Austria Goodbye Party

I cannot believe this term ran so short away. Well, but I am already looking forward to being back home and in Prague. On Tuesday Véro and me organized a goodbye party which was really crowded and succesfull. In the afternoon Andi came and we went for the last walk through the Centre. I said goodbye to everybody and it was really sad at the end.

My semester in Wien was absolutely wonderful and I hope to stay in touch with all the people I have met and I hope that the next CEMS semester in Prague will be as interesting as this one.

Donauturm

On Monday I suddenly realized my stay in Vienna is getting shorter and shorter. I started packing my stuff and finishing my plans in Vienna. In the evening I went with Lada and some of his friends to see the view from the Donauturm which is a high tower next to the UNO-City. The city at night looked great. We were sititing in a restaurant which is turning around - popular attraction in most capitals.

Lucinka and Kajinka in Vienna

On Friday evening my dear friends from the Harmach family came to visit me :-)). My sister should come as well but she could´t make it because of her illness. We had a nice time but the weather was not very steady, it was windy and it was raining almost whole Sunday. That´s the reason why I am not feeling very well today. I´ve got some cold. Anyway we did some sightseeing and shopping, we went to the Wien Museum at Karlsplatz and to Hundertwasserhouses. On Friday it was also the very last evening of Martin Klimes in Vienna so we cooked a dinner for him.

Manon Lescaut at the Wiener Staatsoper

Finally we went to the Vienna State Oper. There was a ballet "Manon Lescaut" - the performance was really great. Participants: Véro, me, Martin and his girlfriend. I like especially the foyers in the building - they are enourmously decorated and painted. We were standing but with almost the best possible view we could have.

Salzburg!!!!

This was one of the best trips during this semester, for sure. Although we had to get up at 5am :-(( it was definitely worth it. We arrived to Salzburg at 9:50 and started immediatelly our walking tour. Salzburg is not very large so we could reach any interesting point quite soon. I ´ ve been to Salzburg once with my parents but did not remember too much. Anyway this time I´ve seen everything again and even more I guess. We went to the Salzach river and Schloss Mirabell, we saw Mozart´s Geburtshaus in Getreidegasse and the Main Square, the Dom and then we climbed up to the Festung Hohensalzburg where we had a guided tour and visited the Marionettenmuseum. The weather was very nice and sunny and we saw the Alps around Salzburg from the top of the Tower. Then we went down with a funicular and had lunch in an Indian restaurant called Indigo. It was quite cheap and very good. Later we climbed up to the Kapuzinerkirche and saw the Fortress from the other side of the river. We had a hot chocolate and cake in a Café and then we walked back to the railway station. It was already dark so we ´ve seen Salzburg also shining at night. After the 3 hour journey by train we arrived to Wien Westbahnhof and went dancing to a club, just for a while. It was a great day.

Participants: me, Véro, Karolina, Láďa, Julien, Anja and Karol.

Last dinner with Anita

Anita came to Vienna again but only for 1 night and so we did a dinner together at least. She is back in Hungary now but I am going to visit her and Andi in spring in Budapest. This picture was made already before Christmas but I don´t have any from Tuesday.

Last evening with Anne-Laure and Francesco

Hello! Yesterday I spent the last evening with Anna and Francesco, they left today. We went cca 12 people eating to Zentimeter and then dancing to Kaiko. I had fun but was sad at the same time.

Skiing at Hochkar

On Saturday I finally went skiing with Anna, Tobias, Kim und Ben (french friend of Anna), all of ous CEMS people :-). We decided for Hochkar and it wasn´t bad. The resort is nice but it was raining the whole day so the snow was wet and conditions not really perfect. But I was satisfied. We ended up in the after-ski and had some Glühwein.

Friday - Pizza and Party in Manolos

After the amazing day with Porsche I went to have a pizza with some people-Anne-Laure,Kim, Pavel, Eva, Michael und Tobias. I got to know ahother nice and cheap place to eat. Then we joined a small CEMS party of some austrian girls in the Club Manolos.

