alive..with the Sound of Music

Very touristic of us I know...but yes..mom and I did go on the Sound of Music tour in the lovely lil city of Salzburg. We stayed for 3 nights in a cute lil B&B that overlooked the city. The overlook the city part was nice - the hike to get up to the place to enjoy it. We just used the hike as an excuse to eat more apfel strudle. The SOM tour was quite pricey, but honestly worth every penny. We made several stops and got to see alot of places the movie was filmed. The 1st pic shows one of the houses where the movie was filmed, and the lake scene was shot here too. The 2nd pic is in Monsee, a lil town right outside of Salzburg, at a beautiful lake. The 3rd pic is at the top of the highest mountain in the area. Mom and I rode the cable car up. Really lovely scenery. The last pic is of us at a cafe in Vienna. One cool thing about Salzburg is all of their christmas stores that are open year round. Pretty sure they contain more ornaments than Ive ever seen in my entire life. Im not sure anyone should ever go to Salzburg without buying at least one of them. Also in Salzburg we got to see the fortress on the top of the hill, and the haus of Mozart. He was pretty good at what he did..so this was neat. We even got to see his first violin...not sure why..but this was really cool to me. Maybe bc Ive always wanted to be able to play that thing.

Mexican Nanny

So the more time I spend abroad the more I feel like America's education system is doing us a huge disservice with regards to learning other languages. When I was in school..what seems like ages ago..we had to only take 2 years of a foreign language...and...not everyone had to do that...only the people who wanted to get more scholarship money. When you compare this with other countries..its quite sad. Take the dutch for example. Every dutch person I know speaks perfect english because they are made to learn it their whole lives. Just because english is the language of business all around the world doesn't give us a right to get out of learning other languages. Personally, I feel like every American should begin to learn spanish as early as 1st grade. (Or even earlier with a nanny) They should take it all the way through school, and then in highschool, they should be required to pick another language to take 9-12th grade. Think of how many people you could then communicate if you knew english, spanish, and lets say german. Of the things I regret growing up...not learning spanish and not playing the piano more are the main two.

What a girl should have in every color

What a girl should have in every color. And no..im not talking about the boy at the top..although..he is quite lovely. Seriously..I'd have all of these if i could. I have a slight obsession with purchasing scarves.

Bookmark Bar

So..I think you can tell alot about a person from their bookmark bar on their computer. Whenever I am using someone else's computer I always look to see what their bookmarks are when I hit internet explorer. For this reason I thought I would share my bookmarks..

OneDay One Job- Job Search Site

Linked In - Job Search Site

Free Translation.com - For the German

fhwn.at - Austria School Website

google

my sisters blog

Ebay - what an addiction

hostelworld.com

Forever 21

Twitter

Youtube

Moster.com - Job Search

Weather.com

Heritagebankark.com

ASU Homepage

Hotmail

Facebook

Seaweed

So my roommate is korean..the cutest lil thing ever...and tonight she cooked and we ate seaweed for dinner. This is a new concept for me. But...apparently in Asian culture this is the traditional food for a persons birthday meal. On your birthday you get up in the morn and eat seaweed. Mothers also eat it alot when they are pregnant and after giving birth because its so healthy for you. Not sure why Im blogging this...but it seemed so random that I had too. O the things you learn when you are studying abroad.

My day at Starbucks

So the other day I sat in Starbucks for 6 hours and read this whole book. Mom brought it to me as part of my easter present! A chai tea latte and some Karen Kingsbury..you cant get much better than that. Now I just have to wait for about 9 months for Take 4 to come out. If you are a girl..and you dont read Karen..you should reevaluate the matter.

My top 10 songs i listen to on the ipod lately

you'll come - hillsong

true love - phil wickham

bessie smith - nora jones version

to make you feel my love - adele version

free fallin- john mayer version

hung the moon - drew holcomb

crash into me - dmb

warm whispers - missy higgins

Im a b- merideth brooks

bottoms up - keke