Ten days of autumn #Day 10+3

Wow. Ten days... time flies!
I don't know, I have that weird feeling: ten days looks like ten years or something. I'm still worried about my project because I have done nothing right now. I'm scared... I don't want to fail, but who wants that? I should start, no more excuses!

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I didn't start that day and I didn't finish these post. That's quite hilarious, ah!
I was (and I am) a little bit sad because my BFF (both of them) are living a special moment and I won't be there. The first one is already graduated and everytime someone posted a pic I was really really sad... I don't know, I'm a little bit nostalgic and our life are changing so much... But we can still have some moments to share. I don't want to lose them.
And I'm a little bit sad because another friend of mine, a special one. He's special but I won't be able to be with him anymore in the next future... I miss his voice and his cuddle.
Yesterday, by the way, I've talked with the girl about the videos and she explained me a lot. We watched some videos together and I'm not that bad, probably I will lose my eyesight but that's ok. The work is worth it!
She told me to watch ten videos in the next week and then I could tell her if I've got the feeling. That what she said. The feeling. WTF? Sounds really hippy for me but I want that, I want to be able to recognize the individual and then their behavior... Doing this, here, I realized what I want to do in my life (at least in this moment). I like this place so much!
As I said already I'm just a little bit overwhelmed by the language barrier... But I'm trying to speak with the others everyday more and more and I'm reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" because I need to improve my vocabulary.
I hate that my voice sounds so different in english... my accent is so freacking strong and I'm not able to use my "charming" voice with them. Fuck!
I will learn, that's a promise.

Thanks to bopping! Day #02+03

Ok, yesterday was a little bit crazy.
I went for the first time into the enclosure with two wolves! They told how to do etc and it was quite exciting... I mean, I was really thrilled! Even if they didn't interact with me was magical. The wolves here are really gorgeous!
After that we went to the "lab meeting" just to discuss a paper. It was a really hard task for me, because I barely understood what they told and there were so many people, dogs and children... At the end of the afternoon I was really confused and pretty dizzy. But the day was not over...
I had my first thanksgiving! A girl here is from US so she cooked a lot of stuff for us and she throwed (is this right?) a party for all of us. I ate a lot of good stuff, even if I don't really know what it was.
Last but not least, the two female bosses here proposed me to collaborate for a paper... they asked me if I was interested... OF COURSE I SAID YES!!!
Unfortunately this thing has a huge price... I won't be able to reach my BFFS for their graduation. I'm so sorry about that. I hope they will understand.

The third day was really though. I was the "stand-by-guy": pratically, the lab bitch. The stand-by-person should be available for anyone who needs him/her and for everything.
In the morning this was not so bad, I mean... I walked with two wolves (and two traineers with the one leash each) and one bopped my hand with his tongue and the other one licked my other hand. It was amazing! Their heads were HUGE!
But later... Everything was so overwhelming again. The listening and speaking part is really hard sometimes and you can't have a break or something, so...

(Finally) Day #1

Okay. My first day here.
I've lost my bus and I hated the girl who told me about it because she made a mistake. I've spent two hours in a crappy McDonald's but at least I trained my pokemon...
Anyway, the place is not really like I expected. It is way better! It's quite awesome! I'm so happy to be here... I don't even know how to explain this. My dream is come true. I mean, I know that they don't pay me for now but... I'm so lucky to be here! Even if everything is quite wet, cold and muddy.
I met a lot of people and it's really hard for me because I've to remember faces, names... and also I've to lear all dogs and wolves names! I think that I will go crazy in the next few days.
Luckly everyone is really kind with me and they explain me a lot. I'm kinda overwhelmed by all those information but... It's good.
On my first day here I saw all the fences with wolves and dogs. Wolves are magnificent as always and they even howled for a while, it was magical. Dogs are pretty cool too, I think that I'm already in love with one of them.
I've met a scottish girl, a PhD student here, with her dog too and she told me that everyone here has a dog or pick up a dog that they won't """""""use""""""" anymore. It's pretty cool and I immediately thought that this is the right place for me.
Another girl showed me all the facilities, even the freezer room. It looks like a massacre scene! Deer, rabbits or chickens (or part of that) were everywhere! I'm really satisfied by myself, btw, because I didn't puke or look disgusted at all.
I went to the supermarket and it was quite overwhelming too, because everything was in german and everything was barely new for me. I've just grab some stuff randomly... I hope that I will be good for that at least for the next few days.
For dinner we wait that another girl (yep, I'm the only male student here... this is my harem), an english one, cooked for us. I ate something new: beans (brown ones and smaller white ones) with tomato sauce and mushroom.. it was delicious. Really. No kidding.
Tomorrow we celebrate thanksgiving, because another PhD student is american so... she's throwing this party just for us. I'll met more thant 20 people, I don't know how to manage that! And the next Tuesday we'll have a Christmas party so... they have quite fun here.
Another info, every Tuesday here you should partecipate to a meeting and discuss of everything and read a paper and discuss it too. Nobody asked me to read the paper for tomorrow but I'll still want to read it because, you know, I want to give them my best impression. Tomorrow one of the bosses is here, I'm a little bit scared...
My brain doesn't want to stop but I really need to sleep so... that's all for now. This post it's a little bit confusing but this is on mind right now! A lot of stuff, passion, feelings... I need some days, maybe weeks, to find the right adjustment.

P.S. now I can understand what one of my BFF was going through with the erasmus experience... wow. I mean... wow.

(Still NOT) Day #1

Andre. 27 anni. Pokemon trainer, amante dei lupi e aspirante PhD student.

Al momento riassume più o meno precisamente quel che sono. Ci sarebbe altro da aggiungere, ma contravverrei alla definizione stessa di "riassunto", quindi...

Sto per partire alla volta della bassa Austria, per iniziare un intership presso il Wolf Science Center (WSC per noi amici) che si spera porti a qualcosa di più. Sono fottutamente spaventato, ma immagino faccia parte dell'emozione!

Fra l'altro, la lingua ufficiale lì sarà l'inglese... So... Let's switch to english!

I'm not new into this thing of bloggin online, but I always left my project half-done because I don't have a really purpose. It was just a diary. Well, now my purpose is different: I would like to support my experience in Austria with pictures and words.

As I said before, I'm pretty scared. I don't know anybody, I don't know the job, the place... I don't know nothing, I'm basically a Jon Snow without long hair (BTW I'm planning to NOT cut my hair and beard in those months, so stay tuned!) or a white direwolf.

But, hey, what the heck! It will be amazing! And if it's not... well, I'll collect a new experience and I will be able to add another thing to the list of what I DON'T like. It is a really long list.

In this past months a travel a little bit, more than I expected and more than before. I really like this kind of lifestyle, and that's a thing that I would like to have even in the next future. The scary feelings are nothing compared to the excitement that derives from the view of a full suitcase.

Well, for now, that's all folks!

(NOT) Day #01