Day 1 - Vienna, Austria
Landing in Vienna was exciting, nerve wrecking and exhausting all at the same time. The city was slightly bleak, but charming too. It had a quaint feeling to it. I feel like I could definitely fall in love with the city.
My first foreign friend was actually my Turkish roommate. She is probably one of the most inspiring people I have ever met. She ran away from home at age 17 to pursue her life long dream of professionally playing the violin. She faced racism, relationship troubles and practiced for hours a day and today, she is soloist. Even despite all that hardship, she has the most determined and positive outlook on life. Stories like these make me grateful for what I have and how lucky I've been in life to have a great education, amazing parents and just a great life in general.
After settling in, Professor Murray took us to Centimeter. Centimeter was kinda like an Austrian pub where we all tried authentic Austrian beer and had some much needed greasy pub food. Loved it all! It also gave us time to get familiar with all the other students.
I can already tell that this is going to be an incredible and unbelievable semester.
Next stop ---> to the Alps!!