A Peaceful Weekend in Wien

It's finally coming to a close. In less than two weeks and two days I will be leaving what has now become a beautiful and warm city. I am going to miss Prague and living in Europe a lot, but I'm ready to get home to New York and reality. I'm currently searching desperately for a job since I managed to blow through ALL of my savings this semester. If you have any suggestions please let me know!

So over Easter weekend Lisa, Alissa, and I went to Vienna. Vienna was beautiful and cultural, really different from most of the other cities I've been to. It was incredibly clean and quite, I guess that's why they have the highest living standard in the world! Unfortunately, on our last day there the weather was pretty crappy, but the second day was beautiful and we spent most of it wandering the grounds of the Schönbrunn Palace, which is of course a UNESCO site. The Gloriette on the hill behind the palace was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. We also rode the Ring Tram to see the main sites in the town center and had much better Asian food than you could ever find in Prague. The first night we went to a Turkish restaurant and it was surprisingly delicious and bought strawberries to soak in vodka which was surprisingly gross. The last day, after Alissa had abandoned us to go back to Prague, Lisa and I saw the Belvedere Palace, the Hofsburg Palace, and wandered through the city center until it was time to head back home. Here are some pictures:





Lisa and I also decided to challenge the two famous sacher torte cafes in Vienna to see which had the best cake. The two places had a lawsuit to determine which was the "original sacher torte," but no one ever mentioned which cake tasted better so we decided to find out. We settled on Cafe Demel as the better cake, but Hotel Sacher had the nicer atmosphere.



And finally, I got to see the Prater, a ferris wheel that has been standing since 1897. For some unknown reason I've always really wanted to ride the Prater. I didn't ride it this time, but seeing it was enough for me.



The following weekend Lisa and I went on an NYU sponsered trip to Brno to see some caves, which was nice, but you don't need to hear about it really. Check out the pictures though!

This weekend is my last trip. We are going to Brussels to celebrate Maria's birthday. I can't wait for the waffles and fries and chocolate! I'll write about that early next week (maybe)!