I made it to Vienna!
My cousins and I spent our first--and last--full day here. I really like the city. It's bizarre how familiar everything seems. Somewhere between France and Germany--the beauty of Paris with the pragmatism of Berlin. I especially love the lay out of everything. There are these grandeous buildings, but the the scale is totally pedestian freiendly. There are people walking around and biking everywhere. Being here is tapping into my urban studies roots--the public spaces are AMAZING. There are these funny looking giant purple geometric shapes where people hang out in the sun and just chillax. It makes my heart happy to see people enjoying the city that way :) I could definitely spend more time here...if I spoke German. Almost everyone speaks English though. I haven't even learned how to say "Do you speak English?" in German, because there's really no need. Some kind of foreign country mechanism I have makes me say things in my head in French, which of course, is not useful in Austria. For instance I'll look at a price tag and think "aah, 50 euro, ca c'est trop cher!" and then the next second think "that was dumb..."
More later. My 20 min worth of internet time is about to expire!
My cousins and I spent our first--and last--full day here. I really like the city. It's bizarre how familiar everything seems. Somewhere between France and Germany--the beauty of Paris with the pragmatism of Berlin. I especially love the lay out of everything. There are these grandeous buildings, but the the scale is totally pedestian freiendly. There are people walking around and biking everywhere. Being here is tapping into my urban studies roots--the public spaces are AMAZING. There are these funny looking giant purple geometric shapes where people hang out in the sun and just chillax. It makes my heart happy to see people enjoying the city that way :) I could definitely spend more time here...if I spoke German. Almost everyone speaks English though. I haven't even learned how to say "Do you speak English?" in German, because there's really no need. Some kind of foreign country mechanism I have makes me say things in my head in French, which of course, is not useful in Austria. For instance I'll look at a price tag and think "aah, 50 euro, ca c'est trop cher!" and then the next second think "that was dumb..."
More later. My 20 min worth of internet time is about to expire!
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