Halloween Boolues

this cracks me up haha

The last couple of days I've been feeling a little bit blah and definitely have been over sensitive to Craig (that's a nice way to describe it).  I could not figure out what my problem was...I just had had a great trip to Salzburg, we had a first big snow storm, and my favorite holiday ever was just around the cornor (hence the font).   And then I talked to my mom on Sunday night and she asked what was wrong and then came the waterworks.  I use to be away from my family all the time when I was younger whether I was at summer camp, vacationing with the Young's, or even when I started boarding school in 6th grade, and I never got homesick.  Ever since I became an adult  ( even though its legally 18 I dont consider myself an adult till after college) I hate leaving my family.  I didnt discover homesickness till I decided I was going to move to Salt Lake City...I balled my eyes out the entire drive there and for the first month.   So anyways I miss my family and my friends a ton and the fact that my favorite holiday is tomorrow and they dont celebrate it here doesnt help at all. I am still going to dress up and celebrate!!! 


OKAYYYYY im vacationing in Europe ill stop with the sob story.  


Martha's definitely been in action these last couple of days.  

Chicken Cacciatore

Lamb chops and homemade veg soup

Seafood chowder? soup?





And I managed to do a little decorating too

notice the thumb

Painted this thing with nail polish

I made Craig save his orange baguette bags from the past two weeks to make this 

I never reveal what I am going to be for Halloween before  Halloween but  it is in this picture hint: Traditional

Halloween Tribute:

Salem 2010

2010

2009

Work 2011 -HIV infected monkeys (Sick joke)...my idea

2008

2008?

2006

Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday to Colleen and Pete!!!

These are a few of my favorite things....

from Salzburg!!!!

 

There were padlocks all over the bridges.  This became a huge trend last summer when I movie came out and the main characters put a lock on a bridge and threw the key into the river.  Apparently one bridge had so many padlocks on it that it started to weigh down the bridge and they had to cut them all off. 

Mozart Memorial

 We (me and two ladies) spent 24 hours in Salzburg.  The day kicked off with an early bicycle tour called "The Faulein Maria Bicycle Tour."  The tour was 4 hours and 11 miles all around the city, if the name didnt give it up the tour was  all about the making of the Sound of Music and a little bit of Salzburg history.  

I was Brigitta for the day

Our energetic tour guide Jonas

Jonas made us do sound of music poses throughout the tour...I am clearly not awake yet.

The hills are aliveeeee!  We actually found out why they say that and the reason is if you jump on the ground here it vibrates almost like a mini earthquake.

In the background is the backside (a completely different house was used for the front shots) of the Von Trapp home that they used in the movie.  The real Von Trapp house was never used. 

enough jonas

Add caption

I am 16 going on 17...

Salzburg's oldest bakery

Add caption

This was the front of the Von Trapp house

cold and exhausted

cruising

minor issues

Overall I give the tour 5 stars!   It was a great way to see the city, and I have never laughed so hard while riding a bike.  If anyone ever travels to Salzburg I highly recommend it.   After the tour we headed over to the Red Fox for some lunch.

Goulash...loved it

pumpkin Studel

We were pretty exhausted from the tour, but we decided we had to at least have one beer at the Augustiner Brewery.  The brewery was founded by monks, and the beer is served in stone mugs from wooden barrels.  I have always been a loyal fan of Bud Light but I have to say this could be my new favorite beer.  

The girls headed to Vienna and I headed back home to prep for Solden tomorrow!!!  

I followed this guy home on the Autobahn

p.s. Some of my older posts pictures are missing...I am working on putting them back up.

World's largest outdoor organ playing my jam...really picks up at the 42 sec mark 

Gondola, Castles, and a big A%$ Organ

The last couple of days have been pretty busy over here.  It's weird how in just 12 days the word busy has such a different meaning to me now.

Busy (before)- wake up,  realize my bike was stolen (happened 3 times), speed walk 2 miles to work while brushing my hair and yelling at the car that almost took me out on the CROSS WALK (one actually did), sit in biosaftety lab gowned head to toe,  read research papers/creep fb, walk/run 4 miles to class or zumba, talk to my mom/sister/bf all while texting Aliza, order pad thai, homework/real housewives. 

Busy (now)- wake up, espresso or coffee, explore/site see. 

Here are some pictures of me being busy over the last three days:

OBERPERFUSS (say that 10 times fast)

Gondola Ride

They had these all the way up the ski trail they were trees with faces carved into them with button  that you could press to hear these creepy children voices sing and say something in German.  To the right is the creepy children's picture. 

Definitely going to spend a day or two skiing here

One of the creep children

ROAD BLOCK

I stumbled upon these young men on my run home.  At first I thought that there was some sort of parade going on and that's why they were holding up traffic, but then I realized that they were drunk and begging for money.  They had two groups;  one group stopped traffic using a line of Austrian pennants and the other had this giant flag that they would lay over the cars windshield so that they wouldnt be able to drive away.   Craig found out later that they had just finished training from the military, and since the police did drive through I think this must be a common thing to do.  Kinda sad, but at least they were having fun! 

KUFSTEIN & SCHWAZ

Girls trip to Kufstein and Schwaz!  A ton of laughs, lots of amazing views, couple of wrong turns,  two castles, and one giant Organ.  

Festung Fortress

Lost

They had a whole section dedicated to winter sports...I called this fortress Castle Smorgasbord because every room had some sort of random historical display.  

like this one

We sat at the bottom and listened to the LARGEST OUTDOOR ORGAN IN THE WORLD!!!!!

Schloss Tratzberg

Train ride down

MY FIRST REAL GERMAN MEAL

The American version of the menu called it "Gordon Blue"..silly

My biggest accomplishment so far is making it home on the OBB (train system) all by myself tonight.  I've got a bad chest cold (tear...) so I went home early from downtown and I was able (with a little guidance at first) to get on the right train and off at the right stop.  For those who are close to me know that I still get lost in Plymouth and dont do public transportation so I was pretty pumped!