The Husband Has Landed

For those following such things, Kevin made it to Vienna with no problems, other than the fact that JFK sucks, particularly when you have an 8-hour layover. His hotel is cheap student fare, but it's in a beautiful area. He's done some walking around already, had some good eats, sat in a cafe drinking coffee and reading, and attended his first day of classes. His course for the first 2 weeks is comparative international law, and it's a 3-hour course stuffed into 2 weeks. He is in lectures from 8 am until 2 pm, with a lunch break. Many evenings the program has special events planned, like walking tours, a visit to a wine festival, and special museum visits. On the weekends, he'll be going to Prague, Salzburg, and Venice. Being an old fart and the only person who speaks German, he hasn't really bonded much with the other students, although the coordinator for the program has chatted with him quite a bit and took him to dinner, in part because he isn't the usual law student (she hates lawyers).

As for us on the homefront, we're doing fine. The dogs miss Kevin terribly, as evidenced [grrr, I hate nouns that have become verbs] by their general naughtiness and the fact that every time they hear a noise, they think he's come home. I miss him too, however we are using video chat to talk just about every day, though, so we're getting about the same level of communication as we do during the 3 weeks before finals. I am enjoying being able to sleep in the middle of the bed. But we can't wait to have him home, and I am so looking forward to touring bits of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with my husband. This is our first long vacation since our wedding/honeymoon trip.

Kevin is on Facebook and has been posting photos, so if you're there and his friend, check them out.