Monthly Archives: October 2013

Hikes, Wachau Valley, and Midterms

I’ve been spending more time in Vienna recently (aka not travelling around quite so much) and I’m REALLY happy about it. I love travelling and seeing new things, but there are so many things in this city that I feel like I hadn’t fully utilized yet and I’ve been trying to explore just a little […]

Adventures in Italy pt. 2 and Getting Assaulted!

The afternoon that I left Venice began the weirdest 36 hours of my time in Europe so far. First, I got to the bus/train station in Venice 45 minutes before my bus left just so I could be absolutely certain that I was in the right spot to catch it. I asked 3 different ticket […]

Adventures in Italy pt. 1

The last week has been really great but also like really weird. Last weekend I went to Italy to visit Marissa which was fantastic! I took a night train from Vienna to Florence on Thursday night, so I missed class on Friday whoops (#WorthIt). The train left Vienna at 7:30 and arrived in Florence at […]

Prater, Wiener Wiesn Fest, and the Long Night of Museums!

Hallo, world! This weekend was fun. On Friday after class I went to the Prater amusement park with some of my friends! The Prater is a huge park on what used to be the imperial hunting grounds for the Habsburg family, and they turned it into a huge park in the mid-18th century and there’s […]

Oktoberfest, Friends, and Internships

So I messed up and haven’t posted in a while (whoops) but it’s not my fault! I’ve been super busy since classes started and I’m trying to figure out my routine still. Last week wasn’t all that eventful – just a lot of class and snacking on Nutella. I’m developing an addiction and it’s going […]