loose lips sink ships

hello, stranger, it's been a while.

i've been going from museums to classes to bars. i've been trying to learn german and took up a cooking class, which is an adventure all its own. i've gotten used to the subway being my main form of transportation. i've drank more wine and eaten more cheese in the past four weeks than i have in the past year. i washed my hair the other day. i sewed a button back onto my peacoat. the european keyboard is still a mystery to me. all time low sold out before i got tickets. i still haven't figured out how to work the laundry room, pay my cell phone bill, or get 8 hours of sleep a night, but that's what tomorrow's for.

i went to the 'power up' female pop art exhibit at the kunsthalle museum and loved it. i know, i know, more pop culture, but i think it's beautiful. it's full of energy, colour, and freedom. even the way it's set up in the room brightens everything up. it's what i want hanging on my walls someday. i fell in love with kiki kogelnik's art. rosalyn drexler was also really good. i wish i brought art supplies out here.

we're still playing tourists (and probably will be till june), and since mozart used to live in vienna, we went to go see one of his flats. the apartment he actually lived in that was turned into the museum is in the first district but there's no documentation of what it exactly looked like while he was there. it was all just guesstimation. kind of disappointing. i didn't know he had such a gambling problem, other than that i didn't get much out of it. except some mozartkuglen.

"what cannot be said in our day is sung"

the nash market is the most popular outdoor market in vienna, so we went there to get some falafels, veggies, and cheese. it's definitely tourist geared but it was nice to see.

i've been spending my nights in different bars and clubs in the city. there was an international party the other weekend, and we had a big get together last night. we stayed out till sunrise and it reminded me of the mornings back home where we start the driving back home as the sun's rising. it's the only time i ever see the sunrise, but i'm okay with that.

on a whim, i signed up for a cooking class here. it's at a tourism/hospitality school, so everyone pretty much knows what they're doing...and then there's the group of six exchange students. while most people are making real food, i chopp vegetables and made a chocolate mousse which was quickly dubbed a chocolate mess. it was intimidating at first, because lets be real we all know my cooking skills have yet to make it past ramen and sandwiches. i had to buy a chefs jacket and apron, so if nothing else, it looks like i know what i'm doing.

so far i've only had classes two or three times a week, but in may it'll definitely pick up. i have a pr class that has been kicking my butt, but besides that i only have german. i start a media and society class this week, and then finish up the pr class within the next two weeks. i have to pass my classes here with a c or higher to get credit at hpu, so hopefully that won't be too hard.

i've gotten extremely comfortable here and i love it. according to studies, i'm currently in the "honeymoon" phase of my study abroad experience. i think that's bologna and the whole trip is going to be amazing, not because of what "stage" i'm in but because i'm doing something different again. i was starting to grew a little restless on the small island of oahu, and this is the perfect change.

i go to bed absolutely exhausted here pretty much every night, because the days here are always spent doing something, whether it's attending classes, sight-seeing, or just walking around enjoying the city. i think it goes without saying that the vienna nights aren't half bad either.

i'm starting to fall asleep, it's time to catch up on the sleep i didn't get this weekend. guten nacht, world.

ps. saw an hpu ad up at the school, small world