Having arrived at the beginning of February, I’m amazed
that we are towards the end of April already. The past months have gone by
rapidly, ever reinforcing the idiom ‘time flies when you’re having fun’. Today
two incredible people, Raffaele and Solvita, left Vienna. I’ve known them for
such a short time but they were two of the most instantly likeable people I’ve
met.
On Thursday Susan, one of
the Americans we met in Budapest, came to visit. In exchange for free accommodation
for a few days, I can take up a return offer for Copenhagen where she currently
studies – along with the promised guided architectural tour. Thursday was
Solvita’s Birthday so on Friday she invited us all around Raffaele’s flat to celebrate
and also say farewell. It transpired that most of the music Raffaele had on his
computer was of a romantic nature which, combined with the candle-lit setting,
produced a fairly uncomfortable but amusing atmosphere (I made plenty of jokes
anyway).
At least Raffaele didn’t play Jeremih’s “birthday sex”!
Albanian Guy, Susan, Me, Cindy, Tiphaine, Stéphanie
On Saturday
Susan and I walked around the city centre, and then met up with Şefkat and
Pelin in Prater park to relax in the sunny weather. We then took a ride on the
Wiener Riesenrad (€8 student), a c.65m tall Ferris
wheel in the amusement park in Leopoldstadt which looks out over the rooftops
of Vienna.
The Riesenrad was erected in 1897
Originally supporting 30 gondolas, only 15 were replaced with post WWII restoration
On Sunday morning Susan left to visit Prague and in the
evening I met with Raffaele and Solvita in Travel Shack to enjoy a few games of
pool and table football. On Monday morning I gave a presentation on Peter
Behrens and his factory designs for the AEG as part of my history of
architecture course. Then Tuesday night was the final farewell for Raffaele and
Solvita at a bar in the MuseumsQuartier complex. At the end of the night we all
said our farewells (albeit interrupted by a drunk local) at Praterstern Station
and left Raffaele and Solvita to return to their lives in Italy and Latvia.
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