Wednesday 23 March 2011

Vienna Day 32-33

Day 32

              The first day I was in Vienna it rained all day and night. I took the train from Budapest early in the morning. I met my host Martin at his flat and we spent a few hours getting to know each other. I met another cs member named Isabel and we went to a well known Restaurant where they served me a delicious plate of schnitzel. At night I met Martin at his friends graduation party. The party appeared to be lame and Martin asked me if we should goto another party. I got an idea to introduce the classic American party game of beer pong. After explaining the rules and playing few games the party shifted into the right mode. It's nice to share cultural things with other even if its beer pong. haha

Day 33

             I woke up today feeling a little tired and dehydrated. Martin took me to a place where they served us the best hangover medicine. If you can picture hashbrowns with a ton of lard or fat then thats what we had. It took control of my hangover and I was feeling brand new. Next Martin took me on a tour through Vienna. I really enjoyed the different buildings and stories about Austria. There was an architect who after finishing his job on his newest building for the emperor committed suicide because when the emperor saw the final result he said "its nice". After that incident the emperor would always say "thats very nice" when handling similar matters. Martin and I went to a birthday party and enjoyed some Sangria.
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Costs- Train Budapest to Vienna- 13 Euros
            Metro pass                    -  10 Euros