Yesterday, 6 of us went on a hike with Frauke. We rode the bus to the edge of town and walked up a large hill so we could see Vienna laid out below us.
Frauke got lunch for us at a nice restaurant (dating from 1785) and we ate outside in a small art garden in the lawn.
We had a traditional Viennese lunch of cheese, ham, greens, vegetables and bread. To drink, we mixed wine and soda water from pitchers to make g'spritzer, a chilled, refreshing lunch beverage.
Afterwards, we split up. Melanie, Melissa and I left in search of ice cream. The ice cream shops close every year at the end of this month, so we have to get the good ice cream while we can. We ended up at a small shop near our apartment, called MioMio. I had a cone with chocolate and another mystery flavor. It was delicious.
When Melanie and I got home, we saw that our host mom put little dishes of Mozart-kugels (balls of chocolate with Mozart's picture on them) on our pillows. It was sweet, but we'd had enough sugar already.
I was going to go out with some other people that night, but I decided to stay in and go to sleep early.
This morning, we went to the Naschmarkt, which is the most famous Viennese open-air flea and food market in a town square nearby. There were so many things to look at! However, you're supposed to bargain with the vendors, so I'll have to wait to buy things till my German improves.
Most of the things being sold were really old instruments and shoes and pictures and books. I could have spent all day looking at the things, but it was very crowded and I don't like crowds too much.
Afterwards, we left to go home, eat lunch, and catch up on homework.
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