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Du 18 au 20 janvier je suis allée à Toulouse pour un entretien d'embauche et j'en ai profité pour faire un peu de tourisme et découvrir un peu la ville rose.
Les carnets de voyage sont par là et les photos par ici.
From the 18th to 20th of January I went to Toulouse for a job interview. I took advantage of it to do some sightseeing and discover the Pink City.
Check photos here.
Travel diary:
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Du 28 décembre 2009 au 5 janvier 2010 je suis partie à la découverte d'une petite partie de la Norvège, d'abord Oslo pour fêter Nouvel An puis Skien à environ 200km à l'ouest d'Oslo, par grand froid j'ai pu admirer de merveilleux paysages enneigés.
Carnet de voyage
Photos ici, là et encore ici.
From Dec 28th 2009 to Jan 5th 2010 I went to discover a bit of Norway, first Oslo to celebrate the New Year's Eve and then Skien, about 200km away from Oslo, westwards. With great cold, I could admire wonderful snowy landscapes.
Photos, here, there and here.
Travel diary:
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Environ 3 mois après mon retour en France, je suis allée rendre visite à mes amis à Brno, week end de fêtes et de repos dans cette ville magnifique où j'ai vécu 1 an.
Carnet de voyage
Photos ici et là
About 3 months after I came back to France, I decided to pay a visit to my friends in Brno, a party and resting week end in this wonderful city where I lived during & year.
Photos here and here:
Travel diary:
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Les 19 et 20 novembre 2009, je suis allée à Bratislava, une étape avant de faire une visite à Brno. Très jolie ville, petite capitale agréable et calme.
Carnet de voyage
Photos
On November 19th & 20th 2009 I went to Bratislava before paying a visit to Brno. Very nice city, little & callm capital.
Photos
Travel diary:
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Tuesday, Apr 7th 2009
Train Brno – Bratislava
10:30am
We are back on the road again with Marmotte! Heading to Lorraine, my home place in NE of France. Now, we're on the train to Bratislava to take a plane to Franckfurt Hahn where a bus is waiting for us to take us to Metz, scheduled arrival at my parents': 8pm. Seeing my family and friends again will be so good, especially in the difficult period I'm going through. And eating real bread, real cheese, real beef...and good mum's dishes, 10 days to relax, back to the roots, I'm looking forward to arrive!
Thursday, Apr9th 2009
Metz's Esplanade
4:00pm
On Tuesday, the trip went well, a little bit shaked while taking off and landing in plane that was so crowded that about 15 ranges of seats were between me and my suitcase. We arrived 20min in advance, then 1h to wait before the bus came, then when we changed in Luxemburg it was top, first I was alone in the shuttle, then the cute driver I already had when I came & left in december and january remebered me...and as we didn't have to stop in Thionville we arrived 30min in advance. Then I arrived at my parents', I was really happy to see them, and it's the last time in my childhood's flat, they're about to moove out.
On Wednesday, I visited my godmother, then pizza eveing, calm.
Just now, I've just been taking a walk under the sun, and while I was reading the information sign about Saint Pierre aux Nonnains (oldest France's church: 380 AD), which closed because of rehersals, a cute guy who was having a break to smoke thought I was a real tourist, we chated during 2 min, and he wanted to invite me to come & see their show but I'll be already gone.
I love that city, it's a real marvel, and sun is so good. Coming next: tomorrow eveing with my sister, saturday night out with friends and on Tuesday I'll go to Nancy.
