http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/AlexandraFrick/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from AlexandraFrick en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:43:07 +0000 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:43:07 +0000 Monday 818 Melissa and I woke up early Monday morning stuffed our faces at the breakfast buffet and went to go find the rest of our group at the hostel. It was Shayna's birthday so I poked into a few shops trying to find a birthday card and a small gift. I thought it was really important to make her feel recognized on her birthday. When we finally got the group together I made everyone sa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Hallstatt/blog-321851.html Saturday 830On my last whole day in Vienna I slept in despite not having a particularly late night. My mission for the day was to pack work on my blogs and get some last minute souvineers. Kelsey and I hung out in our apartment for awhile both of us putting our stuff into our bags of which I definitely had more and trying to polish off the rest of our food. Kelsey needed to iron her s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-321190.html Friday 829We had the day off from class today and it was one of our classmate's birthday. We decided to sleep in and go to breakfast once everyone was ready. This type of planning should have been my red flag that it was going to be a long morning. Kelsey had gotten a recommendation from a friend about visiting Grinzing a winery neighborhood in the north of Vienna. Combined with that tip a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-321173.html Wednesday 827The German word of the day is Fuball soccer.We were scheduled to take a tour of the UN headquarters today and speak with a representative of the IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency. My preparation questions are attached below We had been instructed to bring our passports so I put mine in my bag the night before. As I was getting dressed I decided to try and dress a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-320217.html Tuesday 826We began the day with a class wrapup of Mauthausen. It's a rather contentious issue even amongst my own class so we ended up spending the entire class period discussing concentration camps and the Holocaust. We talked about the surrounding city and the idea of what they did and didn't know during the war. My professor discussed life in a totalitarian state like the Nazi regime http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-317402.html Saturday 823I woke up early to pack for Prague. We saw that a train was leaving at 10am so we decided to meet at 915 to make it to the station to buy our tickets. We hopped on the train finding a cabin that was only occupied by one person so far. The lady in the cabin was from Australia specifically from the southern island of Tasmania. She was a single mother who needed a break from her http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-316861.html Friday 822We woke up early on Friday morning to meet the bus at 8am. I planned on sleeping the entire bus ride 2.5 hours to the concentration camp so I brought my neck pillow and earplugs. We jumped on the bus and I promptly curled into a little ball and fell asleep. I woke up right as we arrived at the camp. Everyone was a lot quieter than normal as we walked to the visitor center. Some http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Mauthausen/blog-316557.html Thursday 821In class we discussed the fall of the Habsburgs. WWI was the end of the Austrian Monarchy and the later leaders of Austria were of various Socialist affiliations. We discussed the reparations placed on Austria and I can't seem to wrap my mind around the rationality behind doing that. Maybe I don't understand our current war with Iraq but it does not appear to me that when the w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-315072.html First and foremost I need to whine a bit about this blog site that I am using. It has a faulty saving mechanism and if you ever see my blogs end abruptly like there is no period at the end of the sentence than you can assume that something got cut off. So far it only seems like it cuts of a few sentences so you're probably not missing out on much.Tuesday 819We headed to class a little bit http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-314373.html Friday 815After going out Thursday night I came home and tried to sleep for the last portion of the night that I had left. For some reason I was too anxious to sleep and felt like I was awake the whole night. I woke up early to make sure everything was packed for my trip. We had to meet at the Belvedere for another Dr. O tour at 10am. We took the streetcar over to the museum and got our t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-313635.html Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday 812814We got on the bus early in the morning and headed to Wiener Neustadt a small town along the way to the alps. I fell asleep on the bus so I missed the opportunity to stare out the window on the way there. We arrived in the town and were given about 45 minutes until we had to meet for a tour. Having not had breakfast I was hungry. Shayna and I went o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Lower-Austria/blog-312136.html Monday 811The German word of the day is kurz short.Last night I had a hard time falling asleep due to my persistent sore throat. It's frustrating that they don't have easy access to medication here the way we do in the US. I resolved to buy some honey to add to my tea to help my throat a little. We headed off to class around 930 and we began our class with discussing logistics of our tri http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-311012.html Sunday 810I slept in to try and get over my sore throat. Our original plan was to visit Baden a town south of Vienna with thermal baths. Since many businesses are closed Sunday and websites often in German only it was difficult to figure out when and if the Baden baths were actually open. However there was another location Oberlaa that was open Sunday and much closer than Baden so we d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-310946.html Saturday 809I woke up early this morning to get ready for my first real weekend in Vienna Tiffany and I had planned to go biking along the Danube this weekend but we also wanted to stop at the monastery at Klosterneuberg mostly because it apparently has great wine Trying to coordinate a meeting time at the monastery with some other classmates who didn't want to bike there and the rainy f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-310266.html Friday 808Friday morning we watched another movie in class and discussed the Thirty Years' War as well as other miscellaneous topics. We watched another movie but I felt like it was poorly done as I was confused about what was going on despite being awake the entire time. After class we got Kasekrainer cheese sausage for lunch. One of the girls I was out with Melissa can't eat pork. S http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-310174.html Thursday 807Today we had our excursion to the Melk Abbey in the Austrian countryside. We had to get up early to make it to the train station in time to catch the train at 945am. I was making my breakfast and I really wanted some toast. They have REALLY good jam here and I want to eat it all the time now. I had one slice of bread left and it was moldy so I had to eat some of my other stu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Lower-Austria/Wachau/blog-309536.html Once again I am behind on my posts so I'll give you two for one Tuesday 805I woke up determined to figure out how to brew myself a good cup of coffee without any measuring instruments. I think I am getting the hang of it but it's funny how few automatic functions my coffeemaker has. It won't stop the drip if I remove the pot and it doesn't shut off. But typical of everything else on this http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-309058.html Hello everyoneI know I'm a day behind in my blogs so I'll fill you in on both days...Sunday 803I woke up late after being out until almost 5am and my roommate Kelsey and I decided to visit the Military Musuem. We hopped on a streetcar and hoped for the best that it would deliver us to the right location. After some confusion we got off on a semirandom stop and walked to the Belvedere. O http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-308364.html Saturday 802The German word of the day is verdienen to earn.Today I decided that it was a brilliant move on my part to bring some Febreeze with me to Vienna. The weather here aside from being all over the board from sun to rain is crazy humid. Without explaining the details of walking around all day in high humidity which I have never truly experienced before I'm grateful for having so http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-307541.html My informationPhone 43012089439 I can't call out but you can call me Address Alexandra Frick 221.2 Simmeringer Haupstrae 143 1110 Vienna Austria http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-307221.html