An action packed couple of days

This week has just been an absolute blast so far! Wednesday's tour of Schloss Hellbrunn was absolutely amazing. There is an area outdoors there where one of the old Archbishops decided to build trick fountains and miniature figures that run on water. We took the tour through the area and we had the perfect day for it too. The sun was out and there was not a cloud in the sky, which was good because we all ended up getting wet from the fountains. There were fountains hidden in floors, doorways, statues, chairs, and all over rooms. The cool part about it is that all of the fountains run on natural water pressure from water brought in from the river. The tour was also fun because our guide spoke a ton of different languages and ended up giving the tour in French, German, and she offered to give it in English too if we wanted. There are also some other beautiful gardens in the area all filled with flowers and statues and such. One of the cool things about Schloss Hellbrunn is that it is practically across the street from where we are living and I didn't even know about it. The path that you take to get to it is really beautiful as well. There are these hugs trees that line both sides of the path and there are big fields and farm areas that you go by.

Thursday was a fun day because a lot of people ended up leaving to travel for the weekend. I hung out here with some of the other students who didn't go anywhere for the weekend and we ended up having fun. In the afternoon I ended up going shopping and bought food, a soccer ball, and a new outfit for the 40th anniversary party of the Salzburg program that is coming up on Tuesday. In the evening I ended up kicking the soccer ball around with the rest of the people that stayed here and then at night I ended up watching Viva again.

Today was fun since I decided to pack up a bag this morning and go to Munich for the day. I hopped on a train a little bit after 11 and two hours later I was there. I took the subway down a few stops and ended up walking the rest of the way back to the English Gardens. I forget if I mentioned this already in another post, but the English Gardens is a huge park in Munich that is larger than Central Park in New York. Wednesday was beautiful at Hellbrunn, but today's weather was even better, and I ended up staying at the English Gardens for almost the entire afternoon. The pattern was 1) got there and walked around 2) sunbathed 3) went to the beer garden in the center of the park to listen to music, eat a gigantic pretzel, and drink a beer 4) sunbathed again. It was one of the most pleasant and relaxing days that I have had since I have been in Europe. After the sun started not to feel as warm, I packed up my bag and went searching for the Hofbraeuhaus again. Learose asked me to buy her a beer mass (a glass big enough to hold 1 L) for her since she accidentally dropped hers as we were leaving Munich last time. After making a wrong turn or two I ended up finding it and picking up a glass for Learose and also one for myself. Then, I hopped back on a train and now I'm back in Salzburg. Well, I've been here for a few hours now, but I just now got around to writing this.

I don't really have anything planned for this weekend, but I'm sure that I will come up with something fun to do. I'm about to add new pictures to the pictures link, so if you get a chance, be sure to check that out. That's all I have for now. Check back soon and hopefully I will get the chance to write again!