Sunday, Apr12th 2009
6:30pm
Train Metz – Nancy
So on Friday I spent the evening with my sister, we went to the farm where she's taking care of a horse and we stayed till 11pm as a lil' party was organized...something that happens often overthere. Quite nice evening, even if it's quite difficult to get integrated when everybobody knows each other and talk almost only about horses and that I'm quite shy. On Saturday night, I headed to Bar Latino, a restaurant-bar-disco latino oriented (obviously), with Amandine, Fred and then Greg. First, Amandine brought me (in addition of the Bergamote – some sweet which is a Nancy speciality) a pack of Malabar...cause when you got enough there's Malabar (Malabar is a brand of chewing gum and they used to have a TV commercial with that slogan)... one day on MSN I asked her « D'you have a Malabar? », our table in the bar part was separated from the restaurant part by a curtain, and on the other side of the curtain were about 20 males...yummy! And they kept on shoutsing my name (after they asked it) as, according to what they were saying, one cute guys at the table liked me...real shyness or friends' stupidity...who knows...
Very cool night, friends, cocktail, frozen margaritas, dance...it's so good!
Now I'm on the road to Nancy, with Amandine we're going to the Chat Noir – maouw! (« Chat Noir » means « Black Cat »), the club where we used to go to on every Friday night, we knew everybody: clients & staff. On Monday night, there's a CS meeting but so far only my host is coming, on Tuesday night I'm suppoded to meet my Blonde ( Virginie, high school friend and flat mate during our 2 first years in Nancy) and Juliane (friend from the law faculty), then back to Metz . On wednesday I'll see Valdine (my best friend, we know each other for almost 15 years). And it'll be over, on thursday at 5:50am I got the shuttle to the airport.
Monday, apr 13th 2009
Stanislas Square, Nancy
6:15pm
Yesterday it was girly night, pizza, margaritas, stupid TV show, Desperate Housewives then Black Minou (the nickname of the Chat Noir, the club that used to be our 2nd home during a few years, can translate as Black Kitty), the wholde decoration has changed, what a shock! Well, we met a few people who are used to hang out there, it's so crazy to meet people we got to know after so many times, I it's been 7 months now that I've leftt Nancy, and as I was working at Metz's youth hostel before, let's say that for the last one and a half past years I'm going there about once every three months... There's been a show of male fashion, but it kinda ruined the atmosphere, we both got very tired and left around 3:30am. Today, lazy day, TV, playing Wii, lunch on the balcony, and right now I'm enjoying the sun on the wonderful Stanislas Square, while waiting for the CouchSurfing meeting where I'll meet, among others, Dom, my host for tonight. And there'll be some expats, that'll be cool to talk English.
Thursday April 16th 2009
Train Bratislava – Brno
2pm
And here it is, my Lorraine adventure is coming to an end, I am on the train in Bratislava, heading to Brno. So on Monday night, the CS meeting was cool, very international: 3 French, 2 Brasilians, 1 US and 1 Russian. Dom, my host, is very nice, he evn gave me the keys to put in the mailbox on the next day so that I can sleep longer. Then, I went and walked from a bench to the other in Nancy, in order to enjoy the sun, in the evening I met Virginie, Dominque, Juliane and Kelly for a walk at the fair before taking my train. And on Wednesday I could see Valdine, oh and for lunch we made a raclette (Swiss dish very popular in French, a strong cheese you melt with a machine to put on hot potatoes and smoked ham): yummy! :) It's not the best weather for a raclette, but it's so tasty and I miss it.
This morning, got up at 5, oh my! When I arrived at Franckfurt Hahn's airport I got a nice surprise: Ryanair has invested in balances to check the weight of thecabine luggage: +12kg whereas it's limited to 10kg, but after putting on some more clothes, filling my pockets and leaving some food on a bench --> 11kg, they've been nice and let me go but they weren't happy! In the future I'll pay more attention. The flight was ok despite some turbulences. It was a great stay, so good to see family and friends again.
Je viens de passer 10 jours en Lorraine, 10 jours de détente, retour aux sources!
Carnet de voyage
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I spent 10 days in Lorraine, France, my home province, was cool, restfull and good back to the roots.
