After being officially scared to death from Webster professors at orientation with stories of flunking out of the program from alcoholism and death by scooters in Thailand, they took us out to dinner at a cute little restaurant in Leiden. It was a small Dutch restaurant off the city square with PANCAKES for dinner, a custom in Holland. (I can get used to this culture.) I chose the apples and cinnamon pancake and it was delicious. We got some tips from professors about places to visit and what to do in each city we are going to be in. So now I know that the operas are cheaper in Budapest than Vienna and where to find music venues under the U6 Ubon stop. Much needed advice :)
Bright and early the next day my cohort was supposed to fly to Vienna. So around 6:30 in the morning we all stumbled in to the Amsterdam airport looking for a 9:30 flight to Vienna that was not listed. After some research, we discovered that Fly Europe was having landing disputes with Vienna so we were re-routed to Bratislava, SLOVAKIA. Our new flight didn't leave till noon so we got to know each other a little bit more over an intense game of Rumy. We even invited an Italian futbol coach to play a hand with us. So we made our flight and showed up in dreary Bratislava, hoping to find a Webster van waiting for us to take us to a weiner schnitzl and a bed. No such luck. We missed the bus to Vienna and sat outside of the airport for about an hour waiting for another. Finally we made it to the Vienna airport where we were successfully picked up and delivered to our new homes.
(One plus of the re-routing was to see acres and acres of gorgeous sunflower fields in Slovakia... Who knew?!)
And the first stop was obviously Weiner Schnitzl Land! MMMmmm... Delicious!
And after settling in to our apartments, a few new friends and I walked around the neighborhood to try and find a bar for a drink to welcome our new city. We found a tiny bar with old Austrians singing karaoke. Welcome to Austria! One drink and called it a night after the mess of a day, consisting of three countries and three airports!
I almost forgot, that night they had fireworks on the Danube River, 2 blocks from our house, a very nice welcome from Vienna :)
More to come..
xoxo,
Amy
Bright and early the next day my cohort was supposed to fly to Vienna. So around 6:30 in the morning we all stumbled in to the Amsterdam airport looking for a 9:30 flight to Vienna that was not listed. After some research, we discovered that Fly Europe was having landing disputes with Vienna so we were re-routed to Bratislava, SLOVAKIA. Our new flight didn't leave till noon so we got to know each other a little bit more over an intense game of Rumy. We even invited an Italian futbol coach to play a hand with us. So we made our flight and showed up in dreary Bratislava, hoping to find a Webster van waiting for us to take us to a weiner schnitzl and a bed. No such luck. We missed the bus to Vienna and sat outside of the airport for about an hour waiting for another. Finally we made it to the Vienna airport where we were successfully picked up and delivered to our new homes.
(One plus of the re-routing was to see acres and acres of gorgeous sunflower fields in Slovakia... Who knew?!)
And the first stop was obviously Weiner Schnitzl Land! MMMmmm... Delicious!
And after settling in to our apartments, a few new friends and I walked around the neighborhood to try and find a bar for a drink to welcome our new city. We found a tiny bar with old Austrians singing karaoke. Welcome to Austria! One drink and called it a night after the mess of a day, consisting of three countries and three airports!
I almost forgot, that night they had fireworks on the Danube River, 2 blocks from our house, a very nice welcome from Vienna :)
More to come..
xoxo,
Amy
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