everyone should come to austria for a hair cut

i think i need to update this thing more often because i don't even know where to start. i think i'll start with wednesday last week.

so, my hair was getting out of control. it was too long (it was on my neck) and i just couldn't handle it anymore. i wanted it all gone. so hubert took me to the local "cheap" salon. he needed to cut his hair also. first i needed to get my hair washed. everyone knows that feels amazing because it's a freaking massage on your scalp. it was the most awesome scalp massage i've ever had. then we go to the chair and she asks me how i want it. i told her a little shorter in the back than in the front and asymetrical bangs. that was all she needed. she starts cutting away. checking and re-checking the length to make sure everythign is even. sectioning it off so that the line is smooth. it was really amazing to watch/feel. then the cutting was done after about 30 to 45 minutes and i'm thinking, "okay i'll be done soon. she might blow dry my hair a little and let the rest air dry." well, she starts out doing that. but she proceeds to dry my hair all the way, with a round brush, ie my hair was the straightest i'd ever seen it (it had a little curl at the ends). i'm thinking, "wow, this is awesome!" then, she pulls out the straightening iron. she sections things off and begins the process all over again, as if she was cutting my hair, except this time she was straightening it. and straightening it. and straightening it. i couldn't believe it! by the time she was finished with my hair it looked like i was born with naturally straight hair. i wasn't quite sure what to do with myself. i felt like i needed to dress up because i knew that i would never be able to get my hair back to this state on my own. here, i'll show you.

it was expensive, by my standars, though. it was 33 euro. however, hubert tells me that the place we went to was really one of the cheaper places for a good hair cut. i think even if i went to a less quality place i would still come out with a better hair cut than i would if i got a slightly expensive hair but in the US. i don't know if i can afford that kind of hair cut again but i think it was worth the experience.

so, i dressed up a little then sylvia took me to see the fortress in salzburg. it's hard to believe that there was once a whole community of people living there, from servants to the very wealthy. and the way up to the fortress was very well built, if you want to make sure your enemies have a hard time getting to you. or maybe they knew that in the future lots of tourists would need a little excersise after really long trips. either way, it gave a really pretty view of salzburg. there's not a whole lot else to say about it. it was a castle. i think i was still distracted by my hair. i'm not trying to sound vain but i just couldn't believe the miracle she had worked with my hair.

i think i'm going to make another entry about vienna and the village festival and then another one about this week as of monday. otherwise this would be the longest blog entry in history. it probably rival moby dick for length. :)