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I am a rose, and a trend breaker
Jul. 5th, 2008 12:59 amToday was fantastic.
Let us see, I -big breath- shopped at three yarn stores, two of which I had never been to before. The first one I found with no difficulty, the second I went to I bought a zipper at, and at tge third I went in every wrong direction possible before finding it. The upside to getting' lost' is that it was a great part of town with huge, wonderful buildings, so I didn't mind. Then I got there, and it was locked! I looked inside and found the yarn I was searching for. Sigh. Remembering the clamor for visual reminders of my trip, instead of leaving right away, I took a picture of the really colorful sign for the shop. And lo and behold, the owner comes and opens the shop again. I get my yarn, and thank my lucky stars that you all demanded pictures.
After that, I went to "Hancock" (in English), and enjoyed the music so much at the end I was dancing on my way out. As I made my way to the U-bahn entrance on the street, I was happy and content. Then I thought, "When did living in Vienna become normal?" I thought it again as I walked down 'my' street that connects to the apartment.
When did I get accustomed to this crazy place? This is where I have witnessed three violent drunken outbursts, where it is fashionable to wear tights instead of pants, and where hearing English is as rare as a blue moon. I heard people speaking English twice today, and I spoke to the people the second time. They were students from Florida and...somewhere only staying a couple of days. They seemed impressed by my six weeks. I told them that hearing English "in the wild" here is rare, and it's true.
I can now mentally read signs with the correct consonant and (mostly) vowel sounds in my head. I started that at the beginning of my trip.
This is a place of unspoken and spoken rules. Greetings at coming and going in a shop are mandatory, you do not take up two seats in public transport even if you have a giant backpack and a violin, people are on time (the movie started on time, too), and the ice cream is perhaps the best in the world.
What did I do besides all that? Well, I bought two scarves and a shirt. Packed partially, did laundry, and went and had ice cream with everyone who is still here. We went to Zanoni and Zanoni's, which was huge. They are the Walmart of ice cream here, open every day every hour, except the quality is excellent. I want to go to lunch there tomorrow.
Oh yeah, and I made biscuits not thirty minutes ago.
I realize that I am getting random, it's 1:22am here,
I think I'll go to bed now.
Greeny
Let us see, I -big breath- shopped at three yarn stores, two of which I had never been to before. The first one I found with no difficulty, the second I went to I bought a zipper at, and at tge third I went in every wrong direction possible before finding it. The upside to getting' lost' is that it was a great part of town with huge, wonderful buildings, so I didn't mind. Then I got there, and it was locked! I looked inside and found the yarn I was searching for. Sigh. Remembering the clamor for visual reminders of my trip, instead of leaving right away, I took a picture of the really colorful sign for the shop. And lo and behold, the owner comes and opens the shop again. I get my yarn, and thank my lucky stars that you all demanded pictures.
After that, I went to "Hancock" (in English), and enjoyed the music so much at the end I was dancing on my way out. As I made my way to the U-bahn entrance on the street, I was happy and content. Then I thought, "When did living in Vienna become normal?" I thought it again as I walked down 'my' street that connects to the apartment.
When did I get accustomed to this crazy place? This is where I have witnessed three violent drunken outbursts, where it is fashionable to wear tights instead of pants, and where hearing English is as rare as a blue moon. I heard people speaking English twice today, and I spoke to the people the second time. They were students from Florida and...somewhere only staying a couple of days. They seemed impressed by my six weeks. I told them that hearing English "in the wild" here is rare, and it's true.
I can now mentally read signs with the correct consonant and (mostly) vowel sounds in my head. I started that at the beginning of my trip.
This is a place of unspoken and spoken rules. Greetings at coming and going in a shop are mandatory, you do not take up two seats in public transport even if you have a giant backpack and a violin, people are on time (the movie started on time, too), and the ice cream is perhaps the best in the world.
What did I do besides all that? Well, I bought two scarves and a shirt. Packed partially, did laundry, and went and had ice cream with everyone who is still here. We went to Zanoni and Zanoni's, which was huge. They are the Walmart of ice cream here, open every day every hour, except the quality is excellent. I want to go to lunch there tomorrow.
Oh yeah, and I made biscuits not thirty minutes ago.
I realize that I am getting random, it's 1:22am here,
I think I'll go to bed now.
Greeny
What time is it?
Jun. 30th, 2008 07:38 pmThe mystery continues.
However, I did finally find a yarn store. Yippee! (Unorthodox spelling of a non-existent word, I love grammar.) In fact, I found two. (yarn stores, remember?) The first one was closed, and I was struck by a feeling that someone didn't want me to have the proper-sized needles. But the second one was open, and I got what I needed. If VICTORIA would e-mail me back, I could maybe get some yarn.
Today was fine, surprisingly. I had two presentations to deliver, and I got through them okay. The first was in German, we were supposed to use the present perfect case (ex. I have done this) to summarize our weekend, despite only having learnt these sentences last night, and the teacher picking me last out of the sixteen of us, it went fine. The second was about a composer in Music History. I went second there, and nothing untoward happened. We will see if my B average survives.
I feel light and free, like there is nothing really important to do, oh wait, German HW and practicing. Life is good.
Until the next day, or evening, or morning, or the day after that...
Greeny
