okay only a link to pictures. and they arent even my pictures but another exchange students because my host familys computer doesnt have a USB plugin thing so i cant upload my pictures
and ps the last few million pictures….like the ones at the zoo….are from vienna and i havent been there yet so look but dont think ive actually seen it. hahaha
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Gartha/The%20First%20Month/
well first a little about school. today the exchange students in my school met with the headmistress and we have to take german classes everyday…lots of times a week…with the 2nd form. which the kids are like 10. and then we have whatever classes we fit into our schedules after that. so that wont be too bad. although when i walked back into my class…7B…with my 2nd form german books everyone got a laugh. but i also got a laugh today when one of the kids was reading in english and he mispronouned at least 2 words each sentence…just like he made fun on me the other day for not being able to read german. but the kid is nice so its okay.
okay now onto my tauplitz weekend with all the exchange students…yes all 71 of us. the oldies (kids who have been here since january) were there. they are mostly from australia, new zealand, brazil…and some other countries i dont remember. everyone is so nice though.
well then. we took the train to tauplitz and met up with everyone and then crammed onto a greyhound bus and started driving up this mountain. hairpin turns and everything. and we went up. and up. and up. and up. until we finally made it to the top. and then we kept driving and driving and then up a little hill and to the lodge. we got out of the bus and started playing in the snow. snowball fight against newbies and oldies! fun. hahaha we were sent to bed that night at 11 and we had breakfast the next morning at 8. we started hiking at 9:30. we walked on the road for a while and then down a stone path stream. then up a steep trail and then we were on the side of the mountain and soon there was snow on the trail. it was so snowy that we couldnt find the trail and had to head back down a way and onto a new trail. this trail was mostly flatter…meaning lots of little up and downs but not just straight up…and even though the trail was maybe 10 inches wide one side was a cliff. we hiked on that for a while and everyone fell a few times. we were walking over these roots in the middle of the trail and i fell and lucky my leg broke my fall…nice bruises from that one! and later on we were walking….wait let me reword that mountin climbing…down some rocks and i almost fell grabbed onto another kid and we both slide down the rocks. its a good thing another girl caught us or we would have been over the cliff! there were times that i didnt feel safe at all on the mountain but all in all it was a great experience because i know i would never do that on my own without being forced to. plus its a good bonding experience. hiking in the mountains for 2 days with no showers. we finally made it back to the lodge after 5 hours of hiking and i slept. we had dinner and then went to a “disco” with all the exchangers. not that much fun. bad music. please just play some rap or hiphop or r&b. but no. the next morning we woke up for breakfast and they told us we were going to go on a short walk. short walk meaning almost 3 hour hike. at one point we had to climb over fallen trees….do you know how hard that is with short legs??….and then later we had to literally cling to the side of a hill and roots to bypass falling into the lake. which i didnt! i made it! 
thank god im home from tauplitz in one piece.
ps. never go mountain climbing in etnies