Wednesday March 4th 2009
Train Brno – Břeclav
4:15 am
Here we are, back on European roads with Marmotte, heading to Italy: Bergamo and Milano. We are on the first train: Brno – Břeclav, then we'll head to Bratislava to fly to pastas and pizzas country. I'll mostly be in youth hostels, Milano 1 night, Bergamo 3 nights and Milano again at a Greek's for 2 days. In between, I'll try to go to Como lake and to Brescia. And tonight, CS meeting, aperitive in Italian style... at 8pm.
I've also been suggested to go & eat an ossobucco (milanese speciality) tomorrow night, but I don't like it and plus I'll be in Bergamo. Luckily, train's cheap in Italy, and I will spend lots of time in it, but I'm not that sure to go too Brescia, we'll see...
Wednesday, March 4th 2009
Milano's hostel
4:07pm
This morning, on the plane, it was great, under us there was a white clouds' sea and a big sun (well the sun was above) and when we landed: bang! Rain! It doesn't stop, it's horrible, so Marmotte didn't go out from her bag, I hoped that it'd calm dowwn but it seems that no.
I arrived at the hostel around noon, then I went to see the famous Duomo, the cathedrale, wow, then walk in the Emanuelle Vittorio Galery with a stop in a restaurant: pizza of course!
Then, back to the hostel, surfing on the net and now it's gonna be lil nap before the CS meeting tonight.
Thursday, March 5th 2009
Restaurant in Milano
2:26pm
Oh my god! What a horrible morning! I'll tell this later, as yesterday I was so tired that I skipped a lot.
So, yesterday, calm lil day, 1st impression of Milano: nothing special, the central is cute, the hostel's neighboorhood is residential. And really, at the hostel, minimal welcoming, they don't explain anything. At least in Metz, the welcoming was exceptionnal! :D
So then got out of metro at Duomo, a real beauty, the good thing with rain is that it's make the tourists run away, the problem is that when you hold up your head to admire so many wonderful things, then you got your hair getting stuck in the umbrella...ouch!
And then as in (interrupted by a pasta plate), so as in my country there was snow less than one week ago and when I left it was 0-2°C, well so when it's raining but it's all the same 10-12°C you don't put your warm coat on and so everybody was looking at me in strange way, even a cute cop looked at me from top to bottom twice, with a look that said: « Am I dreaming or she doesn't have any coat! » By the way, what we say about Italian guys is not wrong, there are quite a lot of hot dudes over here. Well, I'll go on later I need to go & see when I got a train.
Thursday, March 5th 2009
Train Milano – Bergamo
3:10pm
So yes, quiite a few hot males aroundhere. And so, after my wet walk, I got back to the hostel, surfed on the net and had a nap. Then, I had to meet at 8pm for the « aperitivo » but well now I'm used to Czech time so I need to eat around 7pm the latest, so I took the metro, heading to the area of the bar, and as I didn't have lots of time I went to Macdonald's, then I went to the bar, it was way crowded, I could not spot the few ones who said they were coming and whose profiles I had a look at, neither the organisor, so I texted him but no answer, so another text to a girl I had ask couch to but she was waiting for the confirmation of someone else to answer me, but in the end the other person didn't come and she didn't have time to answer me before I had booked the hostel. Anyway, no answer, I try to call but apparently I can not call.
I tried a few time to look agin into the bar and after the 3rd time elena grabs me by the arm and take me to the others who were hiding downstairs. Very nice evening, I got myself a lil pleasure: a cosmopolitan, but considering its price (7€) I savoured it! And in the end, Jakob (one Italy Amb) can host me, so I'm gonna save 1 or 2 nights at the hostel (I gotta see how they're managing the cancellations), which is just great as I already spent 2/3 of my budget :s And as the public transportations are not very good after midnight (after 8pm it's already a mess) Elena drove me back. It's something that is always surprising me in such big cities. Oh and the « aperitivo » in the Milano style is more like a big buffet, so I could have skipped Macdonald's.
