The First Night

After we found our hostel, Hugh and I trekked back to Mariahilferstrasse, where we were meeting up with the others we had met to find somewhere to eat. Interestingly, I think the person who had had the most German had only had a semester of it. So, we were very much like American tourists, with no real idea of what was going on. Perfect, eh? Haha. After walking around Mariahilferstrasse for a bit, we finally stopped at this little hole-in-the-wall, Turkis, where I looked at a picture menu to decide what I wanted. Worked out pretty well. I think I got a turkey thing....I'm not sure, but it was good whatever it was. Also got my first beer in Austria - Wieselburger Bier.

Whitney and Joe weren't supposed to get into Vienna until sometime around 6ish, so Hugh and I had left them a note in the hostel telling them where we went and about when we would be back and asked that they STAY THERE as we had no way of getting a hold of them otherwise. So we headed back to the hostel after dinner, hoping they were in Vienna. We open the door...to find that BOTH ARE THERE!!! We were ever so happy. Turns out they had the last flight (London to Vienna) of their trips together! Apparently they pretty much literally ran into each other at the London airport. I love things like that.

We had received free drink coupons upon check-in, so we all went down to the bar (the bar in The Wombat is called The Wombar - clever, eh?). While the boys got these tiny beers, us girls opted for a glass of red wine. We're obviously more classy than they are. Whilst the boys decided to play pool against everyone in the room, we ventured out to a Kebap stand, where Whit got a chicken kebap...one of the best tasting things I think I've ever had in my whole life. Then it was off to the other WomBar, where the other IES kids we had met were planning on being that night. The WomBar had some really fun things...

the best tip jar

and a nut-dispenser (to officially solve the American problem of the grossness of bar nuts.

Those Euros are just so smart.