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Date: | Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:21:46 -0500 |
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Hello group, I hope all is well. I am just curious have you any of you had
any experience in travelingto Vienna?
I am schuledulled to be going to Vienna with study abroad of the University
of Illinois on Sunday. I think I may have trouble with curve cuts in
Vienna and do not know who to ask. When I first told disability services of
my of thoughts of doing study abroad over winter break I made it a point to
forward all my emails to both the study abroad services and disability
services. I think study abroad thought disability services were helping me
and disability services thought study abroad were helping me. As it turns
out I was the only one getting information.
My major concerns involve the youth hostile I am staying at: I will be
staying at a separate youth hostile from the rest of the group. So, I will
have to be getting myself to and from class. The problem I am most
concerned of are as I stated above not finding curve cuts. I do not think I
can jump curves and also have a wilily bar on the back. Add to that the
possible snow and ice and you see the problem I am facing.
Also, how is the accessible public transportation in Vienna? Also, the
youth hostel I am staying at has 2--6 beds in each room. I can dress myself
but lets put it this way I crawl around to dress myself I do not know how
complete strangers will react. Have any of you had any experience with
these issues?
I have thought of not going many times but if I go I will be the first
person in a wheelchair to complete study abroad at the University of
Illinois. I guess you could say there a lot of pressure on me to go. A lot
of friends in wheelchair at the University keep asking me how's Vienna
working out. I really want to go to Vienna But at the same time I don't
want to go and be completly helpless in Vienna.
I was born in Germany and know the language. So that should not be a
problem. I thought if I got into trouble I could contact my family in
Europe but a lot of them are old and some have not been as helpful then I
had hoped.
Thanks for any information!
Jan
Then, I look at other people and realize my life is not half bad...
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