The desire for homemade food as well as cheap sustenance that didn’t come from a Kebap stand gave way to dinner at a friend’s house. We cooked chicken-fried rice, a true Austrian dish. This is when I discovered that my favorite Austrian dessert that I have had (I haven’t had Sachertorte yet, so I’m still open to that) is called Manner. It’s wafers with nutella-like chocolate between. They come in big and small packages and are extremely addicting. It is absolutely impossible to just eat one.
Wednesday was a very exciting day. In the morning, Carrie and I went exploring again. We went to Karlskirche but only saw the outside because it cost money to go inside. Hopefully we will be able to inside for my Art and Architecture class.
Then we went to the Naschtmarkt, which is the oldest outside market in Europe, and maybe the world. It started as a place for milk and milk products but today they sell Gemüse (vegetables), Obst (fruit), Brot (bread), and other things like milk and spices. The market is lined with stands full of fruit and vegetables and a stand where I found a cheap Müller jersey.
Then we went to Stadtpark where we saw the Strauss statue and I thought of Mom and Jenny. We sat there for a while and watched the tourists and admired the park.
On the way back to IES, we stumbled upon a church that I think was called Kaiser Kirche. It was on this random street we happened to walk down. It was incredibly beautiful inside. Each side was adorned with several chapel-like things for different saints. I just couldn’t believe how ornate and just stunning it was. And it was just his random church that I had never heard of. Not to mention it was about two hundred years older than the US. So crazy!
After class, we had a meeting about what music we will be singing for the Music Performance Workshop, which got me really excited about performing all the pieces. Then we had a meeting with Dr. Solvik, the director of the program, about Music in Vienna. This made me even more excited about everything that I can do here. When we got home, we had a big Italian family style dinner with a bunch of us from the apartment to celebrate our move with delicious pasta, salad, and Gugelhupf, a marble bunt cake with a chocolate frosting…Yummy!
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