90. See Cirque du Soleil What an amazing weekend! To my complete surprise, Mink got us tickets to see Cirque du Soleil: Corteo as my belated birthday present, and I’d never been to a show before so I was stoked. And I was not disappointed: it was one of the most spectacular performances I’ve ever […]
Read more "Cirque du Soleil: Corteo"So, suddenly I turn around and realize that it’s almost mid-March. What’s the deal with that, March?! An epic account (including pictures! Pictures of green green green things!) of my trip to Dublin with Laur is in order, and I am getting around to writing in between working at the bar (occasionally), reading depressing novels […]
Read more "Mardi Gras/Faschingdienstag"The Minkus and I had an epic 4-day trip to Krakow, Poland on the weekend, but it’s going to take me a few days to sort out writing and photos and such. So, to tide you over in the meantime, here’s a story of our little day adventure from the weekend before, and one more […]
Read more "A Little Trip to Pötzleinsdorf"83. Hassle the Hoff For some strange reason, Vienna loves David Hasselhoff, the actor made famous by his role in Baywatch and of questionable musical fame. Go to his website. I don’t think it’s possible to be disappointed. This is the Hoff in his glory days, but that’s not to imply that he’s not currently […]
Read more "Hasslin’ the Hoff"59. See an opera Last Thursday night I went to my first opera ever, in the beautiful Wiener Staatsoper – and it is definitely not going to be my last! Mink and I ended up running to meet Peter and Adi at the opera house because our belly-dancing class ran late (and this class is […]
Read more "La Vie Bohème"Last Friday night was one of record-breaking rallying – at 11:00 pm Mink and I decided we should ignore our working-week exhaustion and go out, and we met Mathis and Peter at Charlie P’s for dancing into the wee hours of the morning. Since getting home at 5:30 a.m. is not conducive to doing much […]
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