And so this morning, I spotted on the net at the hostel a few wifi spots but well at the 1st it opens a page where you have to register with your phone number and they send you a sms (I'm stilling waiting for it) but doesn't work with foreign phones (racists lol) and then you got the unfindable ones, and so around 12:30pm, completely wet, desperate and angry I gave up and headed to the rail station to go to Bergamo. I had 30 min before my train so I go & seek somewhere to buy a sandwich, and then, what do I see?! An internet café! With a cute guy at the reception and the possibility to connect my laptop, well it's 12:40 so I got 1h20 to write my 4 articles, that sucks! Tomorrow, I'll prepare them before leaving the hostel, at least if I can not find any wifi outside maybe there'll be an internet café, if they're ready I can post them without my laptop. After that, I went to a restaurant with a cute guy at the reception (ah Italy...), milanese speciality: gnocchis with sausage yummi. And then, back to the station, and then we see the sense of humor of the Italians: they're writing the plateform number like 5 min before the departure with 2 stairs to go up (with escalators all the same). So, that's cool so far. Oh and yes, considering the weather, every 3m you got umbrella sellers (especially in the metro), they see you with your umbrella but no, they insist and if you have to come by them another time, here we go again. By the way, in the metro, I was angry because of the net story (I had to work!) I yelled at one asking him what I would do with 2 umbrellas?! But at the rail station, a cute Southamerican asked me if I wanted a bigger one (less stupid), he had such a beautiful smile, I didn't yell at him.
So now, when I arrive in Bergamo I go directly to the hostel and I rest. I went over 20km this morning, including 15,000 on foot (no I'm not from Marseille, I'm just exaggerating) , if it's not raining I might go out tonight, we'll see. As 1h30 on the net = 10€ this morning, and with the extra metro tickets, that internet at the hostel wasn't freeand so on...well I don't have a lot left.
Thursday, March 5th 2009
Train Bergamo – Milano
06:49pm
Great holidays! Not even 1h and I got robbed! While I was pestering against the bus system, sitting on a bench, I wanted to lokk at the time, and then I see that the big pocket of my backpack is open and my wallet has disappeared! My money, my bank cards (well on the Czech one I had only 6Kč left), my ID...flown away! I craked!!! I'm asking a girl that speak Spanish where is the nearest police station, she gives me directions but can not find anything, ask someone else...not better! So I was turning around, a guy asks me if I'm looking for a hotel, I explain my problem to him, he speaks a few words of French and takes me under his wing. He takes me to the police station, I contact Jakob to ask him if he can already host me, hoping to be able to change my few Czech Crowns left, he's ok and will even advance me some money while waiting for the bank transfer I'm gonna make arrives. So then, as all banks are closed, the policeman advices us to go to Western Union, my guardian angel takes me there, no, no change, we end up in an ivoirian shop, the tender speaks French, and they offer me 10€ so that I can take a train to Milano, actually my protector knows him and will give them back to him tomorrow (he also got his wallet stolen lately and is waiting for his new card), I took the adresses and they'll get a 'lil gift when I'll be back home. As soon as the Czech card will be blocked I'll transfer money to withdrew it at the cash desk, misery, misery. And I'll also have to go to the ambassy. Tomorrow, I'll send a bunch of emails, for the student card, the health insurance cards, and the more important: Ryanair! As at the airport you have to show your ID, i think have a scan of it on my laptop, we'll see. It's crazy, in Milano I got no problem and in the small Bergamo city, bam! And I didn't feel anythhing, especially that i never let my backpack on my 2 shoulders when I'm in the crowd. In the future, I'll be even more precautionnous, I'll slpit everything into 2, so i might be doing a passeport soon. But, let's think positive, it's better to be the victime of a pickpocket that some lad with weapon, a rappist or a killer. And at least, I got my laptop, my camera and my mobile.
