early days

congratulations! you have been accepted...

unbelievable. I'm going to vienna! for one year! so what if I can't write my bachelor's thesis. so what if I lose my job. after all: I'm going to vienna!

after I got the news, I couldn't stop smiling for weeks. that's me in a cafe in rovaniemi just two minutes after finding out that I'm going to vienna. the best e-mail for some time!

the international office of our university tried to scare us by saying it's practically impossible to find a room in vienna. me too got scared. as soon as I got the information I applied for a room via öad, kind of a voas for foreigners. in order to get my application even checked, I had to pay 500 euros (yes, honestly!). just few days after paying, I found out that melanie (a really nice viennese girl, laura's friend) will spend her autumn in italy doing erasmus and she kindly promised me to allow me to stay in her room. so I'm probably the only exchange student knowing where to stay already 6 months earlier! my next project is to get my 500 euros back from öad.

last week I got a letter from the university of vienna saying: "You have been accepted for the ERASMUS programme at the University of Vienna during the academic year 2007/2008 for the field of study Scandinavian studies (Skandinavistik)." scandinavian studies? I don't think so. why didn't anyone warn me? my next project is to change my field of study.

there are 3 other students from the university of vaasa going to vienna and at least one of them is going already in autumn. the day after tomorrow we'll have our first orientation, that's a lecture about culture shock. I'm looking forward to meet the others. what a pity that I got one of my wisdom teeths removed today, so my cheek will be twice the size it normally is and bruised. at least they'll remember me afterwards. ;-)