''Y'all are from the South aren't you?''

we were getting on the elevator to go up to our room on the 6th floor when there it was: a frocket. for those of you who are not familiar with the frocket, it is a front pocket on a tshirt, usually, and in this case, a fraternity shirt. marianne, being the intuitive one, immediately recognized the southerness by way of the frocket (the new balances may have given it away too) and said without hesititation ''y'all are from the South aren't you?'' beauty. of course they were....atlanta, birmingham, montgomery, austin, and maryland. all students at uva. we quickly played the name game, all before exiting the elevator. come to find us walking around the city later with these great young men. it was especially nice to be able to talk to people that we knew we could trust. 2 girls in europe means always having your guard up.

this morning we headed for the freud museum, for all of ten minutes when we had to rapidly exit due to a fire alarm. we never actually heard the alarm...but the lights went out. maybe that is how they do it here?! then we ventured off to the lipizzaner museum. marianne got in trouble for petting the horses (typical), but we were amazed at how beautiful the facilities were. after wandering around for a little while we decided to go to the historical ferris wheel. we had a nice view of the city and a cheesy picture by the end of it. we came back to the hostel and just booked our place for edinburgh! off to budapest in the morning..hopefully, on the `buda´ side..we hear it's much nicer from the uva boys.