Our first week in Graz

We have been here 8 days now and are pretty well settled in and used to our surroundings. We did get connected to the internet and our telephone is working. Now we just need to get a new washing machine (the one here is not working properly and it leaks a little) and that should happen this coming week. We went to Vienna on Sunday for stake conference. The ward here chartered a bus and we rode on that. We are getting used to streetcar and bus riding instead of having our own car, but it is an adjustment. When we go shopping, we are limited to what we can carry onto the streetcar and then what we can carry on the walk to our apartment. Gene carries most of the load. He was hurrying to get to the streetcar that was almost to leave and didn't see a curb and tripped and fell, out flat on his stomach (but with style). He landed on the clothes drying rack we had purchased and didn't get hurt, or even scuff his shoes or pants. He said all that was hurt was his pride. He was a little stiff and sore the next morning, though. We did make it on the streetcar, but we now have a rule that there will be no running to catch a car; we will wait for the next one if it leaves before we get there. It was, again, another witness to us that we are being watched over and cared for. We are enjoying beautiful fall weather here, with a day of rain on the weekend. We go out in our shirtsleeves when other people wear jackets. It is somewhat humid, so even when it is cool outside, the walk uphill to our house keeps us plenty warm. I'm happy that we will have a while to get used to this climate before next summer. Hopefully the heat and humidity then won't do us in. We shall see. That's all for now, folks.