This Weekend... Vienna?

I love how in this country you can say that! This weekend we went to Vienna. We arrived really late Friday night, but it was a direct train and I got to sleep on the way so it was ok. We were picked up by friends of my Auntie B, C & R who were totally awesome the whole trip!! We got to their house and pretty much went straight to bed! The next morning we went to the UN Christmas Bazaar where we volunteered for the Canada booth. It was soooo cool. They had typical Canadian baking and you could tell the Canadians when they would walk by and go “WOW Nanaimo Bars, I haven’t had those in forever!!” We got to walk around after that for a little while. We had food from Armenia and Kenya, the most amazing thing I’ve eaten in a while! After the bazaar we went back to C and R’s where I had a nap then we got ready for the Opera. We went to see La Boheme and it was just beautiful!

Sunday we walked around Vienna with R and another exchange student who was staying with them K. It was awesome. We got to see churches and also eat in the restaurant that was an underground cellar! But one of the coolest things was the Café Central. It was supposedly the place where the spies would meet after the Second World War. I just had a hot chocolate, but it felt cool to be there.  Then for supper we went to this place where they had collectables everywhere. I couldn’t stop staring at the axes over top of the table across from us!

Monday we had a tour of the UN building. It was really cool to see everything. We got to go into one on the translators booths! That would be a pretty cool place to work. The train ride home was nice, got to see the landscape. Then choir, then home to write this up. (So if it sounds a little tired, that’s because it is!)

There you go P is that fast enough for you?

Had an awesome weekend! Now I really have the travel bug!

Tiny

Ride to Vienna

Armenian food! The meat balls were Turkey!

Kenyan Food!!!

The Canada booth!!

One of the girls we worked with and
Teddy!

Oh how I missed my Ginger Ale!
I think I've had my fix now
for another 8 months!!

Teddy said that he really enjoyed the Opera!
You'll notice he's wearing his
'Good' Maple Leaf Shirt

St Steven's chuch, it was massive!!!

The Hot Chocolare from Cafe Central

Teddy was an Official Visitor!!