Lonesome Wolf in Austria
Thursday, April 14th, 2011In ten days I will have been in Austria for a month. I am officially a resident of Weitra Stadt, I have a bank account and real bank card, I have and am presently wearing authentic leather pants, and I can tell the shop keepers that I’m just looking, though it may take me a […]
Austria: Two Weeks and Then Some
Friday, April 8th, 2011I’ve been here in Austria for a little more than 2 weeks. That’s what I might consider the appropriate length of time for a vacation if I were a fine working businessman type person. This would be the vacation that makes me quit my job. Thank goodness this is my real life and not […]
Keep on Running
Friday, April 1st, 2011Although I’ve only been here a week, I can’t help but find myself wondering, “is this where I belong? Will I stay here? What if I get a work visa and can stay indefinitely? Will I want that? Will I do it?” I love Austria, but I have to keep in mind that it is […]
First Week in Austria
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011So. Has the Austrian Apple lost its schein? No. Not hardly. What did I do today? Well I woke up at 7 AM, probably a few minutes after most of my loved ones at home went to sleep for the night. I have been waking up every day minutes before my alarm. I have […]
Austria: Arriving and Starting to Settling In
Sunday, March 27th, 2011It’s taken me until the 3rd night here in Austria before I have done so much as even attempted to figure out how the converters work for me to plug in my laptop. Luckily, I don’t need to buy any new cables, even for appliances with 3 prongs, while the European plugs only have two […]
Cardboard Wings
Monday, March 21st, 2011Birdlips – Cardboard Wings Yesterday’s fallen rain for tomorrow’s rising steam And I am sealed inside this vessel somewhere in between Behind the hissing frigid air, behind the sheets of metal My throat is caught on a cluster of knots and my heart has nowhere to settle I stuff some things in bags in the […]