Academia Hotel Vienna

After waking up in Ric's beautiful apartment Sadie and I looked out the window and saw that it was snowing. I didn't think it would be so bad because it was snow instead of rain. Well when we made our way downstairs I realized different. Once the snow hit the pavement it might as well have been raining because the ground was so wet. We took the train into the main part of the city to Opering, the neighborhood area where all the operas and music take place. It took us three ...

... links/rechts/om-een-hoek je laten gaan, en af en toe schiet ik ook nog de juiste bal in een pot!! Ow, en ik schijn jaren lang met de verkeerde regels gespeeld te hebben..

Paola wilde op haar laatste avond afscheid nemen van Vapiano. Heb ik ook maar meteen gedaan, want ik heb t idee dat ik hun menu wel weer uitgeput heb.. Al kan je natuurlijk elk gerecht verbeteren met een sh*tload aan spaanse peper..

's Nachts gingen we wild stappen in ...

... of it very familiar! And finally...another minor event that happened today (the film crew informed me!!) - the government was dissolved (it was a coalition) today! An election will be held in September... Apparently the doctors demonstration did not have anything to do with the dissolution of the government - just a coincidence I guess but indication of troubled times. Interesting times here in Vienna!

I had no idea Vienna was this beautiful! We took the train from Prague down, and got in to Vienna around 2. The next morning, we went to the Spanish Riding School, home of the Lipizzaner Stallions. We watched them train for 3 hours. Obviously, this was one of Lauren's favorites. And I gotta admit, those horses were incredible. The arena was absolutely amazing too. They told us no pics ...

... version and surprise, surprise she dosen't like it as much. Finally, we've progressed from our $20 gelato in Rome to $14 coffees in Vienna. After being caffeine free my entire pregnancy and lactation I decided that I couldn't pass through Paris and Italy without trying the coffee. And thus I am hopelessly addicted and for some reason willing to pay these prices. We have a strict budget. It's our budget but Tim's making us stick to it. But we both need ...

oh my goodness. vienna is absolutely wonderful. we've been on the schönbrunn palace grounds all day long.. right now i'm in a dinky little internet cafe in downtown vienna.. the hotel wanted €5 for 15 minutes and this place charges only €.50 for 15 minutes. i love downtown... i wanted to go out last night but there's no one in our group that's my age. i almost asked our cute viennese waiter at dinner last night but all i could do when i got ready to was ask where ...

... a buffet and naturally, kegs of Stiegl beer set up for our party. The students, the host families, and the SC faculty were all there and a jovial time was had by all. We ate bratwursts (I had two...SO good!), some vegetable dishes, and then a dessert buffet to end the festivity. But oh... the festivities were only beginning. We returned to our new favorite place on Earth (Murphy's Law, of course) for a good time. The first hour or so mostly consisted of us utilizing ...