Winding Down Europe

So we are in our last week in Europe and all too sad about this. However, we have also become weary of all the traveling and going out, so it will be nice to see our family/friends and get back into our daily routines. We're also excited about our new house/roommates this year and ready for school to start (well not TOO ready). BUT, that being said, we are going to miss all of our Texas friends and plan on visiting them this year for either a Texas game or for Oktoberfest. We've tried to make it clear that they aren't going to get rid of us this easily!

Last night, we went to the closing dinner. It's appropriate that it was at the same place we ate on our first night here. They have Augustiner beer, which Tom-Tom told us was the best beer you'll ever have, but it just tasted like beer to us... maybe we aren't that classy, I mean we do bring pink wine to our teacher's shindigs. It was nice though-they had the whole room upstairs set up for us and the dinner was good. We had salad, wiener schnitzel, fries, and gelato. Reamey, the guy in charge of the program, said a few words and we assured him that we would spread the good word about the program (since that's how we heard about it in the first place; from guys who did it last year). The lady in charge of housing (and I do say lady with some exaggeration) was giving out drink tickets and we're pretty sure she was giving the teachers/students mass quantities because at one point there were like 10 random beers sitting on the table. We aren't sure how she still keeps her job because we always see her out partying and late-nighting with the students. Other than that, it was a relatively uneventful dinner. I hate that I missed seeing Liz fall down the stairs, but she hurt her arm, so I can't laugh anymore. One of our teachers just walked by and didn't even offer to help her up. I wouldn't typically laugh at this (but maybe I would) but it's funny because Liz literally trips like 10 times a day. We aren't sure if it is the altitude or what, but I've also been so clumsy in Europe. Our windows open out into our room and I've hit my head on the window itself 3 times. Once, I was pretty sure I was concussed because it took me like 5 minutes to stop reeling. After dinner, we headed to the hofgarten, our MOST favorite spot in Innsbruck. Liz and Tom-Tom decided that if Innsbruck was one of the random places we had traveled on the weekend, they would have loved it, but we just don't know that much about it because we are here for classes during the week and traveling every weekend. The hofgarten was as happening as it always is on a Tuesday night. We chatted/danced and then came home. Tonight, we are going back for the ribs since Ryan owes us dinner-they are the BEST ribs you will ever eat and they will be on the top ten list of things we will miss about Europe.