Alright so yesterday I woke up early so as to catch the 8am train so I could brush up on my German lessons and have a croissant paried with a cappuccino. Get to my class in Vienna a good 30 minutes early, only to find there is no class on fridays. Spent the next hour wandering around the centre and getting lost and finding myself and lost again... Luckily found a Starbucks and paid double what I would back home, sad story. That said, this Starbucks is by far the nicest Starbucks I've ever been to. Its two stories and full of windows outlooking the bustling streets of Vienna .
Close to 1pm met a girl and her friends at the city bike lots and got my bike pass, unlimited bike rentals forever for just $1. Fantastic! The four of us girls trolled around Vienna and rode thru parks and streets. Met my English clumsy match, Emma. Emma was most unfortunate to select a bike that did not have any brakes that work. She wound up crashing head on into another person on a bike. The rest of us found it funny!
Went home and had lunch with the family and Monika had her friend over. We painted our very own t-shirts. Its funny because Monika has to say everything twice, once in German to her friend and once in English to me. Its funny because our laughs are also spread out and whoever laughs first gets to anticipate the laugh of the other.
Around 7pm took the bike out to ride to the station to go out to Vienna! My aloof self wasn't
paying attention to where I was headed and ended up very lost out by some vineyards...I'd never even seen a single vineyard prior to this. Rode around started to get nervous because it was getting dark and I didn't even know how to get back to the house. I rode all the way up this hill came up to a red light, yielded on my bike and continued thru. Apparently, redlights are not yields for bikes. I got pulled over by the polizie, lights and everything. Two police got of their car and said nothing but opened the rear car door. I thought they were going to arrest me and take me away. They put on their official hats and started talking to me in German...they were out of luck there. I explained to them that I was very lost and had no idea what I had done. They asked me where I was staying and they couldn't understand my interpretation with how the street would be pronounced. Eventually they let me go without a ticket and directed me toward the trainstation. Onward with the night!
We started the night around 9:15pm at a local pub had a few drinks and went a few other places,including a karaoke bar. As I have said I will jump out of a plane before I will go up and sing Karaoke, this still remains true. This was a funny lively place where Austrians were singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody, Summer Lovin' from Grease, and even a High School Musical song. After Karaoke we went to this outside bar place that was pretty fun, then went in and danced. The club closed at 4am and we taxied over to Emmas flat in Vienna.
I can't believe that was all in one day!
Today has been full of a mellow vibe. The family left to a bbq somewhere and left me to the house. I'm very hungry and usually the mom fixes something for lunch. (which is their big meal here.) Everything in their fridge needs to be cooked. My lazy self decided to just eat some bread. Finally mustered the motivation to cook up some noodles only to realize their stove is completely foreign to me, and I have no idea how to turn it on. Think to microwave something...there isn't one. Found a toaster and discovered that toasters are universal, some dials are different but the bread goes down the same. Made some toast with Zint and Zucker, Cinnamon and Sugar.
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