Arrival Camp

Once we reached Austria and walked out to the main area there was a group of AFS volunteers waiting for us. They put us on a bus that took us to where the hostel was abotu an hour away. I fell asleep on the bus so i missed the sight seeing part but I saw the pictures that Sebastian took so i think im okay. When our bus pulled up all the volunteers were waiting outside and as soon as they saw us they started cheering and doing the wave. When we got inside they told us what room we were staying in and i was in room 126. My roommates were: Manon from France, Valentina from Chile, Jaime from Hong Kong, Michaela from Italy, and Olivia from Finland. They were all really nice. I spent a lot of time with Olivia and the other girls from Finland and they taught me how to count to five and say thank you and your welcome in Finish! Im not sure about the spelling but one: okshi, two: kaksi, three: golome, four: nalea, five: vease, thank you: quitos, your welcome: olahova.
The second day of the camp was the most fun because instead of just being in our language groups, which meant all the people that were native english speakers, we were in a group with people that were going to the same area in Austria. Even though technically St.Valentin is in lower Austria, I was put in the upper Austria group because that is where i will be going to school. It was fun to meet people from other countries. I talked to some really cool people from Italy and one of the girls looked exactly like monica from friends! Anywas, everyone was very nice.
That night after dinner almost everyone went to a building nearby where there was a dance! First, the volunteers taught us how to waltz. It is fairly simple but when it came to turning i just completely forgot what i was doing. Oh well, in time I will be able to dance it perfectly. After we learned that they began to play a bunch of music that i assume is played in the clubs down in mexico and south america. It was sooo much fun. The dance ended a bit before 10 because that was when our curfew was supposed to be. But since it was our last night they allowed us to stay up until 11. Everyone went back to the hostel and when Julia and I got there we saw Christian, who is from Mexico, and we talked about wanting to play foosball but we need euros to get the ball. Brianna walked by and said that she had some. so we played Christian and Brianna against Julia and me. We lost by one:( we were doing so well in the beginning but then brianna had some crazy shots from the backfeild and Julia scored on US! but oh well we had fun anyway. So then Julia and I went up to my room and found Olivia but then we decided to go back downstairs to the cafeteria to get something to drink and sat down. While we were talking, Christian, a guy from Iceland, and a guy from Norway sat down with us. We had an... interesting conversation. It was mostly the guy from Iceland telling us how much it sucked. He said there was always raining and it would be slanted and hurt and the night life was lame. All the parties would start around 3am and there would be fights in the streets over who was from what city. So i guess what he was trying to say was dont go to Iceland. Something else he said though that you might be able to use is when there is an "awkward" silence, people just say "yah yah". So next time no one knows what to say just say that!