Hello there!!

Viennese people have already told me “April April, wie immer machst du was du willst!“ and I did believe them… I was ready to face rain and storms but… NOT SNOW!

I don’t know how you’re reacting at this inescapable weather but I can say I am not reacting very well! I go to class, make some grocery if I really don’t have anything in the fridge and then I basically try to fight mentally and physically this cold! And I think it is more a mental issue… because I still cannot make up my mind that is almost May and there are 2 degrees!!! But anyways, let’s stop complaining and say the positive aspects of this winter weather… THE POSITIVE fact is that it’s OK if you stay inside and spend hole afternoons under the sheets or even more positive… it’s totally allowed to find new cozy bars and even to cuddle yourself with a Sacher torte at the Sacher Hotel!

I’ve been there for my first time today because I’ve never really had the occasion to go, but today with this nice cloudy and ice sky I thought I deserved a moment of pure happiness! So I spoil myself with an amazing slice of the best and most famous cake in Wien and it restored my day!! It is really a moment where you forget everything and you are just concentrated on that incredible mix of ingredients… and also the story behind it it’s pretty incredible, in fact it was invented in 1832 when Prince Wenzel von Metternich charged his personal chef with creating a special dessert for several important guests. The head chef, having taken ill, let the task fall to his sixteen-year-old apprentice, Franz Sacher, then in his second year of training in Metternich’s kitchen. The Prince is reported to have declared, „Let there be no shame on me tonight!“ And there was no shame on anyone in fact the torte created by Sacher on this occasion is said to have delighted Metternich’s guests. And from that time this sweet tradition makes happy lots of people! Including me in snowy days 🙂