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 💖

October 2014

It has been a hectic couple of weeks with various conferences going on at the United Nations. I've had some late nights and great weekends from meetings, receptions, briefings, & adventures. The past few weekends we (Larry & I) have been picking a tram and or Strassenbahn to hop on and see where it took us. Best idea ever! Here are some pictures of our adventures. 

Throught the week I have been in and out of meetings and receptions as the US representative. Below are some pictures of events I've been to! 

This past Friday we got to hang with Eileen!! 🙌👍👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 We went exploring Schwedenplatz & Rathaus! At Rathaus we found a small carnival/circus! Below are some more pics. 

Had tremendous fun with Larry & Eileen and can't wait to hang out with them again! We also had fun Sunday at Prater, the local amusement park. We went with another intern, August, BB, Connie, Daisy, Lilah,& Larry. Unfortunately I was forced to go through the Haunted house 😭 lol 

This week is my first "official" conference with responsibility of covering certain events! I'm nervous, excited, and enjoying learning over these multilateral issues. Meeting various delegates from around the world ranging from South Africa, Switzerland, Venezuela, Brazil, Tanzania, Pakistan, UK, Canada, Japan, etc...the list is endless.  

That's pretty much sums it up to now! Will continue to keep ya'll updated even though sometimes it will take a while! 

Love & Miss my home state Texas!! 

Sincerely,

Stefany 

09/08-13/2014

The week has flown by! This week has been simply the best yet. Had various UN meetings where I had the opportunity to write-up briefs on! 🙌 Had the opportunity to use all my skills including translation. 😁 On the plus side the "Hooligans" aka Interns, we're having a blast in our office! Never a dull moment with Lilah & Larry. Had a lovely night out with them & Connie. They took us out to eat GELATO!!! They had so many flavones and cute designs, it was super hard to pick one. They even had one called "Spaghetti" and really looked like it but it's just vanilla with strawberry topping. I decided on a simple one with hazelnut, nutella & coconut gelato. As Larry said "Is this Heaven?" 😂  Then headed down to MuseumsQuartier, such a relaxing place! The next night we went out as well to meet other interns. Had a great evening talking even with all the political jargon going on lol 😂😋 Felt really grown up when I cooked my first official full meal in my apartment. Although I don't have all my equipment I did a pretty good "Sandwich de Pollo estilo Slavdoreño"! Have completed all my shopping, cleaning & homework for the week so my weekend is free!!! 🙌🙌 Super uber excited for tonight, celebrating my friends bday! Well I think that covers this weeks events :) 

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. 

09/02-05/2014

Sorry, haven't been able to keep up this week!! So many awesome events planned this week that I haven't had time to post. This week has been from conference rooms, briefings, meetings, orientation, & workshops. I've had a blast learning so much about the United Nations &I it's various organizations. My team is simply always taking care of me & making sure I'm involved. This week I've also gotten settled in my office inside the "Intern's Office" and I love it! There are 3 amazing people that I get to hang out with. Seth, who is not an intern but shares the office with us per renovations is legit as he's constantly helping us &I not bothered with the million questions we ask. Leyli who's Austrian & simply the coolest chick! She's really awesome and has helped me so much. Then there's Larry, whose in the same boat as me. More or less since I beat him here by about 4 days. We've also met other interns from the Tri-Missions, whom were hoping to see more of! Hanged out with Leyli and her friends who are the great fun. We had pizza delivered & I was a bit shocked to find that they put corn on their pizza!! I found it quite good & enjoyed the night with the girls. Today has been crazy but all fun! Had a Welcoming Orientation for all the Newcomers & BBQ Lunch made by our Marines :) After lunch me & Linda decided to head back to UNVIE then continue the orientation as pressing assigments needed to be completed by 5pm. Completed my assignments & headed home!