Life

Well, I know I've been remiss when it comes to blogging my wacky (and not so wacky) adventures. For that I apologize. But anyway, here's some stuff about me. I've been living in Vienna (as anyone who's read my blog no-doubt knows) for the last 15 months or so. I'm currently in my third semester of German, and starting to get fluent. I'm also editing English papers and tutoring students in English to make a little bit of money every know and then. Life in Vienna is nice, it's starting to get cold (averaging around 35 during the day), but it never rains too hard, and I have a nice jacket. So I can't complain.

This past September I managed to make it back to the states, including a quick trip to Austin and some quality time with my family in Dallas.

Here's me with my sister.



And here are my dear friends Aaron and Jessica.

I promise to maybe try to keep this blog updated. But, I hope to hear from each and every one of you, whether I know you personally or not. Please send me a comment or an e-mail.

Innsbruck & Klagenfurt

In August, Lea and I decided to make a trip in Austria. We spent the first few days camping in Innsbruck, in the state of Tirol, high in the Alps, and then we spent a few days on a lake near Klagenfurt, the capital city of Corinthia.

Innsbruck is a truly beautiful city. Here's a spot right near our campground.



And here's Lea.

And this is what the center of Innsbruck looks like. Innsbruck is a very wealthy town, and lots of people come here for SHOPPING! Not me though.



And this is the River Inn.

And this is Lea with some mountain goats. Those things are crazy.



And this is me.

And this was Lea's breakfast one morning. She felt compelled to take a picture of it, so I feel compelled to post it on my blog.




Then we went to Klagenfurt (about 5 hours by train from Innsbruck) to go swimming.
I decided to engage in a challenging game of Sudoku.

And then I went swimming.

Tel Aviv

Well, it's been a long time since my last post, but I haven't been traveling so much. This summer, however, I got to make another trip to Israel. We spent most of the time in Tel Aviv, the cosmopolitan center of Israel. The food is good, the weather is hot, and the people are beautiful. We also traveled to Jerusalem, but this post is all about Tel Aviv.




As you can see, Tel Aviv is the business center of Israel. It's located on the beach, and it's a really nice city. The people are friendly, you can get around easily on foot, and people are up all night long. It really never sleeps.

We were fortunate to get to stay in an apartment right by the beach for free. You can see the sun setting (from our balcony) here.

We were incidentally staying right by the American Embassy (the building on the right), which for some strange reason is right on the beach, even though I understand that American officials in Israel aren't allowed to go anywhere fun (like clubs).

Here's a picture of me on the beach. This was July, so it was pretty warm.



Below you can see the city of Jaffa, which is on the southern end of Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv is a relatively new city, but Jaffa is thousands of years old, and has a long history as an important port city on this part of the Mediterranean.

Here's Lea and I, in Jaffa, with Tel Aviv behind us.



That day was really hot.