We've been settling in pretty well, working our way through the job interviews and visiting different flats. Vienna's been pretty cold lately, down to -6 C! I have been going to the school and last Tuesday I taught my first English class solo! Pretty much all of our time until last Tuesday was spent split between Starbucks and Oma's house, and playing Bauernschnappsen (an Austrian card game) over slivovitz until late.
We moved into a flat, only temporary, in the 10th Bizerk, in south Vienna. We're having a great time, we have three roommates, Elizabeth, Kay(its his room we're subletting), and Shawna. From our house, we're only a block from the grocery store, and 2 blocks from the Turkish grocery store. If you don't know, Vienna has a huge international population, many people from eastern Europe, especially Turkey. Walking down the streets here, you most certainly will see a Doner Kebap stand on almost every corner. and in the stand you'll see a big rotating meat slab in which the server will slice you off delicious shreds of lamb or chicken. It's not healthy, but you can buy them for 2.50 euros, and they can feed two.
We spent Australia day with a big group of couchsurfers at a local Australian pub in the inner stadt(city). We had a great time together, and what diversity! There were people from Spain, Mexico, Uruguay, Australia(of course), Canada, and Germany. We had a fun time chatting over Cooper sparkling ales, and talking about the in's and out's of Austrian paperwork, and what it takes for Laina to get her residence permit (green card).
School has been crazy, as you may or may not know we are taking classes online from George Mason University, which we are really enjoying. We are trying to find a balance of time, since they are graduate classes, and require a lot of reading and intelligently written papers. I think we'll get by. All in all things are going well, and we are really looking forward to this weekend, they say it'll be 50 on Sunday, and it is free museum day in Vienna! Sweet!
p.s. The photo is of Stephansdom, a giant cathedral right in the center of the inner stadt. It's super old, it was completed in 1160.
Sounds awesome! I'm glad you're missing all the snow here. It's a nightmare. Don't forget to go to the Nachtmarkt. The Museum Quarter was great too! We stayed at a little inn called Das Tyrol, right on the main drag. Have you had any Sacher Torte yet? How much of Vienna do you remember? Do you remember Billa? :-) Love you!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are doing well. The downside seems you need to search again for a place to live.
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