We’ve had a few things mailed from the States here, and we now have a good idea of shipping costs. Using USPS, most items seem to ship for about $50. This is either using the flat rate boxes where weight isn’t an issue, or shipping relatively light things in larger boxes. Light things in small […]
Something very weird we’ve started to notice: everyone says goodbye to you when they leave a room. This has happened in the kitchen multiple times. We don’t think much of it when we know the person, but then total strangers to it too! That’s not the weirdest part though. This also happens in places where […]
Today we had absolutely fabulous weather. It was sunny and 60 degrees most of the day. Simply beautiful! We spent the day going to the gym, then having a huge meal at our new favorite all you can eat Chinese buffet. Now we’re settled in for the night. Yeah, that’s all we did. We didn’t […]
This morning I discovered something odd. I remotely connected to my computer back home and noticed that the clock there was 6 hours behind the clock here, not the normal 7 hours. I did some looking, and it turns out that Austria does daylight savings time one week before the US. So, for this week, […]
Waaay back when we first arrived, we noticed a church at the top of a mountain next to Linz. I’m sure one of us has mentioned this, but I can’t seem to find a post about it. Maybe it was in a video… Anyway, it’s been on the list of places to visit ever since. […]
We’ve had a couple of busy days here, so the blogging kind of went to the bottom of the pile! Last Tuesday was a national holiday. It’s literally called “National Holiday”. That’s all the info I have on it. we spent the day being supremely lazy. I’m not sure we even left the room. It […]
Back when we were planning our trip over here, I tried to find an English to German dictionary for the Nook. I had little luck. There are very few free dictionaries to begin with that you can download. There are sites like Leo that you can use if you have an internet connection, but if […]
Finally. We’ve been relying on the local grocery store for food. We’ve been relying on Ikea for bedding and kitchen stuff. We’ve had no idea where to get anything else, like duct tape, or tools, or croutons. Today, that all changed. I did some extensive looking and found a store called Interspar (English translation… good […]
Mary Jo has her teaching, but my job search has not been going well. It’s either “We love you, but you don’t know German!” or “We love you!” and then I never hear from them again. It’s been a bit of a bummer. Anyway, part of the way I’m keeping busy with with a podcast. […]
Well, the day finally came. This morning I went over and got my hair cut. This was a rather trepidacious event for me. I’m always just a little nervous about haircuts. I never fully recovered from an “incident” when I was younger. Mom nearly sliced my ear off. Needless to say, she’s on the haircut […]