HELLO! We just got back from a bus tour of the city.  It was AMAZING!  So much beautiful architecture and amazing palaces and gardens.  We were proud of ourselves for rallying up the troops and going early this morning when we were all a little tired ;)  We went to a bar/club last night in the city center and it was soooo much fun.   They were playing YMCA and songs from Greece.  We are going to another club tonight - were about to take a bigggg nap!  Talk to you all soon!

End of the first week!

Hi everyone! We finished our first week of German class today! We had a test today and are very excited that the weekend has come. On our way home from school/our friends apartment we stopped at the Hofer and got dinner for tonight. So right now we are in our apartment making pasta and veggies. It is rainy today :( But tonight we are going to the Bermuda Triangle in the city.. we haven't been there yet but we hear it's a fun area with a lot of bars. The boys that we are friends with on our program are going to Bratislava for the weekend for a reggae fest, but we wanted to be in Vienna for our first weekend. Tomorrow we are going to get up and try out one of the cute restaurants that our friend Cassie told us about and then at 12 we are going on the bus tour of the city and want to walk around and go in stores after that. So this weekend will be fun to get to see all of the city since we have had German every day. Then on Sunday we are going to try and all sit down and plan the 10 day trip.. we haven't 100% decided on a place we had thought Barcelona/southern France/Paris may be fun... any thoughts/ideas??? We are definitely starting to get a hang of the city (or at least of the parts we have been to) the subways are easy to use for our commute that takes us about 35-40 minutes. We are having so much fun and have met really nice people- love the city too!!!!! Hope all our followers have a great weekend-- we're excited!!!!!! Auf wiedersehen!!!!

First Post!

Hello everyone!  Eliza and I are sitting in our room in our apartment.  The apartment is GREAT - everything you would need.  We have a room with two beds, a desk, cabinets and drawers for clothes, and a big chair.  Our beds face each other and actually touch at the ends.  We have a small little kitchen and a table.  We have two bathrooms, and our roommates are very nice!  We are about a 30/35 minute commute from the center of Vienna, and there kids in our program living about two blocks away so it is not too bad.  We take two different U-bahn trains to get to the school, which is like a subway system.  The IES center is in the center of Vienna, close to everything!  The buildings are beautiful and the architecture is incredible.  We have met some really cool people - we are surprised at how many friends we have!!!  We have two weeks of "intensive german" - we take german 3 hours every day.  It is hard, but its the only class we have for the next couple weeks so its not too rough.  We are thinking about going to Croatia next weekend with a few people from our program.  Anyone heard good things about croatia????  We are having so much fun and are really excited to be here.  We will keep you updated....