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Published: March 20th 2010
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crazy ride at the Prater ok...so i heard that this winter has been the hardest and longest winter Vienna has ever seen.
figures.
i packed sweaters and only pants...but when you are outside all day just walking around, there is no way to keep warm! im tellin ya...this cold has been kicking my butt. it's exhausting!
so the other night, we all went to a concert with adam and it was very cool. We saw Nikolaus Harnoncourt conduct beethoven? i think. we got there late, but the second half was really cool. its only 5 eros for standing tickets so that is really great. after that, we walked around trying to find some bar that some people were supposed to be at. we all got lost and accidentally stumbled upon Rachel Whiteread's sculpture! it is right in the middle of a courtyard and is a beautiful pieace in response to the Holocaust. i didnt have my camera, but adam took some with his phone.
we made it to the bar and had a drink and then just decided to head back home.
i didnt realise it until yesterday, but i was still totally jet lagged. i couldnt sleep until about 2:30
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Prater (Fun Town) am and then woke up aqt 1pm! it was crazy. i pretty much slept my sunday away, but im just super tired all the time. however, sunday was a great day.
i bought my railpass! i bought a pass that is good for 10 days of travelling in two months and its good for 5 countries. the countries i chose were Italy, France, Spain, Austria, and Benelux (Benelux includes the netherlands, belgium, and luxembourg). so that is awesome! as soon as i get it i will be travelling all over europe and i will have quite a few things to say about it!!
visited the Prater. this is where the giant ferris wheel is and that is from the movie, The Third Man. so that was cool. it was like a huge carnival but better. everything is super colorful and very vintage looking. it was pretty crazy. so we just hung out there and took pictures.
today, i fell down the stairs.
it hurt so bad. but i couldnt tell what was even going on! it all happened so quickly hahaha. once i got situated again, i headed for the Museum Quartier which is where all
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haha. Prater the modern art museums and stuff like that is. there is a ton to do there. i didnt pay to go into anything (ill do that with other people). i just wanted to walk around. then i got super lost kinda on purpose. it was just so beautiful. everything is so nice and fancy.
i even explored a random stop off the U. all the houses are very tiny and colorful like kids play houses. they are right on the Danube river and it is just a really cute nice area. i tried to get to the river, but i couldnt. maybe i will sneak in some time. i really enjoy just wondering around and getting lost. i also have been really happy just picking random stops off the tram and exploring them. very fun.
party at the Heimbar tonight (in my dormatory). school tomorrow!! cant wait to start classes.
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