Saturday, March 7th 2009
At Jakob's, Milano
1pm
So on Thursay, I met my Milanese saviour (Jakob) and the CS crew at the restaurant, the meeting was to eat ossobucco, but as I don't do like everybody, I took a beef steack, very rare, tender, yummi, delicious! Oh and at least here they have real bread! And we got an enormous starter, antipastis I think, mamma mia, Italian cuisine...e delicioso! So, very good evening! On Friday morning, I went to the consulate, the girl at the reception was not that nice, but at the identity papers service, all the contrary! She was telling me that thieves here it's a flee, they are very well organized, some of their tricks: they are several to operate, they send someone good looking, clean, well dressed and so on... who comes to talk to you in order to distract you while the others are robbing you, they make your tires flat, propose their help and take advantage of it to robb you all. She also told me an anecdote, at Milano's rail station some French cops got their wallet stollen...with their police cards inside! Well, so with the police report, the paper of the consulate and the copy of my ID I should have no problem at the airport. In the worst case, Jakob can keep me and at the consulate they can make an emergency passseport.
On Friday night, « aperitivo », this time I didn't eat before! :) So actually, every beverage costs 7 or 8€ (depends on th bar) and you got a free buffet, it's really cool! So, considering the price, the best is to take a cocktail, by the way I took a margarita, it was a little bit too salted but it was ok. We ended up at Jakob's, with limoncello, beer, rhum and wildboar pasta. Lil evening which eended up quite early: 4am! Well, that's early in the morning! Today, walk in Milano and fiesta at Jakob's.
Tuesday, March 10th 2009
At Jakob's
00:30
Here it is, my stay is about to end, tomorrow (well, tonight) I'm flying away, well normally, if Ryanair doesn't make me any problem for that ID issue.
Otherwise, I thik that I got a problem! I don't know if it's the weather when I arrived, the fact that I'm travelling more & more, the language or what... but I didn't feel lost, I right away felt at ease in Milano, and here also I told myself that I could live here. I think that Cs helps, it's true, you're warmly welcome, you got the meetings, and so on... And despite my misadventure in Bergamo, it's been a wonderful trip!
So on Saturday, walk under Milano's sun, it's been a long time I haven't seen it, the city is really nice, I love it! Then, fiesta at Jakob's, I was a little bit drunk, just happy (I try to slow down), foccaccio, saucisson, cheese, wildboar pasta, rhum, limoncello, chocolate fondue and the cef's speciality: MOJITO!!! Marmotte also had fun, she dansed with Massimo and frenchkissed Jakob, lucky her! At least, she could taste a local product.
On Sunday, I was supposed to go to Bergamo, well in the end I slept untill noon and in the afternoon we visited the Monumental Cimetery, it is, how to say...monumental! Followed by a calm evening at the chef's, and actually I was all wrong, I believed I knew how to cook carbonara pasta, well no! But now, i got the secret of real carbonara pasta...but I keep it for myself...with exceptions on request.
Monday, lazzy day and pizza evening...yummy. Tommorrow, working, giving back keys and mobile and farwel to Jakob. No, not farwel, good bye, I'll come back for sure! With a visit of Bergamo in better conditions like with a big chain and a big lock on my backpack, and no way I'll go to the hostel, if I can not find a host on CS, I'll go to Milano's or Como's one, but never ever I'll try to go there.
To conclude: Viva l'Italia!
Wednesday, March 11th 2009
A square in Milano
9am
I have enough! We could think that Bergamo hates me! So yesterday, I arrive at the airport, 1st security control, the girl tells me, wait, I'll go & ask: it would have been ok if I was going to France...but hey where is Europe when an Irish airline doesn't let a French citizen to fly from Italy to Slovakia in oerder to go back home in Czech Republic? And then she tells me to buy a flight to Paris! 1)How do I pay it with only 30€ in cash?! 2) And then what do I do in Paris?!
So, back to Milano, at Elena's this time, I had abused enough of Jakob's kindness (so I'm gonna abuse someone else's) she's really top aand taking good care of me. I wonder how I would do without CS solidarity.
