Frauke announced that today's forecast is 22 degrees Celsius. She sounded excited and said it will be like summer again. I think that means 70's Fahrenheit, but I can never remember that equation.
Maybe after classes we can visit a vineyard, since some people in our group are adamant to do so.
I started my Vienna 1900 class yesterday and I have a feeling it will be my favorite class for several reasons: 1, our professor is Ukrainian and named Svetlana (I love the name); 2, she loves American students because she says we're more open-minded than our European peers; 3, she brought in 99% cacao chocolate for us to try during a break in class; 3, one of our text books is dedicated solely to Klimt, one of my favorite artists of all time; 4, tomorrow we're taking an excursion to the Ringstraße and the Kunsthistoriches Museum, one of the greatest art museums in the world, and I found out that it's only a few blocks from my apartment.
Other than that, EU Politics and Economics class will no doubt be instructional, but the economic portions might be a little dry for my taste.
German is fun, because Frauke is teaching it, and she's an amazing woman.
I start my Holocaust Lit. class today, so I've yet to see what that will be like.
Yesterday night, I rode the U-Bahn with a few friends to the river and walked across the very long bridge. It looks shady on the other side, but we walked along the pathway, in between the beachfront bars. The bartenders kept calling to us in German, "Servus! Bitte!" and some other things I didn't catch, but we just said "Nein, danke" and ignored them.
Whenever groups of us go out, we meet in Stephansplatz and I think we should pick a new meeting point, because Stephansplatz is very touristy and crowded. (I just looked at the last few sentences and realized that I sound snobby.)
Some girls are going to the Slovak Republic this weekend, but I'm definitely staying in Vienna to explore some more.
P.S. I am probably driving everyone crazy because I love saying the name of my street: Neustifgasse. It's so fun to say.
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your laptop has the conversions tool on the dashboard as a widget. 22 degrees C = 71.6 F.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a perfect mix for you Elizabeth. I will try hard to not be envious of the art museum trips.