Weekend of 9/8-9/10

This past weekend went by much too fast. On Friday morning a group of us went to play soccer in the park. It was too fun- we were the vicious “Stingrays” (yes, in honor of the Great One). There were also four Austrian boys about 14 or 15 years old playing some serious soccer of their own. We all really wanted to join them, and our opportunity came when one of them kicked the ball out of the court. One girl rushed in with it, the rest of us joined her, and before long we were playing against them. They, however, kicked our trash. But it was fun, and they warmed up pretty quickly to the idea of American college girls playing with them. It was great. Their names were Manchester, Morris, Nikki, and Fabio, and it was a riot. Once while we were playing, the ball got kicked over the 12’ tall fence. This old man came up to it (he was probably 70 or so), and he kicked it right back over the fence! We were all quite impressed.




Friday night we went to a local stake dance that we had been invited to. Stake dances have never been so fun. There were quite a few Austrian guys who could actually dance. One was really good at swing (which I just loved) and another taught me the Viennese Waltz! It was so sweet. Learning the Viennese Waltz in Vienna. From an Austrian. So cool.

Saturday was a little bit more relaxed, but on Saturday night we all went to the Lange Nacht der Musik, or the long night of music. There were about 40 places all over the city where you could go and listen to different styles of music. My personal favorite was listening to traditional choral music inside of Stephansdom, the gigantic gorgeous church in the very center of the city.

Sunday we had stake conference at the Vienna International Center. We laft our house at nine and were still ten minutes late because we had to take three different subway lines. Sunday nights now we have religion class at our director’s apartment and Sunday dinner group. It was the perfect end to a busy week. I am still wondering how time seems to go faster here. But I love it.