Wow... what a fantastic evening. Actually, what a fantastic day.
I started out early at 7:30, waking up and running through the Habsburg Palace and Volksgarten with Katie. It was so nice out, and a little cool so the sweating wasn't too terrible. There is something about running through gardens that feels so invigorating. We ended the run by stopping by this local baker right next to Katie's apartment in Alser Straße. He claims that he cuts the little indentions in each zimmel by hand, as opposed to all the other bakers who use machines to make their zimmels. It was good regardless.
I went back to my place at around 10am and got ready for class. I got on my normal transit: Walk 3 blocks to get to the Straßenbahn station. Take Güpterferlingstraße to Schöttenor. Get off at Schöttentor and hop on the U-bahn to Karlsplatz. Get to Karlsplatz and walk underground for a little bit till I get to the Operhause exit. I usually grab a pastry and a coffee at Anker (a chain bakery) before I go out the exit. As soon as I exit, I cross the street and my Deutsch school is right there.
Anyways, class was ok. Really long. Try taking an intensive language class for 3 hours everyday. I think some of you who took intensive Greek or Latin at FUS can relate. As soon as class was done, I met up with Martin and Georgi. These guys are from Bulgaria. Cool guys. We walk towards Stephensplatz and I give them a short tour of the Cathedral. We walked down what we call the "American Shopping Street" and stop in a couple of stores so my friends can look at some stuff. After, we headed to Habsburg palace (the second time for me today). I show them around the palace and explain a little of the history. It was good practice for when the students come.
I leave the guys at Hapsburg and then went to Mass at the Capuchinkirche (Capuchin Church). All in German... After Mass, I went back to Stephensplatz for my prayer time in the Eucharistic adoration chapel (the only one in the city center). I leave adoration and grab a quick dinner (I forgot to eat lunch) of Kebaps (a street food). Yums. I digest and then head to a cafe to check my email, but the email was down so I left.
I decided to head to the Rathause where I was meeting Katie for the jazz concert and movie that was playing that night. It was nice because: 1) it's free 2) the night was great as was the atmosphere. Katie grabs dinner and I grab a beer. We end up sitting next to this elderly couple from Holland and strike up a great conversation. Emi and Tom are their names and they have been all over the world. Every continent, except South America. But they did live in Guatemala for a year. We talked for about 2 hours. Good stuff.
They left us at around 9:30, which was perfect because the movie was beginning. The movie was Peter and the Wolf. It was a modern animated rendition of the Russian classic. It was good, but not as good as the Disney film (in my opinion). After the movie, we stayed around for a movie showing the San Francisco Symphony Orch. playing Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. We left the Rathause at around 11:00 pm. It took us a while to get back to our places, but here I am. Exhausted... Sleepy... A little more cultured... and filled with God's grace.
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