Have arrived safely in Vienna after a fun day in the Holiday Inn! I left early yesterday morning and arrived to meet Ben! I was swept through the EU gate so I didn't get my passport stamped which made me very sad. Also, I will hopefully have no problem leaving in a week! The streets of Vienna look--unsurprisingly--like they're straight out of the movies. We toured the Hapsburg palace in the afternoon and the opulence is absolutely astounding ... can you imagine peeing into a gold-lined porcelain chamber pot decorated by the most famous contemporary artists? Because I can't.
We had dinner last night and chilled with a few other people at our hostel then this morning we moved all our stuff to an apartment very, very close to the center of town! We're staying with family friends Ann and Tobi ... I grew up with Ann's younger sister Alyss until they moved away in fifth grade, so it will be very fun to catch up! We're going to walk around town a bit more this afternoon before heading to the opera tonight to see Diana Damrau as Zerbinetta in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. I'm so excited by the thought that Diana and I are in the same city right now that I might pee my pants.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
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