Since I arrived in Austria I've written a series of letters to my public servant, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
It started with a plain old letter:
Dear Mr. Schwarzenegger,
I am in Austria for a couple months visiting friends. As my elected public servant, I hope you can give me advice about what to see here. I'm in Vienna now, but I'll be travelling to Graz (a place you should be familiar with!) in a few days.
Also I'm having trouble as nobody seems to use electric dryers here. How does one dry laundry when it is cold out? Perhaps this could help California solve its energy problems!!
I hope everything is doing well back home, let me know if you would like me to bring souveneirs or chocolates or anything. I will talk to you again later.
Best,
--David

Then i began sending post cards, photos of which you can see below.

When I get a reply, I will update it here.