Day 10 Stefansdome

Wow what a day. Many times we are told to "squeeze the juice" out of our experience here. For me, that was going to see the Stefansdome. The Stefansdome is a huge cathedral with wonderful stain glass inside that casts gorgeous lighting. Don't just take my word for it. Check out these photos from the visit.

Because mass was going on, I wasnt able to get more pictures from further in the church. During the spring, when the weather is nicer, I plan on going back, where I will be able to go to the top of the steeple and look out over all of Vienna, for only a couple of Euros. It will be great. 

I also was announced to be officially "Minnesotan" today when I bought a large sack of potatoes and mayonaisse while at the grocery store. I thought I was getting a good deal, but everyone else was looking at me funny. I'm not too worried about it though.

Tomorrow I should have many more stories to tell about my first weekend in Vienna. By the sound of it, I will be going on a bus tour of the city and seeing a lot of the major sights, that I will then have to check out on foot later on. Until then however, Auf Wiedersehen

Day 8 Gasthaus

Another typical day in Vienna. But when studying abroad who is to say what it typical or not? By typical I mean I woke up like any other day, went to class, attempted to go to a museum, and found a nice little restaurant right across the road from my apartment. I guess living in a new country brings all sorts of excitement. Let's start with the museum. Vienna is a fair sized city with a very large amounts of museums. I mean a lot. Being I'm here now, I might as well go to a couple, right? Not to mention there could not be a better chance than when one of the professors is guiding a tour through the museum. Of course it isn't necessarily that easy. The hard part about being in a new city is not knowing where anything is, that includes the meeting place to go to this museum. I ended up wandering around the first district (downtown) Vienna for a good 20 minutes looking for the meeting place. Unfortunately I left 10 minutes before the meeting time. By the time I found the place, it was too late, the tour had left and I was not to see a museum today. No worries, there will be plenty of time for that. Later in the evening my RA decided it would be fun for all of the residents in Jahngasse 25 to go out to eat. She didn't mention that the place was directly across the street. It was a nice little place, and for $13 I got a very nice sized schnizel, a salad, and a glass bottle of coke. Pretty great. Some of the residents thought it would be fun to essentially recreate Cheers and become regulars at this bar. I think my wallet might have an argument with that however. The rest of the day was pretty relaxed. I ran some errands, talked to Megan some, all in all a good day. Until next time Auf Wiedersehen!

Day 7 Picture Time

I can't say much happened today. It was another day of classes and time in Vienna. Strangely, no great adventures took place. That's ok though, because at some point I was going to need a short break. There is always tomorrow however! In the meantime, here are some pictures of Downtown Vienna, including the some pictures of my classroooms. All of these places are within a 5 minute walk from my classroom, which is a 20 minute ride by tram from my apartment. I am essentially living in downtown Vienna.

The Outside of the institute where I take classes

It was built in the late 17th century

Half of the original palace is gone due to being struck by a bomb in WW2

The ceiling in one classroom

All of these pictures are of the inside.