Thursday, October 29, 2009

Day 32 - Vienna

DISCLAIMER: All the pictures you are about to see are all of sights and none of me with them because I went to Vienna alone to catch my train to Athens at night and decided to do some sightseeing beforehand.

First stop: I entered St. Stephen's Cathedral.
Really nice view inside.
These are the streets of Vienna.
And the view of the church [though it is under construction].
Next Stop: The Schoenbrunn Palace where I spent the rest of my day, mesmerized by the entire property because there was a lot to do anyway.
The view from the front!
I was allowed to take pictures inside the palace but I snuck in this picture of the awesome ceiling.
And I walked along this garden right after the tour.
Enjoyed the walk.
That's the back of the Schoenbrunn Palace.
This is the Privy Garden.
I went on top of the Romantic Arbour platform to get that view.
With these old school things...
Check that out!
A nice hallway filled with plants, just like in Potsdam.
Super nice fountain!
That's the view when you're standing in front of the fountain!
This is when you're IN the fountain naman.
I had to climb up to get awesome views.
That's the Gloriette!
Look at the view from the top!
Those are the two pillars you see at the very top!
Now that's what you call a view!
There's even binoculars!
This is where I was able to learn how to make Apfelstrudel!
The recipe + free taste!
That's the chef teaching us!
The semi-finished product!
After, I went to this place where you can play all sorts of games, for young and old alike!
If you hug these two stones, you apparently get good luck. I did it naman!
The platform allows you to see...
...how the maze actually looks!
You can bounce on these things too!
I had to cross these steps to get to the other side.
There were confusing mirrors!
And a mini Sudoku game!
You can climb these to ring bells!
Look how gorgeous that is!
This is the building of the famous...
... Spanish Riding School!

Look how cool their Starbucks is!
After a long day, I finally arrived at our hotel in Athens!

My dare today was to learn how to cook a German dish. Since I was in Austria and Germany is known for Apfelstudel too, here's a short video of how to make Apfelstudel. Do not try this at home. It's SO hard.

Day 31 - Ingolstadt

After Marketing Strategy class, we saw this store with a sign that everything was 30% off. We didn't buy anything, though.
Sanch and Louie CHEATED and ate McDonald's!
I just had a pretzel, thiugh.
After Services Marketing class, we all went to have kuchen/cake.
That night, we attended our first school-organized party!
So smoky!
Germans do love their beer!
This guy kept telling us [the one talking to Sanch] to go with him to another club but we didn't want to!
Yay for the 4 of us!
James, Inigo and Jose = all drunk na!
We were all really feeling the songs like Christian over here.
Inigo, as you can tell, super singing to the songs!

This makes me miss the Philippine way of partying!