Heute haben wir unsere Deutschklasse beginnen! Translation: Today we started german class! Not über exciting, except that we did get to see our palace for the first time! Palais Corbelli is an old baroque palace about one block from Stephansplatz, the city center.
This staircase was the center of Palais Corbelli until WWII when the other half of the building was bombed. The only thing that saved this half was the 3 foot firewall separating the two sides.
Our baroque concert hall seats 50 and has two grand pianos and a harpsichord!
Detail of the fresco on the concert hall ceiling!
Even our study rooms are gorgeous!
After class I headed back to the apartment, got lost, got found, and went grocery shopping. We live very close to the largest open air market in Vienna, the Naschmarkt. There you can find many incredible fresh fruits and vegetables, a few I saw were lychee, jack fruit, and hot peppers. You can also find fresh meat and fish, cheese, olives, and very excitingly hummus! I picked up a few things for stir fry and general goodness and then we headed to Spar and Zielpunkt, two local chains, to check out basics. I really like Spar, it had a good selection and quality, and the Spar brand was relatively cheap. Zielpunkt had a lot of deals and was overall cheaper, but much less selection and there were some name brands that cost the same.
After the grocery stores we headed to an Asian Specialty market, where I was completely at home! Most of the brands are the same and all chinese broccoli looks alike! I picked up the rest of my fixings for my noodle stir fry, including all the sauces I could ever want! Then I spotted the frozen section where oohed, aahed, and drooled over the yummy looking frozen dim sum. Less than 5 minutes from my place I expect to be there very often!
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