Wien! WE MADE IT! After getting no sleep last night and hours more of information sessions this morning, we piled back onto the buses and headed to the city! Arrived around 4:30pm, got plastic bags filled with dinner (mine proceeded to break in the middle of the street in front of a tram, nbd), squished into cabs, and went to our apartments.
I’m living in the 5th district on Jahngasse in this really nice, newly renovated building. I have three roommates, and there are two double rooms. We have a kitchen and a balcony and a washer AND DRYER (super rare for Europe) downstairs. We’re about a 25 minute walk from where our classes will be so the subway trip (for when it’s BUTT FUCK COLD out in the winter) will be super quick. We’re also really close to a gorgeous outdoor market. You can also rent a city bike for free for an hour as long as you put it back in another city bike rack!
Unpacking wasn’t as bad as it could have been and neither was our bag-o-dinner. Guidelines and house rules were tentatively set and shopping lists were made.
Here are some pictures of my room, the kitchen, and our little balcony:
Tomorrow we go and register with the Vienna police (don’t ask me why), and then have our first day of German intensive classes! We only have it for an hour and a half tomorrow and then we go on a walking tour of the inner city to get acclimated with the grocery stores and the post office, etc.
The German intensive lasts for three weeks, with my classes being from 9-11:45am every weekday. During down time we’re going to be registering for our real semester classes, having EVEN MORE information sessions, and walking around the city desperately trying not to get lost.
The hunt for good yoga classes and delicious cafes starts tomorrow as well! Wish me luck!
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