Guten Tag! Finally we've posted pictures of our home away from home, Gaming, Austria for all to see. Out of all the places that we have seen and traveled to so far, Gaming is crazy beautiful, it remains at the top of the list. Check out the pictures of the Kartause Monastery which is where we live, and there's some of the town as well, quaint and friendly. Living here is very different from the United States, from needing to seperate our trash into 6 different categories, to the language, to different forms and styles of courtesy and rudeness. It's just very different. But we are enjoying all aspects, trying to experience all realms of the culture. Austria is very welcoming but has its problems too. They have a dangerously low birth rate (excluding staff children, haha, I think there were 3 babies born recently, on of them an eastern rites priest who has a large family) and religion is a very touchy subject. Most of the population is Catholic by name and that is all, only about 3o% I think practice their faith and attend church. And there are no youth, seeing us in Mass is a special treat for them. But they have the best skiiers, maybe the best wine. There's so much to learn. Even simple things like trying to buy laundry detergent when the language is in German, is quite the experience. Haha... I think that's it for now, but again, enjoy the pictures. Mariazell pictures will be up by tonight probably and hopefully Salzburg and Munich. That's all for now! Auf vierdersain!
-cath*
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