On Friday Loïc and I met up with a group of his
friends from Dijon (also on Erasmus), and we went to visit Stephansdom (St.
Stephen’s Cathedral) and explore the surrounding area. The Cathedral, rebuilt
after severe damage from World War II bombing, is the culmination of successive
alterations and additions throughout the centuries. The Gothic edifice stands
on foundations which date back to 1147, but the earliest surviving features are
the Heidentürme (Heathen
Towers) and Riesentor (Giant’s door) from the 13th century.
In the evening we played a
game of Kings before heading out to find a pub (fairly cheap drinks). We
altered the rules for the game a little; now ‘heaven’ has a distinctly Austrian
flavour. In ‘word association’ Anne played a cunning game and chose ‘French
movies’ – unfortunately for her, I had a few Audrey Tautou films up my sleeve
and the plan backfired. At the pub we met with other Erasmus students and I demonstrated
my inability to play Foosball, before being accosted by some locals for talking
to the ‘wrong girl’.
The following day I went back
to Stephansplatz, this time remembering my camera, and spent more time
exploring the cathedral. I met up with the French again and we spent the night
in Lutz der Club, where the drinks were extremely expensive – thankfully the Jägermeister
shots were a more reasonable €2.50.
I’d like to point out that it didn’t seem so when we were there, but having
just looked at the website pictures, it looks like it may be a gay bar?! We will
have to make sure it’s not before we go back – I blame the French!
On Sunday evening we all went to the Zwölf Apostelkeller Restaurant (Twelve
Apostle’s Cellar), to try Schnitzel, a traditional Austrian dish of boneless
meat in breadcrumbs. Then on Monday we headed to the Erasmus Lounge at the Ride
Club which had awesome prices of €0.50
for a cocktail/mixer between 1900 and 2000, €1.90 between 2000 and 2100, and so
on, getting progressively more expensive. The idea being to drink as much as
possible early on; I was in Whisky-Coke heaven!
The morning however, had me repeating Witek’s experience of last year. I woke to the sound of alarms (our very odd doorbell) and thinking Guillaume or one of the others must be at the door, chucked on some boxers and opened my door to see two startled cleaners! I promptly shut the door and put more clothes on.
The morning however, had me repeating Witek’s experience of last year. I woke to the sound of alarms (our very odd doorbell) and thinking Guillaume or one of the others must be at the door, chucked on some boxers and opened my door to see two startled cleaners! I promptly shut the door and put more clothes on.
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