back in Austria

wow, what a long time it´s been since my last post, apparently
I was too busy trying to find a job and an apartment. after a while, I managed to find both. apartment is close to Schönbrunn and has a terrace I´m looking forward to garden on in the spring. the job isn´t journalism-related at all, but kind of communication-related. I´ll be working as a program director, which is like a tour guide, similiar to the job I did for three summers. Will be traveling from Vienna to Amsterdam by river ship. this job should leave me with lots of time to travel around (and money to pay for it as well).
it´s somehow good to be back, see friends and family, breathe clean air and eat organic food, watch tv I can actually understand. but yet, I do miss China alot! who knows, I might go back again in the future, in the meantime, I am back at uni trying to study Chinese (again). I am just too lazy for that language, especially the writing just isn´t for me.
it´s still way too warm here and the sun is shining almost every day - not that I usually mind that, but for punsch and mulled wine-drinking is should be a bit cooler IMHO.