Alive

So I'm here, I'm alive and I'm absolutely in love with Vienna!

It's a beautiful place, so full of history, art, culture and music all in a chocolate box setting. Every time you turn a corner there is another lovely building with such delicate decoration it looks like someone made it out of sugar icing. I wander around in a sort of daze most of the time, goggling at this gorgeous fresco or that Baroque church or this huge monument.

There are so many museums and galleries that I'm not sure a year is long enough to appreciate them all (especially when you bear in mind I'm supposed to be studying here, not just drifting around with my head in the clouds) but I'm definitely going to give it a try! Not only is there a plethora of museums and galleries, they have some of the most democratic theatres and opera houses as well, with a standing ticket costing only 2 Euros. Yes, you might well be stood on your feet for 3 hours with only a 15 minute interval but where else in the world do you get to see Jose Carreras singing Verdi with one of the best orchestras in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic?

Not only is Vienna itself amazing but I am really looking forward to studying here - the registration system is a nightmare, the course booklet virtually unnavigable and the German department vague to say the least... but it'll be an experience. I have already taken part in a language course over here and could not have wished for a better teacher. He took us all around Vienna, to a Heuriger, to Prater, on a town tour and then for breakfast at Cafe Central on the last day. Not only did he go out of his way to show us Vienna in all its glory, he was an excellent teacher too.

Anyway, I am now running out of synonyms for beautiful and lovely so I will say farewell... hopefully I'll be able to paste up a few pictures in my next post.

'Til next time,
Liv xxx