Austria, this one's for you :)

Once again, I'm back home with little to do. So, let's reflect:

Apparently I'm going to learn how to say 'hiccup' wherever I go. It's Schluckauf in German. This has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I hiccup on a regular basis, honestly it doesn't! Unlike at Sherbrooke, I can't quite think of any useless vocab that I've picked up. Well perhaps I won't use Einwurf on a regular basis. How disappointing. I like useless vocabulary.

Austria and I most certainly had our differences at the start. All my hopes of Austria clinging to that mythical German efficiency were well and truly dashed. I've complained about the lack of organisation far too often, even for my own liking. I can now add my bank's failure to transfer money to this list. However, I did enjoy my time in Vorarlberg. (Spell check wants to 'correct' this to Marlborough. Where is the link??)

It made me appreciate the smell of rain and just how picturesque rolling fog and wispy mist actually is. i realise just how random that sounds. As small as Bregenz is and as much of a city girl as I am, even I had to appreciate that it was beautiful place to live. I'm going to miss sitting by the lake enjoying the sunshine, not that Bregenz is perpetually sunshine, mind you. Already my tan is fading. After all the time I spent defending the British weather, it's now clear that I was simply deluding myself and it really does rain as much as everyone thinks.

There are not as many quotations which sum up this semester, although there have been plenty of humorous things said. It seems to work on the basis of songs instead. Haddaway's what is love? and Culcha Candela's Monsta to name but a few. I love songs that make you think of a particular person or place. Musical memories - simply the best. (I apologise already for that :S )

I'm not going to waffle about meeting rather wonderful people. Mostly because of the statistics regarding views in Austria. I'm not one for inflating anyone's egos. Therefore, everyone I met in Austria is distinctly average. :)

This semester I confirmed that I definitely don't want to be a teacher. I learnt that I'm ever so slightly dependant on my laptop and that I would make a rubbish interpreter since I forget English vocabulary on a regular basis.

Yet again I wasn't quite ready to leave. This is the thing with only doing 4 months somewhere. Just when you've finally settled in, it's practically time to leave again. On a slightly related topic, this month is the first full month I'll be spending in the UK since last July, so maybe I'll have the same attitude in September when I have to go back to uni. Who knows. However, this is the end of my year abroad. Bring on 4th year (and hopefully more travels :D )