Ost-West - Presentation and Porsche Driving

On Friday I went to Melk, with all people from the Ost-west Projektseminar and we did the presentation for representatives of Porsche Holding - the biggest car seller in Austria. Our presentation went very well we got a nice feedback but then the best part of the day came. We could test 6 luxurious cars ourselves, it was in fact a driving training, in some parts of the ring there was water on the road and it was slippery. I tried Porsche Carerra, Porsche Cayenne, Audi S4 and Audi A5 and VW Touran. The best car was probably the new Audi S4 - well you could buy it just for 150,000€ :-) and of course Porsche Carerra (in the picture with me), this one was fast like a sting. All the cars had electronical anti-slide steering so even if you pushed gas on the slippery road the car blocked the pedal and almost nothing happened and you could change the direction of your riding. So we could go full speed into the water and then push the full brake and nothing happened, amazing :-).

Zentralfriedhof Wien

We went to the Central Cemetery of Vienna with Véro today where a lot of famous people are buried (Beethoven, Straus, Brahms, Mozart has a memorial there). It was quite interesting and then we ended in a Café at Schwedenplatz which my friends already know for and we had a piece od cake. It was a nice afternoon. Check this picture with the sign : Amazing, huh?

Dinner on Wednesday

I´ve had dinner together with some people in my dorm on Wednesday and we eventually made some pictures. So I would like to introduce you to "Belayne", a boy from Ethiopia, who lives on the same floor with me and I really like him. He is often telling us many things about his country, he is very intelligent and also generous although he is not exactly the richest one. And then there were traditional faces - Martin, Karol, Julien etc....

The legendary U4 Diskothek

I am back with further news. On Tuesday we went to the U4 Diskothek - the most famous and a very old club in Vienna. I must admit it was just great - the music they play there is fantastic. Although it was quite hard to get up in the morning after this night, we really enjoyed it.

Volksoper - Hoffmanns Erzählungen

Today my cultural experience was really intensive because I also went to the Volksoper to see the oper from J. Offenbach "Hoffmanns Erzählungen". I liked it same as other performances I´ve seen there. We went with Véro, Martin, Pavel and one of his friends.

UNO-City in Vienna

I have visited the seat of the UNO in Vienna this morning. We had a guided tour just for 4 people so it was very interesting because we could ask anything. I went with Martin Klimes. I especially liked the big hall with 193 flags of almost all countries in the world.

WU BALL 2008 in Hofburg

Well, the biggest social event of this semester is over! I have visited the Ball of our University in Hofburg. It was great, really monumental atmosphere, huge rooms and dancing floors, live orchesters, rich flower decoration. We came in at 9 and stayed til 4:30. I was dancing with Karol - the Polish boy, and there were really a lot of people who I have met during this semester so I had a lof of fun. The best way how to describe the whole evening are probably pictures so just take a look.

Ost-West Projektseminar

My life is now full of finishing the presentation and paper for one of my courses called "Ost-West Projektseminar". We are doing a project for Porsche Holding. Yesterday I had a meeting with my group and we shooted a short video for our presentation. We also made a photo so I am posting it here as well.

(from the left-Sergi-Ukraine,Christoph-Austria,Yuliya-Ukraine, Andreas-Austria, Jola-Poland).

Beruska and Hrusticka in Vienna

I went back to Vienna on the 3rd January and the day after that two of my best friends came to visit me - Berenika and Lucka Hruska. We spent a very pleasant weekend together: full of After-Christmas-sightseeing and having fun. I showed them a lot mainly on Saturday but we have nearly frozen down because it was so .......ing cold weather that we had to look for every sheltered place to warm our bodies and sometimes even souls :-)). Girls bought themselves some things :-)). We went for a dinner to my beloved pub Selbstverständlich where we ate very well. Our impression has been just a little bit spoiled when we were waiting for the dessert almost one hour. But anyway I am very glad that girls have visited me. I am grateful for having my friends and family. Don´t worry I haven´t gone mad I am just in a melancholic mood today and I would like to tell everybody that you should always have a great regard for your friends and people who care about you.