There's a bus from Milano to Brno on Saturday, I'm trying to figure out how to book it. I'm always planning a larger budget in case of a problem...but almost everything got in the bank transfer's fees and the unexcepted restaurant of Thursday night. Enough is enough!
Wednesday, March 11th 2009
1pm
Milano's castle
I will end up hating Italy if it goes on this way! This morning it's been once again a mess to get internet. I've been told about a library in a parc, well I arrive at 8:30 it opens at 9:30...I sit on a bench to see if I can get wifi, yes...but it seems to be like at the hostel, you have to buy a card. Well, I've been told about a café, I go, it's closed, back to the parc, I need to go somewhere else to buy the card, but they need a ID, let's try, 1st spot: hum no, they don't sell them, 2nd: sold out! I'm cracking! Go back to the café: closed! Well, I go back to the internet café ffrom the other day, 4,50€/h so I'll stay only 1h, can't afford more. Normally, they ask for ID, but the guy has been very nice and let me stay, in the mean time I cried like a child. Gotta see the good side, it makes an experience and a lesson, now I'll be 10x more precautionnous...and luckily there's CS, frankly without the warmhearted people I met there I don't know how I would have done. And of course, at the top, very n°1, the best: my golden parents on whom I can count and that I love (not only when they halp me by the way, all the times).
Thursday, March 12th 2009
At Elena's
6:20pm
Well, everything's getting better! I could make an emergency passeport (thanks mum) and so I got a French passseport with a Czech adress done in Italy, isn't it cool? So, today I got up at 5:45am as Elena started at 7, then we headed to the pharmacy where she's working, then I went to my fave bench: where I get free wifi! So I was working on the street, with the sun slowly rising and slowly coming to me, I love it! Then I headed to the French Consulate, well actually I was wrong the other day, the girl at the reception is nice too. But then, it became complicated, as I'm not going back to France and as I'm not yet registered at the French Consulate in Prague (I have everything ready since January, I was thinking I got time, I'll go some day to Prague), so for French authorities I'm still living in France. And moreover, I have nothing stating that I'm living in Brno with me. The woman of the identity papers could all the same make me an emergency passeport, but despite all her afforts she couldn't make it for free, so I had to bother my mother, calling her at work so that she sends money through Western Union to the woman working at the social departement...who happens to come from...Talange!!! For those who don't know, it's a small town like 20km away from Metz, my home town. But this morning, I had done photos, I had thought not to smile and to have clear face, but it wasn't good dimensions. So I had to make new ones, close to the Consulate there's a photographer that knows the French standards so I go tthere. And on my way, a cute Italian guy starts talking to me but I don't understand a word, so I answer my ritual phrase: « Non parlo l'italiano. », so he answers in English, asks me where I am from, bla bla bla and asks me what I'm looking for, and he takes me to the photographer, and I realized I had already walked by it! I sometimes find it hard to think my pickpocket was Italian, I don't like the cliché immigree = thief but with all great Italian persons I met... By the way, Elena washed my clothes and I arrived on time to prevent her ironing them! Ironing my clothes?! Never! I'm not friendd with ironing, I don't have the material and don't think I'll ever have it, and lots of my clothes can't be ironed! Anyway, it's getting better, just need to print my ticket!
Sunday, March 15th 2009
At MY place, in Brno!!!!!!!!!!
4pm
Here it is! At least at home! :) So on Thursday night, we went to Elena's parents to print my ticket, her brother was glad to meet me, he did Erasmus in Poland, speaks Polish and Russian, lloved Prague and would like to visit Brno someday. And he's a real gentleman, he takes my coat when I arrive and put it back on me when I leave... and quite cute too, but his name's Mario, only one person knows who/what I'm talking about...sorry for the others! Friday, so I work, I spend almost all afternoon laying in the grass at the castle, listening to my mp3. In the evening, i join Kostadis, a Greek guy, and Yanis, an English-Greek guy, who are living in London. We'll meet there another Italian girl, an US girl who's living in Slovakia and might come to the Million Member March Brno Meeting and Elena. The Greek guys are really cool, the English-Greek is quite cute (yes radar is on at the moment) and we are warmly welcome in London.
