CEMS Christmas party

CEMS Club in Vienna organised a closing Christmas party for us. It was an opportunity to see each other before Christmas or for the last time because some people are leaving already now. It was at a very nice place and we also got some presents + free drinks and sandwiches. Anyway everybody was quite stressed before today´s German exam and we left early. Today I had a presentation in Business German and I also wrote one exam yesterday. Tomorrow there is the last one and we can do another party in the evening. On Friday I am going back to the Czech Republic.

Pancake lunch

This weekend is a long studying session but everybody needs to eat so we did some pancakes for lunch. I was also iceskating with Martin yesterday. Apart from that I am studying and studying. And I am going to play the piano for a while in the afternoon.

Last Kaiko party

I spent my weekend with studying, christmas shopping and we had a party on Saturday night. It was just a get together in our dorm. On Monday I was at the Uni and then I went to visit my tandem partner Agnes to her flat but I still didn´t take any picture of her. I will do it I promise. After that I went for a while to the Kaiko club because there was the last party in this semester in this club. Christmas and final exams are coming closer and closer:-)))))). Huhuhuhuhu!!!!

Iceskating adventure

There are a lot of places for public iceskating in Vienna so we decided to try one of them near the Stadtpark. I went with Karol, Andy and Anita and we had a lot of fun. I just borrowed some old skating shoes and now I have big blisters on my feet but it will be all right soon. There were a lot of people and we also had one punsch.

Cultural experience with my mom!!!

My dear mother came to Vienna to educate herself at the Hilton Congress Centre and we spent some time together on Thursday and at the weekend. She brought me a lot of food so I have a full fridge now :-)). Thanks again! We went to the Centre together and we were little bit squeezed by the shopping crowd on Saturday. Anyway the Christmas atmosphere is everywhere and the markets and "Glühwein" are still so nice. We went to the Volksoper to see the Opera from Mozart: the Zauberflöte. It was also crowded but we enjoyed it. On Sunday the streets were not so full. We had a coffee at Starbucks, then we visited an advent organ concert in the Maltese Church and finally we had a drink in the Hilton bar. I also got an advent calender from my mom!!!

Saturday Party

I have spent my last weekend mainly with studying and then I went for a walk to the City Centre on Saturday (to look for some Christmas presents and to have some time for myself). All the streets are so nice and the markets are so beautiful. You can smell the "Glühwein", Punsch", Kaiserschmarn, "Maronni", "Kartoffelpuffer", "Bratwürste" and christmas pastry everywhere. People are already doing crazy shopping but I still have to focus on my studies because now it is getting to be interesting :-)). On Saturday there was a party in Panorama, though. Stefano, the Italian boy, was celebrating his birthday but a lot of other people came and it was fun. I slept quite long on Sunday :-)).

CEMS Punsch tour

On Friday we made a little tour round the Spittelberger market with CEMS people.

We had some punsch and "Kartoffelpuffer" (bramborak). I really like these markets. The only thing that bothers me is that they are very crowded. In the picture I am with Kasia (Poland).

Monenka,Verusha and Hrusticka in Vienna!!!

My beloved roomates from Prague have visited me this weekend! Despite the severe weather we have enjoyed our time together very much and I showed them whole Vienna. I think we were pretty tired after these 2 days. They arrived on Friday and we had a dinner and a small private party in our kitchen. Saturday was a long day full of sightseeing and then I took girls to the "Chritkindlmarkt" in front of the "Rathaus" which was opened yesterday. We had punch and "glühwein" and then we went to a restaurant for dinner to the restaurant "Centimeter" with some of my friends as well. On Sunday we went to Schönbrunn (lying under the snow now) and then we visited the exhibition in the Lower Belveder - van Gogh, Cesanne & Austrian Modern Art. It was interesting. Girls left few hours ago and I have to get back to work. We had a great time and I am looking to see them all again!!!

Winter time :-)

It was snowing during Thursday and Friday and the whole weekend was very cold and freezing. I took some winter pictures. One of them shows the view from my room and the second one Schönbrunn under the snow. It is quite unusual for Vienna to have snow so early but it is cool. And it really fits to the atmosphere in the City because the chrissmas markets have been opened!

Heuriger at Schübl Auer

This is another very busy week for me and I am spending almost every day at school but I still have some news. First we went to a Heuriger organized by the buddy network on Tuesday and it was good. A lot of food and wine wasn´t bad. We left quite early, though, because everybody has to learn a lot.

And second thing is that Martin Klimes found a tandem for me. Thanks to him I would have possibility to train my German more. My tandem partner is a girl from Mistelbach, her name is Agnes and she studies at Uni Wien "Germanistik und Tschechisch". She has been learning Czech for 1 year but she already speaks quite well. I was really impressed. And she is very nice.We went to eat to some Pakistan restaurant today where you can pay for the meal how much you want and you can eat as much as you can. Amazing!!!