drive in movie!

our first drive in movie!!!.......very fun but along with it came some disasters...radio didnt work at first...and rude people......just read the story...

Unglaublich!!! I now know why all the women here always show themselves off here as being "tough"...well they have to be to stand up to these horrible austrian men with no manners. I must have gotten a "rare treasure" since Christian is not anything like the rest of the men here! So we went on a date tonight to the Drive-in movie theater!!!...I was so excited cuz I always wanted to go to one. So we got there super early and got a great parking spot...only one problem! our radio wouldn't work for the speaker! we tried and tried and asked other people around to see if they knew how to do it. Finally christian just had to go back to the entrance to ask the maintenance people for help. I told him I didnt want to lose our great spot so I looked like a big idiot but I stood in the spot so nobody would take it...well next minute I know who comes by but mr bigshot in an ugly car who was backing up in MY place!...i said to myself oh okay he is just using the space to turn around to get to the spot next to it...NO!...he was telling me to go away and I kept shaking my head no...I thought I was dreaming or something!...He yelled to me go away in German...Wie bitte??????? Was has tu gesacht? ohhh well let me tell you something!-if there is one thing I have had to learn in Austria it is to stand up for myself!-which I never had to do in my whole life! he was with a girl and I just couldnt believe he treated someone like that...he took some time to get out of the car but i just waited for him and stared at him...then he got out and I just let it all out to him...hmm I have to say when I am mad my german is pretty good...I told him I couldnt believe he was talking to a woman like that and why did he take my place when there was a perfectly good spot right next to me...and I told him some other nice words too which he deserved...and I have to say I am challenged daily to be nice to people here!...its a european thing maybe too that they just dont have the manners that americans do!...okay I also told him that I am so sick of the austrians here with no manners. well im glad he wasnt a "macho" guy, he was actually a wimp because he walked away from me with his girlfriend to the foodstand......i was bubbling with anger at this point.......then christian comes back 1 minute too late...and I run to him and told him what happened...so we quickly pulled into a new spot which actually was a better spot anyway...and waited for them to come back....they came back, we got out of our car and confronted them and they ran to their car.......it was almost funny you know how people have the guts to say anything they want to you while they are in a car protected by windows-yet when the come to you face to face they are scared!...I am the opposite of a confrontational person, but I am telling you everyday in the city I would just be walked all over if I didnt know how to stand up for myself. Christian is not a "fighter" either...he stands up for me without causing fist fights...he just went over to him and said actually something I respect him for...he didnt cuss him out or anything, he just said to him about how we came from homes that taught us better than that and to have good manners and we have higher standards than to treat other people like and especially a lady. Since his license plates said he was from outside of Vienna, Christian also mentioned that viennese people are raised better than farmers...that is a big insult because that is a constant battle in Austria...The people who live in Vienna make fun of the farmers...and the farmers call the people who live in Vienna snobs...

anyways, ughhh i was so mad i just had to write it before I go to bed tonight...people are just UNGLAUBLICH! UNBELIEVABLE! something about writing out my anger helps me feel better! so don't think I am crazy for what I did...he will get what he deserves one day...

well we saw Shrek3....very cute! but the 2nd one was still my favorite!...a drive in theater is really fun! it was packed full of cars!...the weather was perfect and wow I think that is my new favorite movie theater now!...you dont have to listen to other people eating loud or talking...you just hear whatever is in your own car! I have a picture but I took them on my cell phone and I have to figure out how to load them from the phone to the computer...

okay ahh its late! almost 1am! I have to go to bed!

End of the year trip!

our end of the year trip...we went to an old western town in the middle of the countryside of Austria...not in Vienna...the kids got to watch western shows, play games and the canoe ride was the best!...here is a self taken photo by me in the boat with me and my girls Charlotte and Marlene!!!

time to eat a western saloon!

the other kids on their canoe's!

the boys paddling well!

it looks like a hollywood movie set!!!

New apartment pictures!

view from the roof...we are on the south side of the city so we have a pretty green view!!!...in the distance are wine fields and gardens:)

the pool!!!!! its like on top of a cruise ship! haha!

the roof terrace!

where I will be everyday after school for therapy:)

our kitchen...but as you can see it is not finished...thats what we get Austria...you pay for an apartment for its space-NOT for anything in it!...but its actually okay because then you get to pick out everything you want and colors and you can totally customize it-not just take what you get.

our balcony!

view to the left from our balcony.......the other buildings and some apartments have gardens on the bottom....and a nice green park!

pleasantville......brand new park and community green garden!

storm damage from a week ago!

storm damage from a week ago!

SCHOOL IS OUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!

School ended yesterday....Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its about time!!! we had our teacher outting last night! Really fun and best part is that my boss paid for all of us!...wow what a treat! We are a close team and a family-like school...totally different than any other school I have ever been to. I am so thankful that God provided this job for me to work at this school with an old friend and with such awesome people and a class full of such sweet kids!

SUMMER VACATION IS HERE!!! so I packed up my classroom and its all in order so I don't have to look at it again until the very end of August!...

now I have to pack up the rest of our apartment before we leave for Tunesia in 2 weeks...then when we get back from Tunesia we move officially into our new apartment the next day!!!...and then 2 days later I leave for the states!...okay so I will need some time when I first get to the states to relax...ahhh...

at this point I don't care about anything else CUZ SUMMMERRRRRRRRRRRRR IS HEREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sopron, Hungary....our spa day!!!

we just finished getting all pampered...now we took a picture......luv these girls! Martina, Cheree, Charissa and Valentina...

Girls night out!!!...to the opera for the Romeo and Juliet Ballet!!!

the Vienna opera house!

ladies!!!

on the tram on our way to the opera!...gotta love the strassenbahn! woohoo!

Cheree and Valentina..............

waiting for the strassenbahn to come!!!...

busy weekend!

this past weekend was so exhausting...I was a walking zombie in school on monday morning!....

Friday night was our big talent show at school! so i can breathe again because my big event for the end of the school year is over!!! that was so stressful! but funny!...it was priceless to see 30 kindergarteners in leopard print skirts for a flintstones dance!!!......i will have to post pictures when I get them from the parents...hilarious!...my kids did an egyptian show! it was greatt!!!...then all the teachers went out afterwards like we do after every event...very fun and good bonding time!...we were out late, but good thing it was a friday night!!!

Saturday morning christian and I had to go shopping for some last stuff for our new apartment...but too early in the morning......then we went to the big music festival event called the Donauinselfest (the danube island festival)....its a full weekend event with 20 stages of different music, food...dancing...relaxation.....great time!...we saw one of my favorite austrian bands (she says!)........and the famous Reinhard Fendrich was the ultimate night concert for 2 hoursss!!! and he sang " I am from Austria!!!"...luv that song and especially since Christian and his mom danced to that song at our wedding it was so meaningful...and this is all FREE!!!...in the U.S. this would cost atleast 50 bucks to get in im sure!...well the music went so late...we didnt even realize it but by the time we got to the subway it was 2am and just caught the last subway!...next morning, church...I was half asleep but it was good I had to listen!...It was about what a wife must be in a marriage!...I will buy the cd so I can listen to it with more alert ears!......then Sunday night the girls and I went to the opera to see Romeo and Juliet Ballet!...it was beautiful!!!...fun fun!...we got dressed up and went out on the town!...I was absolutely dead at this point when I came home............
and somehow this week I am surviving my last week of school...
3 days left.......