On Saturday morning, I said goodbye to Elena, then I worked and after my 1st FREE HUGS with Cs Dream Team, at first I thought I'd just watch them but in the end, I tried as well, on March 21st there are some in Vienna I'll try to go and to try more, and who knows someday I'll have charism enough to organize some in Brno (or somewhere elsse, as there's a big ? about my localisation in September). Then, I said goodbye to everybody. I arrived at the bus station, there's a nice board with all buses...except mine! I admit that I paniqued a bit untill I saw a nice yellow Student Agency bus. Departure 6pm, arrival 7am and back and ass hurting. This Italian adventure is really over, but I'll go there for sure, Milano is wonderful and the country is full of places I'm dreaming to wisit (well, in the mean time, I wanna go everywhere) . Conclusion: an unforgettable stay! And I'll never have enough words to thank Jakob, Elena, my parents and those who helped me in Bergamo for their very precious help. Viva Milano!
THE END
Thursday, Nov 6th 2008
Train Brno – Vienna
2:45pm
Here I am on the road, well it's more on the rails there. Departure schedule at 4:38pm and arrival in Vienna around 4:30pm. Vienna...I was dreaming about it for so long...I'm over excited! Moreover, Birgit (my host) will take me to Salzburg tomorrow, she has to go there for her work, with company's car, so she's taking me along so that I can visit while she'll be working. So heavy week end to come, tonight I'm cooking for them (it's a couple), tomorrow Matej is coming and either party at one of their friends' or to a club when a friend of them is playing, or even both, on saturday I'll visit Vienna in the day and in the evening CS meeting and Jan will join us. By the way, there'll be lots of Brno Csers anyway.
Friday, Nov 7th 2008
3:20pm
A café in Salzburg
I arrived yesterday afternoon, and while getting off the train I fought with myself not to jump on the plateform and shout: « Finally in Vienna! ». The Südbanhoff is not the best place to arrive in Vienna, by the way I didn't understand why south rail station whereas we were coming from the north...Then on the tram, the further we were going, the better, it was getting more & more wow... My host was coming home at 6pm so I strolled in her neighboorhood, well mainly on the big merchant street near her house...and I could not resist to some earings...and I had forgotten how hard the € zone is for the wallet. And so, for my 1st time in Austria, there's been something, I feel good here (even before seeing lots of things) , a feeling like the one I had during my 1st time in Czech Republic, but less strong...but there's something here, after only 2h I told myself « I could live here. »(In Brno, it was after 1h) I wanted to work in the € zone this summer, I know where now, I'm even more motivated to work my German...I'm in love, I believe I'll be unfaithful to Brno, and if one day I become rich I'll have one flat in Brno & one in Austria...
Today: Salzburg: wow! It's just so beautiful here, I love it! We arrived around noon, and while Birgit is working I am walking around, 1st stop – as always- macdonald's, while I was about to leave some French people arrived and I'm starting to chat with them, why? I don't know. All I hate about French people abroad, to run one to each other as soon as we hear our language...I did it, shame on me! I'm pretending to be international, and look! No, that's true, I find it kinda reducting to be bounded to one nationality, even if I'm telling to everyone that Metz is the most beautiful city in the world... I should ask some sponsoring funds to the local council as I'm always selling the beauties of my homeregion, but that's maybe what they're expecting from me with the Erasmus scholarship...
Yes, so after McDonald's, I walked around in one of the most beautiful cities I had seen, and I see a castle overviewing the city and a funicular to go up there...but the funicular is closed today as they are fixing it...hum so let's go on foot...with high heels! But the view by the entrance of the castel (I didn't go in, too expensive) is worth it! Then going back down and I am now in a café savouring a viennese chocolate before going for a walk again and then join Birgit aroung 6pm, tonight we're supposed to go party, I think I'll sleep in the car.
