So the past week has been quite good. It is the last week of the 3- week German intensive. I will be very happy not to have to wake up at 7 every morning. But I did enjoy the German class even though it was almost 3 hours a day, and well, intense. We got to go to a cafe, the Naschmarkt, and the Rathaus, and IES picked up the tab. Friday we have our German finals, and then we are on break for a week until real classes start. A good number of people are going on an IES trip to Berlin, Dresden and Leipzig, and everyone else has other travel plans. My roommate and I are going to Barcelona! Very exciting. We are mainly going because its warmer there. Vienna is pretty consistant about being cold and snowy. Barcelona is going to be sunny and in the 50's, which will feel amazing, considering the sun almost never shines here. Sad. We are returning on my birthday, February 11, and will possibly party it up with some Austrians. But remember people, no one will care that I am turning 21. I buy alcohol here and don't even get carded.
Then we are going to go to a masked ball on the following Monday. I will have to perform major surgery on my dress before then. And invest in flats. And a mask. And I have a voice lesson the next day!
Speaking of voice lessons, I have had 2 so far. My voice teacher is American, and she has sung with Vienna Staatsoper, and pretty much all the major houses in Germany. So far they are going really well. We are working toward a recital at the end of the semester, which will be recorded.
This week we also had the oppertunity to get paired up with Austrians to practice our German. Most of them are students at the Universitat and are studying English. I haven't met my language buddy yet, but I met my roommate's.
I suppose I should actually study German now.
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