Homesick for Vienna no more

Monday, May 20 (Day 14)

First of all, HAPPY 21ST TO MEREDITH. That is all.

We woke up this morning and got to leave a little later, due to the holiday.
Stupid bus was stinkin' 10 minutes late, and Audrey was sick, and we had to walk all the way down the hill, and we didn't get much breakfast, and Lilo yelled at us, and Rachel's shoes were new, and stuff was dumb for a while. Luckily, there was a wonderfully kind old lady who held the bus for us at a later stop so we didn't have to run all the way to the stop.

We got to the AAIE just as class was about to start.

Our class was lucky enough to enjoy another guest speaker today, Dr. Paul Crabb from the University of Missouri.  I cannot say enough about this man - he was so kind, so enthusiastic, and so sweet.  He is a director of choirs at the University of Missouri, so he's well-versed in music, and good friends with Dr. Reisinger.  It was truly a pleasure to have him in class, to get to talk to him after, and to experience how excited he was for our experience.

After class, we had a super-exciting special event: Dr. Reisinger gave haircuts!  A whole bunch of girls got consultations, and several girls got their hair chopped!  Hopefully lots of pictures to come, but lots of new, exciting looks.  It was a lot of fun, the girls had a lot of courage, and we all look really awesome.

We had a couple free hours, so Allison, Audrey, Abigail, Jessica, Rebekah, Meredith and I went to the Museum Quarter in District 1 to hang out outside in the sun.  We read, worked on homework, and napped.  It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon.

At about 5pm, the music students met outside of the AAIE to head over to Dr. Reisinger's house in District 22.  He and his wife built a BBQ hut in their backyard when they moved in last year, and were interested in having us over for dinner.  We found it without too much trouble.

While the food was still being prepared, we conversed in the living room together, asking Dr. Reisinger questions about his life and about his experience. We then moved into the hut, where we were treated to sausages, pork chops, steaks, roasted corn, potato salad, and more.  It was, needless to say, delicious, and we all ate way too much food.  The company was excellent, the conversation was stimulating, and there were desserts and haircuts to be had.




After dinner at Reisinger's, Abigail and I met up with the other girls for drinks to celebrate Meredith's birthday. We enjoyed the bar and the conversation, and the gelato we got afterwards.  We headed home a little after 11:30pm, and crashed.