Erin Hade Lunde, MT-BC, music therapist in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area
Since I have been back from the trip, I have had a mixture of days with nothing scheduled to do, and days with work in the evening, leaving my daytime hours to spend with that in mind. I have been getting things lined up and completing university-related tasks having to do with the end of [...]
Tue, January 25 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
When I lived in North Portland, I frequented a coffee shop that I absolutely loved. I spent entire days there sometimes, working on school stuff or reading or doing nothing productive. I loved that place, and though it had a couple locations in the greater metropolitan area, the location in St. John’s was by far [...]
Fri, January 21 2011 » Reflections » 1 Comment
Tonight is our last here in Europe, at least for a while. The friend of Thomas’s with whom we’re staying made us breakfast and then led us off to see more sights today. We were able to meet up with Thomas’s cousin, who was free for most of the day.We tried to see the Votiveskirche [...]
Mon, January 17 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
The last two nights, I’ve had fantastic food and wine. The friend of Thomas’s with whom we’re staying tonight and tomorrow night spoke tonight about re-inventing oneself at different stages of life. I could probably re-invent myself to be an international traveler. I loved the time we spent in Slovakia. We took the train from [...]
Sun, January 16 2011 » Reflections » 2 Comments
Two things I’ve learned about Austrians: 1. They believe that eating or drinking cold food or drinks when the weather is cold will make them sick. The gelato place we visited yesterday is the only one open all year round because of this. Most of its patrons are tourists. 2. They believe that topfel (a [...]
Thu, January 13 2011 » Reflections » 1 Comment
I don’t know how a person can walk down a cobblestone street in four-inch-high heels, but apparently this is a skill learned by all Austrian women. Not me. I wore my hideous Danskos that squeak with every step, but I didn’t, and still don’t, care– we saw so much today; I’m exhausted but thrilled by [...]
Wed, January 12 2011 » Reflections » 2 Comments
I am sitting at the dining room table of the cousin of my boyfriend, here in Vienna, Austria! I flew through Paris, but was not able to see much of the city as I didn’t leave the airport. The weather both there and here is foggy and somewhat rainy, so I didn’t see much from [...]
Tue, January 11 2011 » Reflections » 1 Comment
I am packed and ready and anxious to get on my flight to Vienna! As far as I can think, I have everything. I’ve been nervous over the past couple of days about traveling itself (I’m not nervous about being in Vienna), but I think I’m OK now. I just want to get on the [...]
Mon, January 10 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
I don’t know that I’ve ever given much thought to transitioning into a new calendar year. I was so happy to have December 31 off from both of my jobs, so that I could do things that help me with closure. I’m really bad at closure, and I definitely don’t think about it enough. I [...]
Mon, January 3 2011 » Reflections » No Comments
