Yesterday

So I passed out and went to sleep, so I didn't get the chance to tell you all about my day yesterday. It started out with the usual, German class. I had my first quiz and i think i actually did pretty well on it. After that we had a ton of free time. So I checked emails, studied my score, wrote out my translations, and then was out of things to do by 10:30, haha! So I decided to go practice and just run my recital for the competition. After that it was about time for lunch, so I headed over to the restaurant. We had catfish and salad. It was actually pretty good, and i'm not usually a fish person. After lunch I headed the Museum of Modern Art. In order to get to the museum, you have to go up the elevator that is inside the mountain. And also you can just pay for a one way ticket, but i didn't see any other way to get down...hmm. Anyway, Now I am usually a skeptic of modern art, but I decided to open my mind and see what is had to offer. It is also way on top of the mountain, so you get a fantastic view of Salzburg. The museum was very interested, it had some stuff I liked and some stuff that just confused me. The very first exhibit was my favorite. It was a giant collage of pictures of people who had literally been branded with designer brand names. It was really very clear what this artist wanted to portray. That we are so obsessed with these brand names that they almost become a part of who we are and sometimes take over. It was a really powerful message. My other favorites were the Andy Warhol originals. They were even better in person. There was this one artist that just put different sized pickles on different sized podiums in a giant room...i was baffled at this "art". After the museum, I just spent some time admiring the view and just thinking about the amount of history this place has seen. Its almost mind baffling. After the museum, I headed to the Salzburg Festival Ticket office with some friends to see if we could get tickets to any other shows. Unfortunately all they have left right now are 100-500 Euro tickets, and that is too rich for my blood. But they told us to call back on the day of the show to see if any tickets had been returned. So then it started to rain, and i mean really rain. So we walked in the rain to the restaurant we were going to eat for dinner, and we were soaked by the time we got there. So we ate dinner, and then headed to get some eis. I had kiwi, and it literally tasted like i had bitten into a fresh, ripe kiwi, yum! Then it started to rain pretty hard again, so we took a taxi home. Let me tell you, this was one of the nicest taxi's I have ever been in. So we got back to the dorm and I literally just passed out. I think I'm pretty adjusted to the time difference, but we do so many things that i usually sleep really well. Well today is the competition and my time is at 10:30, so I am going to go warm up and then head to the competition.
Living the Dream,
Lauren Frick