Freitag, 15. Mai 2009

Day 1 - Arrived

Hello my dear friends all across the globe.
Yesterday night at 10 pm European time and 3pm US Central time I arrived in Vienna. The flight was long, very long. It took us about 9 hours from Dallas to Heathrow, but then I had to wait for an approximate 10 hours. I decided to take naps on the benches there, since there was absolutely nothing to do. Yes, they had a bunch of duty free shops, but they were either ridiculously expensive, or not simply not interesting. My hand luggage was also very heavy. I packed about 10 kilogram (22 pounds) in each the notebook bag and the backpack. There was not much walking around possible therefore.
Well I survived the waiting and at around 6pm (London time) finally my flight to Vienna was ready to go. In Vienna I finally saw Dad, Gabriel, David and Nathanja. Mum stayed at home with the little guys Robbie and Eric, since it would have been too late for them. Today I didn't do much. I am still quite in amazement that I really came home. It was a loooong time, probably too long. Quite a lot has changed.
The counter culture shock is quite interesting. I never realized how much cussing the Austrians actually have in their dialect of German (words similar to shit, idiot, crap, stupid, ass and even the english "What the fuck" are commonly used. I hope you just didn't fall over because I spelled them out.)
Well I probably could write a lot more about that, but I will hopefully get to do so tomorrow.
Tonight I went to a worship night where the band of my sister played. It was nice, I met quite a few new people and re-met people I hadn't seen for 2-3 years.
It was a good experience, but I was definitely exhausted after such a long time of little sleep and the whole jet lag experience.
Okay, that is it for today, more tomorrow. (I will also try to post some pictures)