City Hotel Tabor Vienna

... that in my 8 weeks here?!?! :) In Celtic times, it was a way to keep invaders out, and if anyone came on either side of the wall... well, they died, to put it simply. It´s from the 13th century... so cool, so cool! After that, we hiked down the trail to catch a dingy boat to the Monasory (located on the other side of the Donau) where we hung out at the beer garden. Kinda crazy... but the monks who live at the Monastory have a brewery, hence the ...

... let niet op de naam...) met obers in pak en live pianist. Maar na één biertje van 5 euro besloten we toch maar ouderwets naar Charlie P's te verhuizen. Daar bier gedronken, Rosa's 'Joey' ontmoet en glazen gejat tot we dr om 1u ofzo uitgetrapt werden. Dus maar naar de würstelstand en in het park verder gedronken, totdat Paola en ik allebei met twee verschillende schoenen thuiskwamen.. Het schijnt dat Paola's tentamen de volgende dag niet echt optimaal ging..

... te laat was (hij denkt wel vaker dat ik boos ben, vorige keer kreeg ik gratis bier omdatie mn hand had geschroeid met zn sigaret), en heeftie me een sushischip belooft!! Jee!! Maar goed, daarna gingen we naar de Bermuda Dreieck, met Minnie, Paola en huisgenoot en Miia. De Bermuda driehoek is een autovrije zone bij Schwedenplatz waar veel beisls en clubs zitten. Leuk, ik had nog een deja vu van drie jaar geleden, daar hebben we nog ...

... end we were given samples of Schnapps, absinthe and others. He told us we're meant to have only three shots, but that nobody's counting - so I had eight! House of Music I decided to attend tonight's Mozart and Strauss concert at Schonbrunn Palace, but not for the 68 Euro (incl. dinner) that most of the group did. I bought a lower-category ticket for 44, without dinner, giving me more time in the city. I ended up going to the House of Music with Mark and Rachael. It had ...

... actually had a wine region and so we all thought we had better check it out. It was so much fun, I really had the best day. We kicked it off at a winery and after sampling many wines we jumped on our bikes and headed off the next village. At some point along the way, a girl thought it would be fun to sing songs from the Sound of Music, and I can say honestly that the hills were alive with the sound of music as we cycled along. With the enthusiasm that comes from ...

... been sold.-Side Note They handed us tickets for 10 Euros and directed us to our very own BOX SEATS! We were sitting next to people who had easily paid 70 Euros for their seats. We couldn't sit together, but we each thoroughly enjoyed our seats. I've made a habit of saying "Ja!" to any question that is asked to me in German if I don't understand it. Sometimes, I get into trouble with this stock answer. For example, I ended up with an interesting assortment ...

Up early...full day in the Wachau ValleyDocked in Durnstein...one of Austria's smallest cities...less 1000 inhabitants. ...visit augustine Abbey Church...shop wines...apricot brandy...beautiful small town. 8 am Amadagio arrives in Durnstein. I can't tell you how beautiful it is to come up the river and see all the quaint villages...from another time. castles on the mountain tops abbeys... cities on the valley floors ...

... roof; it really offered a great view of the city. I really felt like I was a part of the city. Maybe because I was even with all the roofs of the other buildings, but no matter what it was, I suddenly felt like I was one with the city, instead of just a visitor. It's great that I feel this way, but then again, it also makes me sad that my time to leave is fast approaching. I'm sitting at a park at Karlsplatz right now. It is situated alongside the Ringstrasse ...

... city area after hanging out in a cafe for a while, and I ended up finding and checking out a bunch of churches, which is kind of cool. When they build churches here, they don't mess around. Even if the church seats twenty people. Today I got out of class and went to a cafe and then still felt like roaming, and I ended up finding more churches and the old Vienna University (old as in 1385-1885, at which point the "new" one was built). It's kind of fun to just walk around and see ...

... all enjoyed the sight of so many tulips together. Tulips don't grow in the Philippines and we only see them in flower shops and usually its only a pair or two and they usually cost and arm and a leg (at least at that time it did to me). But here we saw so many tulips that some of us were posing and taking pictures of the flowers. Our hosts came to drive us and we were brought to our respective houses. I was surprised that I would be assigned to live with ...