I am must admit I am very bad when it comes to sightseeing! For example Prater, one of the hot-spots of Vienna was a place I visited quite late.Now I am quite a regular visitor since the Akademie of Fine Arts has the sculpture department there.Prater is quite interesting since it starts of as a theme park but then it turns into a forest where one can actually walk around for quite long.In the Hauptallee there are always people jogging whereas further down there is a club „Pratersauna“where one can enjoy some night-outs.I guess it covers quite a lot of tastes though today I was actually freezing cold and rushed myself to get as quickly as possible into class!!    

The first time i have been in Vienna was 2 years ago

I was attending a music camp here for 3 weeks.

Really excited about it because that was the first time i travelled to Europe.

The culture and the place are so different than America,

and i really enjoy to visit the city because so many historic building and they were nice.

We had lesson and practise in a music factory near Taubstummengasse.

And today i just passby it,

unfortunately,

it is closed.

Actually i knew it before, but still kind of sad about it.

Hope the factory will come back to Wien again.

 

This week my class visited the exhibition of William Kentraidge at the Albertina museum.Kentridge is an artist from South africa that works on themes based on his experience of the Aparheid. However heavy the theme, the result is a series of beautiful drawings and prints. The most amazing aspect of his works though are his films a combination of drawings, photographs and prints, made by the technique of stop-motion.The result is movies based on surrealist stories with amazing musical background.The exhibition will be on for some time and is definitely worth a visit. For more information check: www.albertina.at  

For from studying grammar and exercises in class one of my favorite ways to improve my German is actually going to the movies. Though many foreign films are dubbed in Austria there are cinemas, or Kinos that have subtitles.There you can enjoy new films while still practicing on your reading skills.One of the most central ones is on Mariahilferstrasse.For more advanced cinema lovers there is always the Filmmuseum in the address: Augustinerstraße 1, 1010.You can subscribe in the newsletter once you enter the websitewww.filmmuseum.at Today for example are shown the films of George Mellies, that most of them are silent though!   😉  

 One of the great things about learning a new language is the fact that you come to really understand words you already knew for quite a long time.Having studied architecture the term „Jugenstil“, as one aspect of Art Nouveu, was very much a subject of our Architecture history classes.As I learned recently Jugenstil means „Youth Style“ , after the German magazine „Jugend“, which promoted it.Another common term for Viennese architecture in the Art Nouveu era, is the movement of „Secession“, which also is the name of the beautiful building in Karlsplatz.  

When studying aboard people always miss the stuffs from the own country,

may be friends, family, environment or something else.

For me,

food will be one of the thing i really miss.

There are varieties of food in Vienna,

however,

still there are some missing….

last week,

one of my friend would like to make his own version of „Don“

since both of us love to have it, and would like to see if it is possible to make it at home

Finally,

it tastes really good and we both enjoy the dinner and chat the entired night.

Great!

 

This weekend I was in the performance symposium „The sentence is being performed“ in the Akademie of Fine Arts.The event was part of the Vienna Art week with many people from abroad invited to present their work.After a series of presentations  and talks, the first night ended with a huge performative dinner!Members of the Akademie, students and staff were sitting around a huge table where food and wine was served while several young artists performed on the table!!Mixing academic talks with food seemed like the idea way to spend the evening 

There was a concert from the Uni orchestra on Tuesday,

and it took place in the Technisches Museum.

Actually  i plan to go there sometime,

and i ‚ve got chance to get inside.

The exhbitions are really fun inside,

however since it is almost closed for the concert,

so i don’t have much to visit.

But i am pretty sure to come again soon!

 

Vienna is known for its museums and art scene but this week is more than special because of the Vienna art week.In the city there are different kinds of exhibitions and talks talking place for all taste and ages.One can visit artists studios,an opening at a gallery or attend a talk at one of Vienna’s museums and exhibitions spaces.Most of the events are free but one has to book in some of them in order to confirm a place .I have already visited some talks in MQ but there are plenty of things to follow.For anyone interested this is the link to the programme of eventshttps://www.viennaartweek.at/2010/Enjoy!!   

Since the Christmas Markt of the Rathaus has been opened,

i and my friend went there and have a look.

It is my first time to visit Christmas markt in Europe,

So nice!!

Especially there are workshops for the kinder which simple and fun.

Because we get there around afternoon,

there were people, but not too many. So that we can still walk around without difficulties.

However,

when we came back for the night view,

there were so crowd!!!

A  lot of people there,

really hard to durch the crowd.

By the way,

I really enjoy the feeling in being there, and looking for the Christmas!!

 

Since the weather is getting cooler,

i would like to get a hand glove.

And my friend suggested to have a city visit with shopping.

We have been to the Bahnorama,
this building doesn’t seem cool to me,

may be it looks imcomplete…..

anyway,

may be it is not tall enough to have a better view of the city….

After that,

we went to Mariahilstrasse to search for glove.

Finally, i got a new one from H&M,

and already prepared for the winter!!