This morning was insane!! I woke up at 5, had a shower and got ready to go, left the house at 5.45 and it was PITCH BLACK not just a bit dark or that kind of almost morning light but actually the middle of the night! The stars and the moon were out in force and all the way down the road i was just mumbling “this is mental, this is fucking mental” like some sort of deranged troll. Until i saw the 25 grumpy looking kids walking in single file (and defiant silence) towards the station, i joined the back and assumed the hunched shoulder position until we reached the platform, where, short of forming a circle and glaring at each other in turn i’m not sure the atmosphere could have been more dismal...
However, three stops later and as dawn broke round Stainach the mood lightened considerably and people started talking... as i looked out of the window at the mountains covered in mist and watched as the sun broke over the Dachstein, i’m not joking when i say..... i literally couldn’t have been happier :)
We arrived at Liezen and got off the train (this was as far as my plan went in my head so it was just as well that there were kids coming from Schladming who were going to the school there otherwise i would have had no idea which direction to go in) and started walking to school and arrived just in time!!
While i was waiting to be seen by the headmaster (!!!) a woman walked towards me with a very strange look on her face.... at first i was sure she was going to walk straight up and start a fight with me right there outside the headmasters office, however she just kind of hung around me looking weird... About 30 seconds later i became aware that she was speaking, it took me a while to realise that not only was she talking English, but that it was directed at me! This lady had the most fucked up English accent i have ever heard.... no joke it was a mix between Arnold Schwarzenegger and joey from friends, crrrrrazzy! When i replied in German she switched back to german and had a really nice accent, i think i’ll speak exclusively in German with her from now on.....
Saw the headmaster, he was HILARIOUS! Everyone said they were scared of him but i thinks he’s well funny! He has quite a British sense of humour... very dry and at times it’s not clear if hes joking or being serious!
I walked into the staffroom and my assigned teacher exclaimed “wow your early!” (she had repeatedly told me i needed to be there for 7.40 on Monday morning to start lessons), handed me a piece of paper and informed me she was going to her first lesson, her parting words were “see you on Thursday!”, i stood there for a few minutes glancing helplessly at the piece of paper (which turned out to be my timetable) before realising that our meeting was over and, yes that actually was it....so, i turned around, walked back to the station and got back on the train to Schladming! What a joke!
As soon as i got on the train i realised i’d forgotten my key to the apartment.. ...shit. I knew Vroni wouldn’t be up yet as it was only 10.00am, so when i got into Schladming i went shopping for a bit and then had a coffee in the Haptplatz when LOW AND BEHOLD a full on police van pulls up and loads of police men jump out and run into the cafe (i tripped over a wooden chair in my desperation to see what was was going on, very painful for my ego and my shin). They re-emerge about 5 minutes later with a struggling delinquent of about 22 and bundle him into the back of the van while his girlfriend wails uncontrollably at the side! And here’s me thinking i’m in a quiet alpine village!
Spent the afternoon watching tele, BBC Europe was on and i was so desperate to watch somthing in English i settled for quite a grannified timetable of Bargain hunt, cash in the attic, location location location and the weakest link, then i fell asleep!
So there you go, first day over! Tomorrow i’m going to go to the school in Schladming and finalise my timetable!
Tschusssssssss! X
P.s Highlight of today... watching the shops change their displays from summer to winter, BRING ON THE SNOW!!! :) :) :) :) :)
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