Yeah we went and saw something yesterday. It is a very quaint and nice town. I will have to go into the shops on Wed as there is a fancy dancy dinner and I brought nothing to wear.............I know shocker but the truth. So I will report how fancy and expensive the shops are.

We went to the Opera house yesterday..............13 officials in there trying to be proper.........not so much. Very nice and old and the people were very understanding of our misgivings.

Floating restaurant was something. Something that you will never see again in a lifetime. Something is wrong with the fact that I was walking 2 feet above very fast rushing water. To think you can eat in there as well as relax with coffee. Wild.

Wednesday we will be walking up the side of one of their mountains. Very famous landmark here. “Scholzenburg” something sounding like that, say that word real fast with spit in your throat and you it will sound like where we are going.

Enjoying the time better now that I have had my mental meltdown along with some sleep................ thanks to Mister Tylenol PM.

It has been 37 days and I broke the mental block of.......................................RICE. Yup had it tonight, somehow it tasted different accompanied by schnitzel, and mixed with peas. I am still hear though. The desserts and the chocolates are top notch, have to say it might have been the coffee that kept me up the other night. SO I have put a curfew on the coffee. After noon NO COFFEE! AINT NO DUNKIN that's for sure.

Games tomorrow and more sights Wed, so till then only rink news and I will report if something exciting happens.

One thing is that I NOW realize just how much I took and saw in China and just how neat and special that trip was.

3:12 AM.......this is the last time I saw the clock last night. It was mental, I wanted to jump out the window.........so frustrating not to be tired and I should have been. I was up for practice at 6:45am. Bummer and we are off to sight see in the car for 2 hours, I am praying that I do not doze off on the ride but I will I am sure. Hopefully I get to take some photos to post. I am pondering if this is all worth it as I travel this far to sit 12 hours in a rink and not see anything else. China was eye opening but man, there was alot to absorb..............boring ole Europe, well just like America just more polite and "uptight." Just joking. I am here for a reason, do not know why but I will find it and make the most of it and enjoy the experience. I do enjoy it, maybe it is the jetlag talking.

Hey peeps, nothing really exciting to show you today and speak about..............unless of course you want to hear about the great food, people of of course beverages................none of which I can have as we are supervising ALL day long and then when it is time to have a beverage it is WAY TOO late and then we have to ve up for ice practice at 7:15. It is 12:30 at the moment so. I sould not have had the coffee tonight for dinner. Goodness, this blog is way more boring as this is nothing report, ie : bathrooms, taxi rides or the "dirt" factor. #1, bathrooms ACE, #2 No taxi private car/bus whenever we want and #3 Dirt Factor....nope none zero, zilch, country smalls and looks great. We have a day off tomorrow so we will travel outside the city to some countryside winery and JUST look and sniff..........Hopefully we will have some photos to share then...ALL GOOD HERE!

OK peeps, believe it or not, I ate at Hooters tonight, salad and wings. I was starved and now very tired. I am 1 Nyquil tablet gone and heading to the mini bar.............I mean mini bed. It is so small, and not as hard as rock by any means.
I am not sure how many photos I will take as I think me stint here will be in the rink ALL DAY, and 1 of the days off is Sunday, and these Austrians do it right. Everyone has a day off on Sunday. Funny thing a rest day,....hmmmmm. I am trying to set up a country drive to a coffee house or pub. OK I am off to sleep hopefully I am not up at 3am on the treadmill. Night

Wow that was a short flight, It was like 9 hours shorter................It was a good flight, small plane, 2-3-2 across and the first hour it was filled, I mean filled with bumps and lumps. Scary at times. Almost had a fight with the man next to me, he wanted to window with his wife. I was bad and did not give it up, because I really needed to sleep..............long story short, he never spoke to me and I never slept................so bummer. I made it to the hotel, nice and quaint and CLEAN! People are great all set up with the internet and converter. Because when I got here the old one was fried from China, must have been when I blew up my dryer, and the smoke bellowed out...oh well.......ooooppppssss. I am going to go rest and shower as I will have to meet with the coaches/committee at 5pm. Nothing really exciting to report yet. But I will have stories to come for sure.

March 30th....................................3 days in counting. Austria is just around the corner, and I am actually excited about the thought of traveling there. I have nothing packed or organized, but did grocery shop today. All good, I bought my oatmeal and bars along with my wheat thins. Hopefully I will not have to use any of it, but I am prepared. I have extra room this time, no TP needed...............BONUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I leave Thursday and arrive Friday, so some time on Friday I will hook up and let you know what be happening there. Chat to you then unless I have something burning to say before I leave.

RETURN HOME:
OK I am home now, I apologize for not getting on here for the last few days. For some reason the hotels Internet would not let me log on. Anyways finished up the last days at the rink. Happy to do so. It was an adventure of a lifetime, and as they say....(Who are they?) but it has changed me forever. I am not really sure of how or when but I do see things here a bit different. Wait , I have been unable to go out here, as we have 6 inches of snow.....................real white shovelable snow here. Goodness the winter weather followed me. Unreal..........It was to flippin cold to snow there ; and when it did there were "volunteers" there to scrap the roads. We never did look up the definition of volunteer in Chinese language. We all have our thoughts, the first being "slaves." It was not the best 18 days of my life, but definitely the most memorable days of my life. I hope that makes sense, and you do not think it is the jet lag. I am doing good on that, except last night and this morning as by the time of entry. 7:35pm bedtime, 4:00 am wake-up. Not too bad it will get better.
This is all for now. I am going to keep this blog, and my next trip is April 1st, not an April fools joke. I am off to Austria this time. I will figure out how to post back by then, just could not figure it out this time. So stay tune for my adventures on the blog. Once I get the photos downloades I will add different ones to this page. I look forward to hearing from everyone in Austria in a few weeks. Lets just pray Grammy and Papa come back, I think the children wore them out, but 3 weeks will be a good recovery time. There might be more trips down the raod as well stay tune. Again thanks for all the support, reading the comments each day gave me a little smile each day.