Monday, January 18, 2010

Arrived at Flow House!

Actually I've been here since Friday, but it's been such a whirlwind I've just now sat down to update le blog. This house is utterly amazing; donated by the Flow family in 1999, it's housed about a dozen students every semester, and a smaller group in the summer as well. There's space for 14 or 15 students, but this semester we have a small group of 7 so it's quite roomy.

some of you may have my address in vienna-- letters are fine, but please do not send packages! customs officials here charge really high tariffs, in some cases they are higher than the actual cost of the item. if it's important, my parents might be willing to bring it in march :)





















I'll try to post more pictures of the inside and around the city soon. This week we have intensive German classes to prepare us for getting around the city and ordering food, etc, and next week our classes begin. I'm taking Intermediate Political Theory, Politics of Identity in Central Europe, Austrian Art & Architecture, Photography (1 hour), German 113. I might also audit the intermediate German class, depending on how I find the beginner's class. My German host parents have prepared me fairly well in German, and I'm surprised at how much I remember from 4 years ago.

Class starts at 9, so it's off to bed for me. Tschuss!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Vienna Bound!

leaving for Vienna tomorrow night, getting there Friday 1/15 around 2 pm (8am eastern time).

Updates soon!!