Ending of October

Been a great month with many events and the most amazing opportunity to work with Secretary Kerry's staff. Above is myself with the U.S. delegation that came out for the conference  of parties who are from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. It has been an exciting month and have been blessed with an amazing supporting team. I'm also preparing for my upcoming GRE exam! Lately myself and with Larry have been able to find ingredients and the right ones not what we think is right and have Cooked some nice meals! 👏🙌

This past week we celebrated our friends, August & Leyla's birthdays which were a blast. August had sent us the website of the bar we were to meet at well  i immediately input the address from the website on "Quando" the local "mapquest" and it literally took us 45min to reach the destination to find out there were 5 of these in Vienna, we were at the wrong one and needed to get to the one on the other side of town. Crazy adventure trying to head back as we had many mishaps and the Strassenbahn we were on had a malfunction in which they had to kick us off so we had to wait for the next one to come by. All in all we made it and had fun ! Although I almost died trying this "salmiakki" candy that August passed around. 

The following day we hanged out with our friends to make soup and while we waited for Leyla, Larry our resident Mr. Grandpa decided to take a nap! Had fun making fun of him. 

BB made a comment that he looked homeless in which we decided to prank Leyla and say I had brought a homeless guy to eat soup! Larry hid his face and when Leyla came in she was completely shocked and unsure how to approach me that here in Austria that's not allowed and thought that it could be a custom in Texas. This went on for 7minutes and she would freak out when we said lets wake the homeless guy and tell him to leave! We laughed so hard and Leyla was completely astonished! 😂😂 Best prank on her. 

For the weekend we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and went exploring around my neighborhood & found the Crime Museum. We then headed off to the  Belvedere Palace grounds. On the way we found some embassies. 

Great ending to October and November is going to be super busy & my last month of the internship!!! Also have my best friend coming out to visit me which I can't wait to see! 

Will continue to keep ya'll updated!

Love,

Stefany 

Busiest Week

Quickly after the conference week we found out Secretary John Kerry would be coming to Vienna to the Iran talks. Preparations and logistics were worked out between UNVIE and his team. Normally the interns will stay at the office working from there but both myself and Larry were asked to part of the team in helping. Grateful and honored that my UNA team felt confidence in me to help! We had a great time working behind the scenes with Kerry's staff who are amazing people! 

During this exciting week I also got even more awesome news!! I received my care package from my family 💖👪💞🇺🇸 In it came the most beautiful letter from my baby brother, snacks, favorite drink, and winter accessories! 

Had a blast this week and I'm ready for the weekend go relax and complete my mid-term exams! Will continue to update ya'll!! 

Much love,

Stefany 💖

09/06-07/14

This weekend has been amazing! My first weekend was more of getting settled in & getting through the adjusting phase of a new place. This weekend I have hanged out with friends and gotten to know Vienna. I went on the Vienna Sightseeing Hop on, Hop Off tour bus which took me to all the city highlights & beyond! I absolutely loved it & recommend it. You get to get off at any stop, walk around, visit monuments, etc. Then wait more or less 7 minutes for the next bus to go to the next stop of continue on, not to mention there are other connecting routes that you can take. I feel more knowledgable of the history and the city layout. Able to visit the opera house, parliament, theater, aurgaten garden, vineyards, lower Austria, mountainside, Habsburg Palace, market, Belvedere,etc It was really great! Also the great part was a parade was passing through when I was at the garden, which I got to take pictures of! Take a look below👇👇Then headed off to the NFL Kickoff Party with Doug & Pam. It was great to see my team (TEXANS) play!  Supporting them from Austria, although Doug & Pam are cowboy fans, for the game Texans VS Redskins they supported my team 🙌😜👏. To top off my weekend I got to FaceTime with my grandmother & family!!! 👪 💞💖 Feeling settled and prepared for the week. 

08/25/2014

Luggage Packed √
Electronics  √
 Book √
Jacket √


The list goes on and on, the endless journey of packing. Today's the day I leave for adventure of a lifetime and a 1st in so many ways. I'm beyond excited, nervous, intimidated, amazed, etc for this opportunity. As many know or may not know I am headed to Vienna, Austria; the City of Dreams. I am the U.S. Dept of State- US Mission to Int'l Organizations in Vienna, more specifically in their United Nations Crimes & Drug section Fall 2014 Intern. It has been a year long process to acquire this position which I am humbly honored to have been chosen to fulfill. I leave tonight and will have one layover in Istanbul, Turkey. I have decided to start a blog to not only document my experience but to also to inform my loved ones and friends of my trip.

Thank you for reading & until next time.

Stefany ♥