I am living in a castle!

I have not posted anything in a long time, sorry about that. I left Bremen a couple of days ago and it was definitely sad to say good bye. I loved it there and we finally got used to everything and then had to leave. We left early thrusday morning and took to train to Munich. while we were in Munich (on our way to salzburg) we made a pit stop at Oktoberfest. I was picturing a big field with everyone beer hand and having a good time. It was definitely similar to the state fair. They had rides all over the place and crazy food. I got a brat, a chocolate covered apples, and candied cashews, they were all really good. So for the alochol, which everyone consumed in ridiculous amounts, was in massive beergardens all of the place. Everyone would go in there and by a beer that was only sold by the liter. It was great to go there and see what Oktoberfest was all about but the few hours that I was there was a perfect amount time.

We continued on Salzburg and met up with the rest of the group. We had kind of become a family in our small groups so it has been really interesting being back together. We only got to have one day in Salzburg, which is an amazing city. We left the next day for Schloss Mittersill, which is the castle I am now living in!!!!

This castle is incredible. The inside of the castle is redone, so it doesn't look like you would imagine a castle, but the view is breathtaking. We are literally in a mountain. We look out our windows and see mountains from every side and can see the entire city. Once we are in the castle it is fine, but the walk up it is really dangerous. I have to take a taxi or a car everytime I want to go down because it is too dangerous. It is really steep steps without railings, and quite the workout. I'm actually kind of lucky that I don't have to walk up and down all the time! My situation definitely limits me though because I can't go down to the city for an hour just to hang out because it is so hard for me to get down there. I go see an Austrian doctor early this week so hopefully he has encouraging words for me. I can walk without my crutches in my walking cast, but I know I am not supposed so I don't. I am hoping that soon I will be crutchless, but who knows. God is throwing me curve balls left and right on this trip, so I am not going to be surprised by anything. My foot makes everything more difficult, but I am making it work. I have times where I feel sorry for myself, but I force myself to move and think positively. I am growing from this experience and there is a reason all of this is happening. I was told by my leader that if he would have picked anyone to have gotten hurt he would have picked me because he knew I could handle it. I was really touched when he said that, so I can't let him down!

For the next couple of weeks I am here at the schloss and then we leave for London. Once we leave the Schloss we are on the road for 7 weeks so we have enjoy being in on spot for a little while!

I hope you are all doing great and I will try to write more often!