I arrived in Salzburg shortly before 3 and it’s no cooler here than it was in Wien. My host “mom,” Martina, and her two daughters, Laura (5) and Lisa (2.5), were there to pick me up. Martina and Martin are a young couple, so they’re not so much host “parents” as friends. It turns out I am their 9th exchange student. They are already teaching me little things in German. Some of the words and phrases I had known at one point, but had forgotten.
It turns out; I am the only student staying with them. When I was filling out all the applications, all the information said we could request a single, but they were hard to come by. I didn’t request one, and got one. This family is absolutely wonderful. Laura wants me to speak English so she can work on hers, and Lisa doesn’t speak much, but took to me right away and spent half the evening at dinner in my lap.
When we arrived home, Martina and I enjoyed an afternoon snack and some coffee. Then I was given the grand tour of the house, and I began unpacking. Once I was almost finished unpacking, we all went down to the pool in their yard to cool off. After some time in the pool with Martin, Martina and the kids we sat out on the lawn and Martin brought out champagne as a welcome. Their neighbor also came over and joined us.
After we were done, Martina, Laura and I changed and went for a bike ride into downtown Salzburg. There she showed me where Salzburg College (where I’ll be studying) was along with the bus stops (S-bann) both where I get off and where I get on. I was definitely a little shaky on the bike at first; I haven’t ridden mine in probably 5 or 10 years.
Once back home, I finished packing and showered. Then I helped Martina cook dinner and carry it out to their patio. On the patio we enjoyed pasta with a salad, red wine and two of their friends.
It’s already 12:20am here, and brunch will be at 10am tomorrow. Then I am to be at Salzburg College at 1pm for orientation so-to-speak.
Gute Nacht!
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