First Austria - pictures/ Erste Ö - Fotos!

2 weeks ago I came back to Austria from my year in the US.
...and here are the first pictures (all taken with my cell phone). They sum up pretty well what all is about here...

culture&history

traditional food. (my brother's first attempt to make Kärntner Kasnudeln and it was delicious!)

family

not everything is very alive

instead of water- we have chocolate fountains :)

...what we are wearing every day. Ok, just kidding. Only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays. :D

Bye bye!

I am leaving today. Bloomington, Indiana, the US.

Right now I have 4 more hours to pack and clean up my part of the appartment, and I am still just starting to realize, that I said goodbye to all my friends here yesterday night- for probably a long(er) time. This was very sad. And it was almost exactly as it was one year ago - on the same day, but 2007, when I left Austria. I was not aware how much I loved some of the people I got to know here during the year. But actually this is a beautiful thing and I am thankful for it.

Now it is time that I face the bright side of the journey...the "saying hello - part" to everybody in Austria again. I am very excited, and it is still almost too unreal.
I should better go.... tomorrow at around 7:30 I'll arrive in Vienna.

Wien, Wien nur du allein...