Still alive!!! haha...well it's been a while since my last post on here...been a little busy folks...but I see all of you have still taken the time to type me a little message...thanks to all you! Your awesome! And in case any of you were curious about the one anonymous that was too computer illiterate to write his name in the message...that would be Dan! haha...just had to give you a hard time back...you'll see you money...someday....maybe like in a will or something...Anyways...Sunday we went down the Donau river...which is the Danube...AWESOME! I think that was one of the most fun things I've done here yet...as you can tell the longer I stay here the worse my English gets! So anywho...we hopped a train at 8:30 Sunday morn and took it to Stilft Melk where we toured a monastery that was incredible! Awesome pictures for you when I get back...then we hopped on a boat that went down the river it had three levels and we chose to sit on top...as we went down the river you could see like these fairy tale castles...amazing....and we stopped at a few ports...one of the ports we stopped at was where Richard the Lionhart was held up at...it was neato...hell of a hike though! Good thing we got drunk at the bottom before we started the climb... :| Then we sailed all the way to the bottom and got on another train to come home...well before we got on the train...we had like 15 minutes to do absolutely nothing but wait...then this girl who we call JK because one day instead of saying just kidding..she said JK...well anyways...she walked in with this awesome looking pita sandwich so we were like lets get some! So we sprinted down to it...well time was creeping on...and soon enough we had 5 minutes left...then 4.....then 3....then we started booking it for the train...and we got on the train sat down and said like two sentences and it departed....we almost missed it and we would totally have been screwed!!! Then on Monday Ali came...she ended up getting lost because she fell asleep on the train and missed her stop...so she hiked up the tracks...and found a phone and called me...luckily it wasn't too bad to straighten out...She took her first shower in like 3 or 4 days...looked more like 10! haha..kiddin' Al...They've been staying with us as well...So Cat is in one bed...Ali and Lexy are in the other....Jaime is on the couch...and I'm on the other floor's couch...Yesterday we went to the zoo...it was so pretty...not like the ones in the US...there was hardly any pavement...it was just naturally beautiful...and huge! Tons of animals...saw pandas, giraffes, cougars, lions, tigers, penguins, sheep, deer, polar bears, kangaroos, alligators, and many more! It was nice...I liked it at least...then we went to a concert that night where there was pretty much the whole city of Vienna there! It was the Viennese PhilHarmonic Orchestra...and the conductor was the guy that sang the song "Don't worry, be happy" It was good...but it got cold so most of us left early to head home and warm up...We stopped and got ice cream...and after the ice cream here there is no way I will be able to eat ice cream in the US again! It's incredible! Ali almost raped her cone I think! haha...good stuff...it tastes almost like it's sherbert...I don't know...just good! haha...Today I think the plans are to go to the church again...or the Botanical Gardens with Ali...not sure though...I've been gettin' a little lazy lately...just kind of ready to go home...love it here...but it's nice to just be in your bed and your room...ya know? Well to everyone thats been typing messages and calling and e-mailing...thank you....it means tons! Keep it up ;) Love you and miss you all!  ¶ 5/26/2004 06:28:00 AM