Hostel Life

Tiffany Morales & Ainsley Lovejoy

At first we were pretty scared to stay in the hostel because it reminded us of the movie. As we walked into the building our minds soon changed. The rooms were so cute. One room had lime green walls, two bunk beds and two other beds. The other room was all the way in the attic with six beds and orange walls. The bathrooms were very small and hard to take normal showers. After they were used, the bathrooms were always wet and gross to walk around in. (sidenote – it wasn't that bad, just small space being used by several girls- Val) the orange room didn't even have a bathroom, actually. They had to share with the older girls. The lime room got to share a room with two girls from the Slovenian Youth Team. They were fun to talk to. We pretty much talked about our different cultures and compared them. We even tried reading one of their magazines. Let's just say, they were laughing at us the whole time!

There was a lot more stuff to do in the hostel than in the hotel in Innsbruck. There was a common room with the computers. Everyone had to fight to get on them because everyone wanted a chance to use them. The common room was also the area where we socialized with the other teams. The Slovenians were very friendly while the Danish didn't really talk (likely the age difference as they are 17-22 yr olds). Breakfast was served in the common room as well. No one wanted to eat it though. It smelled bad and taste even worse! We would skip it or go to the market and get our own food. The hostel was a new and exciting experience. We would definitely love to stay there again.