Saturday Nov 8th 2008
A viennese café (it was funnier when I wrote it in French as we use the same word for café & coffee)
3:05pm
In the end, we didn't party yesterday...we were both lying like larvas on the couches while Felix went to party. We arrived in Vienna around 8:45pm, but time to find a park place we arrivved at Birgit's around 9:15pm! Time for a quick dinner, we crashed on the couches watching Ice Age 2 and went to bed!
This morning, no hurry, got up around 10 and left around 11 to finally discover Vienna...so I took the metro to ggo the center, and the metro it's great because you're underground so you don't know where you're going to and so when you get out of there you're under a shock while facing such beauties! It's really wonderful, without the tourists (and especially the French ones) it'd be the perfect city...and only 200km from Brno...here I am seriously motivated to recover my German, as soon as i get a job I'll come often I think, plus they are installing Christmas Market I'll try to come to see it, first maybe Linz's one.
Have I already said that this city is wonderful? It's full of electrochocks, of wow and so on... I love it...the most beautiful city I haver ever seen... yes yes more beautiful than Brno, gotta admit it, but well it's a capital city, it's bigger and Brno got other charms...but I'm all the same in love with Vienna too.
What's funny and that I like is that I seem not to look like a tourist (that's my aim, I am a traveller), as almost everywhere I go, as soon as I don't have anymore my camera and my map in the hands (which happens often) people stop me and ask me if I speak English & if I know where is this or that... I have to admit that I like it.
Tonight program: Jan and Matej are coming, we all eat together (vegetarians invasion so cheese quiche) and then CS Vienna Stammtisch (not sure of the spelling) and to conclude on my 1st visit of Vienna, I got only 1 word: WOW!
Monday, Nov 10th 2008
Brno
10:40am
What a week end! Got home yesterday night completely exhausted. On Saturday the meeting was great, very crowded, about 100 persons. On sunday, Brunch and going back home by van, really nice!
Ha...Austria, sounds like I'm gonna go there often!
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Vienna
Feb 7th 2009
12:40
After 3 weeks working almost non stop on a big translation project, I'm offering myself a little week end in Vienna, with Lena, a friend from Brno. We left yesterday afternoon by bus, and after the border we got stopped and they watched our luggage through X-ray. Yesterday night was a cool evening, I cooked diner at Anna's (our host) then cocktail in an oriental bar with a barman who makes you wanna consumne... And now, we're slowly waking up, I'm working on the blog at tthe same time, and this afternnon I'd like to go on the big wheel.
Brno
Feb 8th 2009
9:15pm
Here I am back home, nice 'lil week end. Yesterday night, Balkan pop concert, good band but way too crowded, too hot, I soon felt bad and went to sit in another room. This afternoon we wanted to see Schönbrunn, the castle, as we were going out of the metro, bang, it started falling a mix of snow and hail. We stayed on a bench at the entrance inside then we headed to a café and took the bus. But Vienna is still so fabulous!
J'ai passé 10 jours inoubliables en Italie, à Milan! Malgré quelques mésaventures et petits soucis de vol de portefeuille et papiers j'ai vraiment apprécié cette ville magnifique! Vous pouvez lire mon carnet de voyage pour plus de détails! :D
I spent about 10 days in wonderful Milano! I was supposed to stay only 6 days, but after getting my wallet stolen (with ID & credit card) I got stuck there. I'll never forget my holidays there, despite the pickpocket I really enjoyed it, it was wonderful, got to meet awesome persons!
Freehugs in Milano
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Marmotte @ mojito party
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Massimo dances with marmotte
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Ce week end je suis allée à Vienne avec Lena, un p'tit week end sympa dans une ville toujours aussi magique!
This week end, I went to Vienna for a week end, with Lena. A nice lil' week end in a city as much magical as always!
Balkan Pop concert @ Ost Klub, Vienna
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